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T-Mobile Launches G1 Emulator to Pass the Time until October 22nd

Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 10:00 AM on October 5, 2008

If you can't wait for the T-Mobile G1's release, or just couldnt figure out if it's available or not and missed your chance to pre-order, T-Mobile has released a pretty full-featured emulator to play around with. It doesn't have everything (GPS is missing and a few functions just give an error message) but it'll give you a good taste of what's to come on October 22nd. [Cell Phone Signal via Engadget Mobile]


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iPhone NES Emulator Adds Accelerometer Support, Brings Tilt Control to Mario

Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 11:40 AM on July 29, 2008

The new version of the popular NES emulator for the iPhone and iPod Touch now includes accelerometer control for all games. The implementation is very simple: a tilt is equivalent to control input in that direction. This means that tilt control can be used in any game loaded into the emulator, but also that some of the controls are pretty much balls. Also, this app does not live in the official app store.


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DIY NES USB Controller Plays Games, Contains Emulator For Playing More Games

Posted by Jack Loftus at 7:00 AM on July 21, 2008


This DIY hack does what modders have been doing with NES controllers for years, and then adds an awesome twist. First of all, it's a USB controller that lets you play classic Nintendo games on your laptop. The cool part is there's an emulator crammed inside the controller and it contains all the software and ROMs you need to have a pretty intense retro Nintendo party all by yourself. So far designer Jay Kaye has made three; how about a couple thousand more?


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SNES Emulator Running on a Cowon Q5W

Posted by Adam Frucci at 10:30 AM on March 11, 2008

This is a Cowon Q5W PMP that's been rigged to hook up to an original Playstation controller and running a SNES emulator. One the one hand, it's sweet to see SNES games being played on a PMP. On the other hand, this is a honking $550+ PMP, so you'd probably be pretty pissed if it didn't have the juice to do this. In any case, neat! I'll take SNES emulation anywhere and everywhere. [Anything But iPod via Ubergizmo]


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snes4iphone v1.0.0 Tested (Verdict: Playable)

Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 7:00 AM on February 25, 2008

ZodTTD's snes4iphone v1.0.0 was recently released and it works surprisingly well. After a few games of Mario All-Stars and Super Mario World it's obvious this emulator has come a long way. While in-game audio is still missing, background music plays fine. Gameplay is fairly smooth with frameskip enabled, and the emulator supports landscape and portrait display modes. Perhaps the best feature is the well implemented save system. Basically, you're not going to beat any crazy speed runs using snes4iphone, but it's a nice distraction for the bus. [ZodTTD via BGR]


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Gionee NES Phone Lets You Stomp Goombas on the Go

Posted by Seamus Byrne at 3:40 AM on June 14, 2007

NES%20Phone.jpg While we wait for Sony Ericsson's rumored PSP phone to arrive, the folks at Gionee have created the Gionee S20 slider, a cellphone that comes with an NES emulator. Not that we advocate this kinda stuff, but, er, you could load up the phone with your favorite ROMs and then hook it up to your TV (the phone comes with a TV out connector) for some big-screen 8-bit action. Lets see the iPhone do that. Product Page [Akihabara News via Slashphone]

Ben Heck's Portable Emulator

Posted by Seamus Byrne at 6:55 AM on May 30, 2007

gameport.jpgEveryone's favorite game console mad mod genius, Ben Heck, has a new project, and it's something that you and I might actually get a chance to play with for a change. Instead of a one-off like the Xbox 360 Laptop, he's designing the case for the GamePort, a handheld emulator designed to play retro games. So he's designed it for a reputable company rather than just for fun, so we should be able to buy it, right? Well… maybe. According to the GamePort site, " the company that would have distributed the GamePort in stores perished after legal problems. Several other options are being discussed, including selling directly online." Awesome. Not exactly something to fill us with confidence, but who knows, maybe it'll go up for sale at some point. Product Page [via Ben Heck]