Emulators that can run on the Dash (working emulator compilation)

[.PoNeH]

So, are there any working emulators out there for the Dash? I have been lurking on qusers.com and saw that a lot of people have been getting NES, SNES, and GB emulators to work well with their Q but I haven't been able to get it working on the Dash. Any ideas?

http://www.qusers.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13

[DanITman]

I've tried a couple as well, the only one I can get to work is Pocket Nester. The only problem is the resolution looks like crap and I won't work well with the Dash.

I also Tried PocketNester Plus with not luck.

[xer099]

Hi PoNeH,

I also posted to your thread on MoDaCo....

I sort of have AvAlon5's version of smartsnes working on my dash. However, the image does not display properly. The screen is cutoff on the right and wraps around on the left. I've heard this works for the Q, because the Q uses a funky version of GAPI for backwards compatibility with old software.

I've posted a request to AvAlon5, asking to update with support for QVGA landscape like in the dash.
see this thread
http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=243520&st=20&gopid=784084&#entry784084
you can also get his software close to the beginning of the thread.

Perhaps someone here on xda-developers can help with some sort of GAPI wrapper to get programs not designed for landscape displays to work on the dash. anyone???

[.PoNeH]

Keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for all your contribution. By the way, how did it run? Was it as responsive as you expected? How were the controls?

[xer099]

besides the display problem, it ran great. i had auto-frameskip on, and it ran at full speed with sound WITHOUT overclocking. controls are as expected for snes, keys are configurable, and multi button press is no problem.

[cwsocha]

There is a good step-by-step tutorial for setting up the emulators for the Dash located Here (http://forum.dashsmartzone.com/index.php?showtopic=53). It has a link as well to PicoDrive which is cool. I haven't tested all of them, but PocketNester seems to work well for me.

[swivel]

There is a good step-by-step tutorial for setting up the emulators for the Dash located Here (http://forum.dashsmartzone.com/index.php?showtopic=53). It has a link as well to PicoDrive which is cool. I haven't tested all of them, but PocketNester seems to work well for me.

PocketNester won't display in full screen. It displays "tall" and scrunched, not "wide."

[.PoNeH]

There is a good step-by-step tutorial for setting up the emulators for the Dash located Here (http://forum.dashsmartzone.com/index.php?showtopic=53). It has a link as well to PicoDrive which is cool. I haven't tested all of them, but PocketNester seems to work well for me.

This guide is as useful as a sweater in Florida. Not much help at all. Thanks for sharing the link anyways.

[swivel]

This guide is as useful as a sweater in Florida. Not much help at all. Thanks for sharing the link anyways.

Haha. Yup. That's no "guide." It's a talking fart.

[Cable]

So, are there any working emulators out there for the Dash? I have been lurking on qusers.com and saw that a lot of people have been getting NES, SNES, and GB emulators to work well with their Q but I haven't been able to get it working on the Dash. Any ideas?

http://www.qusers.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13

Here are the answers to most of the questions that are asked on this forum:

http://surrealnetworks.com/mpx/DashApps.htm

I use the Pocket NESter Plus all the time with my Dash.

[Menneisyys]

As far as SNES emulation is concerned, I recommend http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1257201 - I've spent quite a lot of time on Masterall's new, Smartphone-compliant SNES emu.

[travisc]

I downloaded the 1.52 version from modaco... installed the .dll in the first post also...

When I try to open a rom... the screen flashes to black, closes pocketsnes, and returns to file explorer.

[travisc]

http://www.modaco.com/PocketSNES-152-t237589.html

There's the link btw. :)

[surfing10]

Why don't you use PocketNesterPlus?

[tc2007]

I downloaded the 1.52 version from modaco... installed the .dll in the first post also...

When I try to open a rom... the screen flashes to black, closes pocketsnes, and returns to file explorer.

Only way to make it work is to use Portrait mode.

[travisc]

I do use pocketnester... but that's for NES, not SNES.

It won't let me select "Portrait", i tried that... the only display setting it will move to, is the one already selected Landscape Left? i think.

[surfing10]

I try to use the PocketSNES and I've got the same error.
When I load the ROM the screen goes blank and then return to file explorer.

Anyone?

[travisc]

Yea, i got it to work... have to go into the settings, and set it for Portrait... you have to press the RIGHT button to change it to portrait, UP & DOWN doesn't change it... sound didn't work, and the left side of my screen was cut off.

[surfing10]

Sorry for bring this problem back again.. but anyone can help me with PocketSnes?
When I load a ROM the screen freeze and I have to close it with Task Manager.

[crimsonblake]

Good luck dude. I tried for about 4 months to get SNES to work on my phone and simply gave up.

