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Can the universal be made to play Proper games

hi, this has always crossed my mind but im wondering if the universal can play games, and if not would anyone like to attempt it,
i know these emulators run and work but im thinking maybe some of the older games, i have one in mind which should be a quick 2d test run
the old worms world party
http://wwp.team17.com/main.html?page=comm&area=_down_demo
Win95/98/ME/2000
P100MHz
32MB RAM
2x CD-ROM
2MB video card
thanks

gamermad said:
hi, this has always crossed my mind but im wondering if the universal can play games, and if not would anyone like to attempt it,
i know these emulators run and work but im thinking maybe some of the older games, i have one in mind which should be a quick 2d test run
the old worms world party
http://wwp.team17.com/main.html?page=comm&area=_down_demo
Win95/98/ME/2000
P100MHz
32MB RAM
2x CD-ROM
2MB video card
thanks
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1. welcome to xda-dev
2. there are several Worms clones. See for example Battle Dwarves ( http://www.portable-games.com/battledwarves/index.shtml ), Worms World Party (I don't recommend this one) and Snails.
I also recommend reading the Roundup of All Pocket PC Games Part I ( http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/menneisyys/052006MIPSGames.asp ) and my games reviews posted to the General forum here for more info on PPC gaming.

Thank you, but im still stuck for answers, will older proper games work on the universal, from the minimum specs it should be able to but theres always cons

gamermad said:
Thank you, but im still stuck for answers, will older proper games work on the universal, from the minimum specs it should be able to but theres always cons
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Most old(er) games will run. It's only non-WM5 compliant ones (about 10% of old, pre-2006 games) that don't run at all. Otherwise, everything will run.

Thank you very very much

Does the low price of the Play indicate it hasn't sold well?

Unlike the Arc in the UK the Play seems to have experienced a sharp drop in price, it's not hard to find a SIM free version for sub £300. The only reason I can think for this is poor sales. Would I be right in that assumption?

Support from SE Is very weak, the playstation store for games hasn't being available for every country and the selection is pee.
FPSE are not user friendly is another reason. I guess 3rd party devs aren't interested in porting games like ff, tekkens, mgs, etc
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I bought my play when it first came out for £300 so it's not that much of a price drop
Problem with the play is, its a niche device, it only appeals to hardcore gamers......
But as a device i cant really fault it, its fast, looks good, plays games great even though many would say it lacks power, the gps is amazing......
Think of it like the sega dreamcast a bit of an underated gem

Cat_On_Droid said:
Support from SE Is very weak, the playstation store for games hasn't being available for every country and the selection is pee.
FPSE are not user friendly is another reason. I guess 3rd party devs aren't interested in porting games like ff, tekkens, mgs, etc
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The playstation store hasnt gone live yet thats why it's not availible in all countries It's still in beta
FPse works awsome on the play wth

Cat_On_Droid said:
Support from SE Is very weak, the playstation store for games hasn't being available for every country and the selection is pee.
FPSE are not user friendly is another reason. I guess 3rd party devs aren't interested in porting games like ff, tekkens, mgs, etc
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I dunno if I'd say support has been weak seeing as they secured the three biggest titles exclusively for it: minecraft, Fifa and Dead space.
Wait for pan support and then you'll see what It was meant to be.
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The price has dropped significantly here in the US as well. Sony really bungled this one. The device just recently started to be advertised (and that was after the price drop and moreso as a "cheap" phone since its only 99 bucks) and even supporters like myself are a bit frustrated because there really is no support by SE here, while there have been 9 or 10 playstation game releases in Europe, some are not available at all, and the rest are visible in the market but carrier locked for some strange reason. The Playstation suite is not available yet as well.
Maybe they are waiting to market it once the Suite is ready so theres a lot of features and games up for sale, but at that point the device will be almost dead.

