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MAME gets Chrome Native Client port, is awesome case study

Ahmet — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:25:00 +0000

We’ve already seen MAME burn brightly (and briefly ) on iPads across the world and now it’s been delicately ported across to Chrome’s Native Client . Admittedly, the graphics may not stand up against recent gaming wares seen on Google’s new platform, but it’s still able to cope with the likes of Pac-Man

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iMAME app gets pulled from iTunes

Ahmet — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:17:00 +0000

In barely enough time to get out of the app store and into the hearts of retro gamers everywhere, the iMAME emulator on iOS has already been erased from iTunes — just days since its release . Alas, that lack of any official endorsement may have reared its ugly head

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Love Hulten shows off R-Kaid-6 game console, resurrects Octorok from ‘Zelda’

Ahmet — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:28:00 +0000

In a perfect world, you could have a cool, original retro gaming peripheral and impress the sort-of-snooty steampunk nerds at the same time. That day has arrived to do just that, as Love Hultén has created a new wooden video game console called the R-Kaid-6.

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P.S. it’s not a Vita: Yinlips’ Android-based YDPG18

Ahmet — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:11:00 +0000

Don’t call it a KIRF — it’s a Yinlips “Android Smart Game Player.” Which is to say, it’s an Xperia Play -like experience wrapped in PS Vita clothing. So basically, yeah, it’s a KIRF. This form factor doppleganger hails from China and lacks the internal quad-core pizazz of the Sony next generation handheld it purports to be

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Android Ice Cream Sandwich: What will it look like on a tablet? (video)

Ahmet — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:07:00 +0000

Is there such a thing as too much Ice Cream Sandwich? We didn’t think so either, and booted up Google’s own Android Emulator to play around with version four-point-oh — in tablet proportions. We don’t know whether manufacturers will end up slathering their own interpretation of Ice Cream Sandwich on top of the vanilla original, but this is probably very close to what we’ll be dealing with when it arrives on tablets sometime this quarter. Scrollable, resizeable widgets are here, as is a tabbed, synchronizing web browser. There are some minor niggles; we hope they’ll make some adjustments to the comically over-sized native keyboard, but the main thing we took away from this stuttering simulation is that the UI is nigh-on identical to what we were using on the Galaxy Nexus. Android looks like it has any future convergence issues in order — this version will feel at home on both your phone and tablet. Android Beam has never sounded better. If you can forgive the low-performance emulation, check out the video after the break for more Ice Cream Sandwich, king-size.

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Android Ice Cream Sandwich: What will it look like on a tablet? (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Android on HP TouchPad: yes, there’s an app for that (video)

Ahmet — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:46:00 +0000

TouchPad firesale hysteria may have finally died down, but those of you with newly acquired HP slates should pay attention. A poster by the name of Chomper has uploaded a walkthrough of Android running atop webOS. Yes, you may have seen that particular feat before, but this time ’round the appropriated Google OS gets the emulated treatment. The mobile platform, installed via an .ipk, is accessible as an app and appears to run somewhat smoothly, although certain tics become noticeable when switching between homescreens or attempting to playback YouTube video. Audio and multi-touch have both yet to be successfully implemented in this rogue use of Android, and there’s also a pesky power off issue that requires a hard reset of the system. Still, it’s good to see the dev community doing what it does best, and inching us ever closer to a Rubin afterlife on HP’s deceased tab. Skip past the break for a silent video tour.

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Android on HP TouchPad: yes, there’s an app for that (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Xperia Play spins original PlayStation One ISOs via emulator hack

Ahmet — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:35:00 +0000

Android developer Yifan Lu has reverse engineered the Xperia Play’s native PlayStation emulator to make it run ripped PSX ISOs. That means you’re no longer limited to Crash Bandicoot or the handful of other PSX titles that have officially trickled out from Sony Ericsson. Instead, you can grab your original games from the attic, rip them into disc images, and bring them back to life on your Play. Er, assuming that’s legal, of course. Perhaps you should move to Papua New Guinea before trying it. We’ve attached one of Lu’s videos to prove that his tweaked emulator actually works. His custom ISO of choice? More Bandicoot.

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Xperia Play spins original PlayStation One ISOs via emulator hack originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Android Market’s most popular emulators disappear without a trace (update)

Ahmet — Sun, 29 May 2011 16:10:00 +0000

If you’re an Android gamer, chances are you’ve heard of Nesoid, Snesoid, Gensoid, N64oid, Ataroid, Gearoid and Gameboid: they’re all video game console emulators developed by yongzh, and many ranked among the most popular paid apps on the Android Market. This week, they’ve got something else in common, too — they’ve all been abruptly removed. Following a complaint from Sega, two emulators were nixed late last month, but we’re hearing that Google has since revoked yongzh’s developer privileges, just like PSX4Droid comrade-in-arms ZodTTD. We’re currently reaching out to both yongzh and Google for comment, and hope to hear back soon, but it’s looking like a bleak week for the emulation community.

Update: We got in touch with yongzh (or Yong Zhang, as he’s known in real life) to discuss the matter, and he confirms that his developer account has been removed and his apps pulled without warning — cutting off his primary source of income and leaving him with an inbox stuffed with worried email from customers. He has, however, already migrated a number of emulators to third-party app store SlideME, where they’ll be free for a while, allowing existing customers to get updates without paying a second time, and likely helping a number of new individuals to mooch off his troubles. He’s not too optimistic about his prospects at SlideME, though.

Android Market’s most popular emulators disappear without a trace (update) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 29 May 2011 12:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fabrice Bellard builds PC emulator in JavaScript to run Linux in a browser

Ahmet — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:53:00 +0000

Tired of playing around with Android apps in your web browser courtesy of Amazon’s virtual machine? Well, thanks to super hero programmer Fabrice Bellard, you can now try your hand at something a little more challenging. “For fun,” he built a complete PC emulator in JavaScript, and then used it to run a fully functioning version of Linux in a web browser. How did it turn out? You can hit up the source link below to try it out for yourself.

[Thanks, el burro]

Fabrice Bellard builds PC emulator in JavaScript to run Linux in a browser originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 May 2011 13:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NaClBox brings DOS-based gaming to Chrome along with sweet, sweet nostalgia

Ahmet — Thu, 12 May 2011 22:46:00 +0000

Now that Angry Birds has come to Chrome, none of us have any reason to leave the house. But if you like your games closer to 1fps, NaClBox may be more your speed. The Chrome-only emulator revives such DOS-based classics as The Secret of Monkey Island , Falcon 3.0, and Alone In the Dark. Most are demos, meant to show off the browser’s Native Client potential and tug the heartstrings of retro-gamers. And we’ll admit getting a little misty at stepping back into the blocky shoes of Guybrush Threepwood — but maybe even more so at the bleepy-bloopy Soundblaster-era soundrack.

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