AndroHero said:
The playstation store hasnt gone live yet thats why it's not availible in all countries It's still in beta
FPse works awsome on the play wth
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But an average bob who wants to play tekken , Spyro, gt WILL finding it confusing on how to use emulators. It's not as user friendly as playstation pocket, where customers browse et buy
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AndroHero said:
Think of it like the sega dreamcast a bit of an underated gem
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You can say that again.
The Xperia PLAY not only stopped me from caring about dual-cores, but it's performance has left so little to be desired that I finally get to re-imagine my iPhone favorites as real games with real controls, and have a device so versatile that I didn't just replace my phone, I haven't been playing my PSP/DS as much :\

TLRtheory said:
You can say that again.
The Xperia PLAY not only stopped me from caring about dual-cores, but it's performance has left so little to be desired that I finally get to re-imagine my iPhone favorites as real games with real controls, and have a device so versatile that I didn't just replace my phone, I haven't been playing my PSP/DS as much :\
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PSP................... Oh s**t i majorly forgot i had one of those . I totally agree, i only really game on my Xplay, Xbox or Ps3 now. The play may not be a dedicated gaming device but it scratches the itch i get when im out and about. It fast enough to play anything i want it to. Enough said.
@ Cat_On_Droid. Anyone who doesnt know how to use it (fpse) will normally search for info on how to. Googling Fpse guides brings up more than enough info on how to use/set up. If you can use a normal emulator like Gameboid etc. Then using FPSE is not much harder.
Oh and i also frickin loved the dreamcast

I actually think that it is picking up on sales now. I know a lot of people who are planning on buying and seeing an increase of people on forums doing the same.
I think for the US market it really got hit hard because Verizon held back the update so long and also didn't allow any unlocking.
Once AT&T launches it's 3G version I am sure it will take off in the US market as well as being able to hook up to some form of the PSN with the 2.3.4 update.
Not sure about the UK but the price itself put off a lot of people.
In my country I could buy 2 PS3's for the price of one Xperia Play... this should not be the case with a phone that plays games that are 2Gens behind the current PS.
If they had priced it cheaper in the first place it would have sold faster.

I have seen this commercial on TV twice now
GAMEPAAAAAAD! ....what a tool

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Mozza2k11 said:
PSP................... Oh s**t i majorly forgot i had one of those . I totally agree, i only really game on my Xplay, Xbox or Ps3 now. The play may not be a dedicated gaming device but it scratches the itch i get when im out and about. It fast enough to play anything i want it to. Enough said.
@ Cat_On_Droid. Anyone who doesnt know how to use it (fpse) will normally search for info on how to. Googling Fpse guides brings up more than enough info on how to use/set up. If you can use a normal emulator like Gameboid etc. Then using FPSE is not much harder.
Obh and i also frickin loved the dreamcast
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First, you gotta pay for FPSE, that does turn off the customers abit (I understand why anyhow), second, PS pocket is advertised well, not FPSE. So people Will think that pspocket is the only means of playing ps games for those without basic knowledge of emulators, roms(u have to burn the disk aswell, which isn't user friendly again)
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First, you gotta pay for FPSE, that does turn off the customers abit (I understand why anyhow), second, PS pocket is advertised well, not FPSE. So people Will think that pspocket is the only means of playing ps games for those without basic knowledge of emulators, roms(u have to burn the disk aswell, which isn't user friendly again)
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You have to pay for PS Suite games too FPse i like any other market app, and unless you have been living in a cave you will know about FPse or its windows mobile brother FpseCE

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First, you gotta pay for FPSE, that does turn off the customers abit (I understand why anyhow), second, PS pocket is advertised well, not FPSE. So people Will think that pspocket is the only means of playing ps games for those without basic knowledge of emulators, roms(u have to burn the disk aswell, which isn't user friendly again)
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THIS.
Emulators aren't going to sell phones in major quantities and only serve to deepen the niche. The iPhone sells so well because any idiot can do basically anything it can do without much time or brain power investment.
The only way the Xplay and any successors will break out is if there is a "killer app" and an easy way to do it. PS Suite being on the phone from the factory making it easy to download a large library of classic games, and connect to your Playstation etc is the only way a phone like this would be successful. People like us who tinker around with it and take the time to learn how to do things are in the vast minority.
Lets just hope that by the time PS Suite is ready its not already too late.

They have also way over priced the PS1 games. Like games that are over 10 years old with ****ty graphics are more expensive than newer games with amazing graphics and great game play.
Sony PS would make a fortune if they sold the games at $1 a pop.. maybe $2 or maybe $1 per disc

AndroHero said:
You have to pay for PS Suite games too FPse i like any other market app, and unless you have been living in a cave you will know about FPse or its windows mobile brother FpseCE
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You do. But trust me people would rather spend 10bux on FFIX than buying fpse, getting the 4 disks to burn, use ecm tools, drag to SD, etc. You can buy PSONE game at any time. Where as using emu requires a PC. Oh and if PS suite gets a good selection the emulation would be perfect, unlike fpse which Requires slot of updates. And don't you need to pay again to update? Not sure =\
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subcu1ture said:
They have also way over priced the PS1 games. Like games that are over 10 years old with ****ty graphics are more expensive than newer games with amazing graphics and great game play.
Sony PS would make a fortune if they sold the games at $1 a pop.. maybe $2 or maybe $1 per disc
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Psx games are almost always more in depth than any android game. But they still should be cheaper at like 1.99 each like you said. Gameloft games with ripped off ideas and bad gameplay with graphics that are good doesn't make a good game.

The Xperia Play needed the following changes -
1) Landscape Home Screen Support
2) Auto Brightness Dsiable Option
3) PsP emulator
4) PS1 and PSP amazing games to be available at launch rather than the shoddies
5) Alot more Xperia Play exclusives
6) Analog touchpads to have the option to "swipe" or "hold" on ALL games
7) Touchscreen Emulator Software so you could assign buttons to parts of the screen (meaning you can play all games on the pad and buttons)
8) Touchscreen functionality on the analog touchpad (so you can scroll with the analog pad when browsing etc)
9) Dual Core processor
10) 1 gig RAM
11) Possibly a 4.3 inch screen
12) Better Signal (Data strength is not as good as other phones)
13) FM Radio (data Radio is useless on a limited data allowance plan)
14) 720p Video Recording enabled
If the Play had all this, (which are not unreasonable requests for the same price tag), it would of been so much more successful.
Basically the XPlay is just a like an HTC Desire, but with a smaller screen that is often dimmer and a control pad.
It is nothing more than a bog standard Android phone that is great for playing a few emulated games.
If you do not want it for emulation, then get a Samsung Galaxy S2.

dsswoosh said:
The Xperia Play needed the following changes -
1) Landscape Home Screen Support
2) Auto Brightness Dsiable Option
3) PsP emulator
4) PS1 and PSP amazing games to be available at launch rather than the shoddies
5) Alot more Xperia Play exclusives
6) Analog touchpads to have the option to "swipe" or "hold" on ALL games
7) Touchscreen Emulator Software so you could assign buttons to parts of the screen (meaning you can play all games on the pad and buttons)
8) Touchscreen functionality on the analog touchpad (so you can scroll with the analog pad when browsing etc)
9) Dual Core processor
10) 1 gig RAM
11) Possibly a 4.3 inch screen
12) Better Signal (Data strength is not as good as other phones)
13) FM Radio (data Radio is useless on a limited data allowance plan)
14) 720p Video Recording enabled
If the Play had all this, (which are not unreasonable requests for the same price tag), it would of been so much more successful.
Basically the XPlay is just a like an HTC Desire, but with a smaller screen that is often dimmer and a control pad.
It is nothing more than a bog standard Android phone that is great for playing a few emulated games.
If you do not want it for emulation, then get a Samsung Galaxy S2.
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you know how expensive that would be @[email protected] ? anyways the phone costs 100dollarz so dont expect any of those
Those things are much better on to be on the Xperia Arc.

Cat_On_Droid said:
you know how expensive that would be @[email protected] ?
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Less than the Samsung Galaxy S2, since that has better than the specs i mentioned and still doesn't cost more than a XPlay on contract.
XPlay was way overpriced for the specs you get.
It was hardware outdated before it even hit retail.

PSXperia problems

Hey guys, I'm not sure if someone else has these problems but I need help. I recently went to a charity shop which is known for selling games for the Nintendo 64, Playstation and Playstation 2 and 6th generation gaming. I found what is my favourite game, Metal Gear Solid; I've purchased it for 2 euro and I've already bought Metal Gear Solid for my PS3 and PSP. Now I bought it again to use it on PSXperia and I made a unofficial port of Metal Gear Solid. I was absolutely excited to play it at school and work. I managed to install the APK. and put the SD files in their correct place, yet every time I open the game up I just get a black screen then I get forced back into Playstation Pocket/Home launcher, I've also encountered these problems with Marvel VS Capcom: Clash of the Superheroes. Now the real question, how do I fix this and make sure it never happens again.
Specs: Xperia R800i o2/ Android 2.3.4/non-rooted.
Thanks in advance.

Try to use Fpse instead or other PSX emulator. Check on market.
Not all games works under internal emulator.
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Games that do run generally perform better than FPse and/or ePSXe but unfortunately not all games are compatible. See here:
Code:
https://github.com/yifanlu/PSXperia/wiki/Compatibility
If other games have converted and worked for you, its just the game.

bartmw said:
Try to use Fpse instead or other PSX emulator. Check on market.
Not all games works under internal emulator.
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I have that but the sound doesn't work, (Yar, yar me mateys)
ePSXe works but it doesn't feel as good as the eternal emulator, I mean the sound is a bit buggy and the game always freezes in ePSXe.
FPSe is hard to get easily (I'm only in high school and parents are too over-protective over credit card over stores)
Crash Bandicoot is amazingly well ported on the eternal emulator.

It could be the disc doesn't even work, have you tried playing the disc and not just the downloaded versions from the PSN store?
When you copied the disc what file format was the disc in? .iso? .bin? Maybe try a few different types.
I would say if you have the option then get FPSE or ePSXe for android (I haven't come across any more or any less issues with internal emulator than I have with these applications)

Also see if your parents will okay carrier billing if they are concerned about their cc information. I use it regularly and it works great
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Sometimes simple reboot will help you out, Sometimes it has required several attempts to launch the game.
if it doesnt work try clearing all folders and starting all from the scratch again (asuming you are speaking about PSXperia converter)
make sure you have ripped the correct files from US release of Crash 1 (not EU or UK)
If you still cant get it to work try downloading it and other region versions.

where do I get this "eternal emulator" ?...seems mighty.. xD

Difficult to get rid of Xperia Play?

It's horrible easy to think of reasons to move to a newer phone, like getting a quad core CPU, more RAM, more storage, higher resolution, HDMI, other great features... but the only reason I don't want to move to another phone is because of the gamepad. I know some have moved... what about you guys?

I'm likely gonna move on to the LG Nexus once it's out, along with the iControlPad2. Best of both worlds. And usable thumbpads. Heck yeah
EDIT: I'm always gonna keep my Play around just for the sake of music playback though. It has waaaay better audio quality than the iPod Touch

So difficult! My play has been in standby for the last month due to flex issue,
I said that I'd get it fixed then sell it, but as soon as i got it fixed from xperia center... I started to feel like i couldn't let it go...
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I really don't play games on it anymore because all the custom ROMs I've tried really have pretty bad battery life imo. And as I'm a heavy 3G user (whatsapp/browsing), I can't afford the extra battery lost from gaming. Besides, the Xperia Play is not powerful enough to multitask (switch between whatsapp/browser and some game, for example).
I still appreciate the gamepad, though, I've played enough emulator games through the past year to have used its worth.

Its Impoosible.
I was gonna get a s3 but i just couldnt.
My heart would tell me that there will be no gamepad so it will be a fail.

I allready bought my note 2, but im going to keep my play as first phone and use my note to watch films, work, and some games like gta 3 with sisaxis cintroller.
But... LONG LIVE TO THE XPERIA PLAY!
- f3w1n -

i wont move to a phone without gamepad . unless play 2 is out .

Received my S3 today, Asphalt 7 and MC3 free in Samsung Apps, I'm loving the smoothness, The only thing I miss is the gamepad which I will get over.

I'm planning on replacing my play with the new Nexus, and using a PSP for my gaming needs.
However, I'll never be able to trash my play.
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iPhone 5. I'm not making the mistake of going Android ever again, even after using my bro's SIII.
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kurosaki99 said:
i wont move to a phone without gamepad . unless play 2 is out .
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This ^^^
Sold my Galaxy S to get my PLAY, which to me seemed a downgrade as the galaxy screen was amazing and with SlimBean seemed much faster and smoother than the PLAY, but I LOVE this phone so much more due to the gamepad.
I had no interest in mobile gaming before, and now my PC Steam rating is 3.5, whereas it was a permanent 10 before!!!!

I won't get rid of this phone until something better comes along. It's far too great of a device to let go. The emulators alone give this phone SO much life. I'd say until there's a gaming phone that can handle PS2/gamecube/Xbox games, this will be my phone of choice.

No it's not that difficult since now we can use PS3 hand controller to play games on any Android device.
It's just that I don't want to change my xperia play.

Yeah, I'm finding it hard to move too, unless an XPlay 2 like phone comes out...

I wasn't thinking of moving until I went on my dad's s3 and now I am stuck because I love the gamepad. I also kind of need a new phone too, the screen is cracked and the proximity sensor is broken. Do I spend money on repairs or start saving for the S3?

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No it's not that difficult since now we can use PS3 hand controller to play games on any Android device.
It's just that I don't want to change my xperia play.
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It's just more convenient to have the controller built into the phone. The amount of times I have gone out with the missus shopping and she wants to try the whole shop on, the play has saved so many arguments.
I had a bluetooth controller years ago when I had my XDAII (or HTC himalaya) which worked perfectly but I found I never really had it on me when I needed it. Only when I had planned to have it, and this is the same with any separate controller like the PS3 or Wii ones. You wont have them on you all the time, whereas the PLAY always has its controller!

As much as I'd like to change phones the gamepad on the Xperia PLAY is not letting me. As a gamer It's just one of those things that I need
cause sometimes when i'm out and about or bored the gamepad really comes in handy.
I'm finding it difficult to move to a new phone tbh.
So will be keeping my Xperia PLAY till a new one comes out

BensJammin said:
This ^^^
Sold my Galaxy S to get my PLAY, which to me seemed a downgrade as the galaxy screen was amazing and with SlimBean seemed much faster and smoother than the PLAY, but I LOVE this phone so much more due to the gamepad.
I had no interest in mobile gaming before, and now my PC Steam rating is 3.5, whereas it was a permanent 10 before!!!!
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hmm , i have no interest on samsung phone . the first android phone that i owned is play because it looks like a psp + a mobile device . that makes my heart to move to android phone . before this , i dont really care about android phone . (peace no war)
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No it's not that difficult since now we can use PS3 hand controller to play games on any Android device.
It's just that I don't want to change my xperia play.
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btw , can i use my play as controller for ps2/3 ? my controller was damaged and lazy to buy a new one

Xperia_Play said:
I wasn't thinking of moving until I went on my dad's s3 and now I am stuck because I love the gamepad. I also kind of need a new phone too, the screen is cracked and the proximity sensor is broken. Do I spend money on repairs or start saving for the S3?
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Buy a new XPlay, maybe? They're cheap on eBay...
Has anyone ever noticed that the gamepad isn't just great for games? I haven't been doing it much lately, but when I first bought the XPlay, I used the gamepad a lot for Internet browsing and other apps... it's a whole lot of fun for Internet browsing...

I use a separate phone which I tend to switch very often. But I do like to keep a Play for the purpose of classic gaming, couldn't get my R800i fixed, so I bought a used R800x. The camera of this device is still on par with the Galaxy Nexus, maybe slightly less detailed, but definitely better for night shots. The sound quality is just as good as the Galaxy S. Guess I'll be stuck with Gingerbread, at least its stock Android to my surprise.

Gameloft games not supported

So I basically couldnt wait for the sheild to come out and I bought one only to find out that big gameloft titles like Modern combat 4, Nova 3 etc are not supported by the shiled controls :crying: why nvidia why, I would have thought that nvidia would have some kind of on screen mapping controls like archos gamepad but I was wrong, I hope soon that they will with some kind of software update because alot of ppl who bought this thing to play big Gameloft Tiltes are not happy plzzzzz nvidia fix this
Current devices:
Xperia tablet Z 4G LTE. (4.2.2 rooted on stock rom)
Xperia Z. (4.2.2 rooted on custom Rom monxDIFIED)
Galaxy S4. (4.2.2 rooted on omega Rom)
Galaxy Note 2. (4.3 CM10.2)
Nvidia Shield. (4.2.1 rooted stock Rom)
PlayStation Vita 3G & WiFi (collecting dust)

There are 3rd party apps that let you do that.
Also NVidia have no obligation to "fix" this when it isn't an advertised feature.
If anything the only people that have to fix things are gameloft themselves.

SixSixSevenSeven said:
There are 3rd party apps that let you do that.
Also NVidia have no obligation to "fix" this when it isn't an advertised feature.
If anything the only people that have to fix things are gameloft themselves.
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Yes your right I hope gameloft update thier games to be compatible with the shield and their future games, besides what are the best 3rd party apps that work well with the shield

Here is the 3rd party app call gamekeyboard that can map the screen button
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.locnet.gamekeyboard&hl=en

Just to let you know, Modern Combat 4 works just fine on the SHIELD. You can fire and ironsight with the R1/L1 buttons and sprint/crouch by pushing up or down twice on the left analog.
Try the Amazon App store, it's $6.99 there. The game runs very smooth and multiplayer works great as well.

MicroByter said:
Just to let you know, Modern Combat 4 works just fine on the SHIELD. You can fire and ironsight with the R1/L1 buttons and sprint/crouch by pushing up or down twice on the left analog.
Try the Amazon App store, it's $6.99 there. The game runs very smooth and multiplayer works great as well.
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oh my GOD Nova 3 just updated today as well and now it works fine with the shield and so happy now as well as Mordern combat 4, thanks Gameloft am sure they heard my cry :good:

wrc1010 said:
Here is the 3rd party app call gamekeyboard that can map the screen button
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.locnet.gamekeyboard&hl=en
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thankyou for this information :good:

eman2001 said:
oh my GOD Nova 3 just updated today as well and now it works fine with the shield and so happy now as well as Mordern combat 4, thanks Gameloft and sure they heard my cry :good:
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Wow, that is awesome news about NOVA 3. When you say it works fine, you mean the controls all work? If so, downloading later when I get home.

MicroByter said:
Wow, that is awesome news about NOVA 3. When you say it works fine, you mean the controls all work? If so, downloading later when I get home.
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yea all the controls just works fine :laugh::good:

eman2001 said:
yea all the controls just works fine :laugh::good:
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Woot! Thanks, getting it tonight!

eman2001 said:
oh my GOD Nova 3 just updated today as well and now it works fine with the shield and so happy now as well as Mordern combat 4, thanks Gameloft am sure they heard my cry :good:
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Then tell them to update Asphalt 7 or release 8 with Shield controls.

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Then tell them to update Asphalt 7 or release 8 with Shield controls.
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well i hope they do soon

MicroByter said:
Just to let you know, Modern Combat 4 works just fine on the SHIELD. You can fire and ironsight with the R1/L1 buttons and sprint/crouch by pushing up or down twice on the left analog.
Try the Amazon App store, it's $6.99 there. The game runs very smooth and multiplayer works great as well.
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Weird, are you saying it's not being sold through the Shield from the Play store? cuz i just did a search and could not find it. but when i searched on my desktop it shows up? all i can find is a bunch of cheats

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Weird, are you saying it's not being sold through the Shield from the Play store? cuz i just did a search and could not find it. but when i searched on my desktop it shows up? all i can find is a bunch of cheats
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Same issue. I bought modern combat 4 for my phone a while ago, but I see no way to get it onto my shield.
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LADIES AND GENTS!
Root your shield and download "Device Spoofer". This app does as it sounds and spoofs google play into thinking your shield is whatever you want it to be. This makes it so you are no longer limited to games available to only shield. I have chosen to spoof the system into thinking my shield is an Xperia Play. Now I have access to all Gameloft games on the Google Play Market.
I'm still testing controller support while spoofing though. Don't get too excited.

unisasquatch said:
Same issue. I bought modern combat 4 for my phone a while ago, but I see no way to get it onto my shield.
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LADIES AND GENTS!
Root your shield and download "Device Spoofer". This app does as it sounds and spoofs google play into thinking your shield is whatever you want it to be. This makes it so you are no longer limited to games available to only shield. I have chosen to spoof the system into thinking my shield is an Xperia Play. Now I have access to all Gameloft games on the Google Play Market.
I'm still testing controller support while spoofing though. Don't get too excited.
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I went ahead and grabbed MC4 off Amazon App store...annoyed to have to buy again, but I was real curious about it working on the shield, and it does work well. The control mappings could be a bit better though, but maybe they are working it.
I also would like them to update Wild Blood - since I paid for that sometime ago but want to play it on my shield.
I wish they would quit releasing everything as freemium...I hope they DO NOT release MC5 as free to play.

I have an issue with the right stick not working in Max Payne and all gameloft games. Anyone else having that issue?

unisasquatch said:
I have an issue with the right stick not working in Max Payne and all gameloft games. Anyone else having that issue?
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drag down the top right notification and untick virtual mouse off, then it should work :good:

Think I found my first actual complaint with the shield and it's completely software related, possibly analog stick driver related. Could be corrected for in games, but after some testing all games are sort of struck by this.
You turn off mouse emulation and the analog stick movement in games is almost entirely static aside from the small zone in the center where you can make minor corrections. Movement hits "balls to the wall" max value very quickly IMO.
Nova 3 is brilliant with shield, a lot like a Halo 3 clone, I have spent many many many hours playing halo 3 so I was very excited. After playing for about 4-5 hours last night, one thing I could tell as being mostly different (aside from R bumper fire vs R trigger fire) was regardless of the sensitivity setting, the acceleration spectrum of the joystick isn't anywhere near the same.
You can turn down the look sensitivity and moving the stick quickly plateaued out on the speed you can look in any direction. You turn it up too high 3/5th-5/5th and it makes it impossible to make any kind of very sensitive minor correction. (no scopes) For me anyway, having it set to 1/5-2/5th sensitivity is perfect for the minor corrections in that game and getting those headshots with ease. But it makes making major corrections (looking behind you 180's) impractical. When playing on the xbox the more aggressive the stick movements the more it will accelerate your movement while still keeping minor corrections possible with minor movements. (I played halo 3 on 2/5th setting)
So, I went in and started checking other games, maybe it was just a problem with nova... and it's basically doing the same thing in every game. Spent a lot of time playing GTA 3 and same thing there as well. I didn't pick it up at first because for the other games I didn't have a good idea of "what right looked like" But other games like respawnables & shadowgun are sort of the same deal even though I didn't really have a point of reference for those.
I know it's not a simple thing to explain and ask for, and I bet a lot of people won't even notice it, or think it's just me. What is needed is the joystick equivalent to "mouse acceleration" in windows though.
EDIT: and there needs to be (or a bigger) deadzone in the center, that might actually fix both problems (push minor values outwards of the center some). I have found some analog stick ghost movements when my thumbs are off them.

I wouldn't mind trying order and chaos with controller support. If you use the device spoofer just to get the app downloaded then turn it off will the games run? The issue is mostly just getting them onto the device isn't it?

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I wouldn't mind trying order and chaos with controller support. If you use the device spoofer just to get the app downloaded then turn it off will the games run? The issue is mostly just getting them onto the device isn't it?
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The spoofer is only needed for the play store, from that point onwards the app itself has very little it can do to prevent running on your device.