[surfing10]

If you look at my last post in 14-10-2007 I was with the same problem that I have now ... so I'm close to give up.

[trieumai]

Hmmnn! Well first post since i got my dash recently.
I got pocketsnes working with no problem. I'm running the new HTC_WWE_Brightpoint_US_1.33.422.1_4. 1.13.51_03.07.90 that was posted on another thread. Hope that helps. The sound is messed up though coz you hear a lot of static, but music is still recognizable. Oh and i overclock my dash to 252 mhz.
Off topic, anyone knows a free program to create shortcuts for the dash? Thanx.

[snazzy]

Look all you have to do is READ!. Most importantly follow instructions and that is it. I've been playing Pocketnester, PocketSNES, NeoGeo, Cps1, and Cps2 roms for the last 4 month w/o any problems. Here is the site where you go download the latest PocketSnes 1.53 by masterall http://www.modaco.com/content/Smartphone-Software-Games/237589/PocketSNES-1-53/ Now you will need to get this file tgetfile.dll to load the roms or else the emulator is just gonna freeze and do nothing. Masterall also provided tgetfile.dll for download. If I can play Chrono trigger, Final Fantasy 2, Final Fantasy 3, and Secret of Mana then you should be able to do it too. I've not overclock my Excalibur and those game run like butter on our dash, without sound though. If you're still having problems read throughout the whole thread, because others might experience the same problem as yours. Anyways enjoy and have fun and most importantly NEVER GIVE UP!.

For best result update your dash to
NEW HTC ROM!! HTC_WWE_1.33.422.1_4.1.13.51_03.07.90_Ship.exe. This rom is amazingly fast. I've played PocketSNES w/ wm5 (official), wm6 (official), Rogers, and the NEW HTC ROM. The new rom makes this game feel a lot smoother maybe because it free up more resource.

[surfing10]

Look all you have to do is READ!. Most importantly follow instructions and that is it. I've been playing Pocketnester, PocketSNES, NeoGeo, Cps1, and Cps2 roms for the last 4 month w/o any problems. Here is the site where you go download the latest PocketSnes 1.53 by masterall http://www.modaco.com/content/Smartphone-Software-Games/237589/PocketSNES-1-53/ Now you will need to get this file tgetfile.dll to load the roms or else the emulator is just gonna freeze and do nothing. Masterall also provided tgetfile.dll for download. If I can play Chrono trigger, Final Fantasy 2, Final Fantasy 3, and Secret of Mana then you should be able to do it too. I've not overclock my Excalibur and those game run like butter on our dash, without sound though. If you're still having problems read throughout the whole thread, because others might experience the same problem as yours. Anyways enjoy and have fun and most importantly NEVER GIVE UP!.

For best result update your dash to
NEW HTC ROM!! HTC_WWE_1.33.422.1_4.1.13.51_03.07.90_Ship.exe. This rom is amazingly fast. I've played PocketSNES w/ wm5 (official), wm6 (official), Rogers, and the NEW HTC ROM. The new rom makes this game feel a lot smoother maybe because it free up more resource.

It's impossible .. I've read the Modaco thread and I'm still having problems with PocketSnes.
I'm running the 1.33.422.1 ROM, fresh install and then I install the tgetfile.dll and run the PocketSNES 1-53 .. when I load the ROM the screen freeze. :mad:

PocketNesterPlus and PicoDrive runs smoothly .. why PocketSNES always freeze?

UPDATE: I found this version PocketSNES_QVGA_04_01_06.rar on
http://www.modaco.com/content/Smartphone-Software-Games/232517/Smartphone-Game-Emulators-for-C550/
And now it works !! But isn't at full screen .. the game is show in the middle of the screen only ..

[crimsonblake]

At one point I had the SNES emulator running extremely slow with no sound and with the sides cut off. I've determined that it just isn't worth it. I'll tackle SNES emulation in a year when I upgrade again. The dash can't handle it and no one has written adequate code.

[surfing10]

Well .. I take some screenshot to show whats going on here.
PocketNesterPlus and PicoDrive works like a charm .. PocketSNES doesn't.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/surfing/Forum/DashEmulators1.jpg -> PocketNesterPlus - work at Full Screen

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/surfing/Forum/DashEmulators2.jpg -> PocketSNES QVGA_04_01_06 - not working at Full Screen.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/surfing/Forum/DashEmulators3.jpg -> Any Other PocketSNES version - freeze when I load ROM. Look at the Up and Menu buttons ..

[snazzy]

What games are you trying to play with POCKETSNES? I know some games would show just a blank screen when loaded. For some reason the Pocketsnes 1.53 doesn't play any snes game over 4mb with the exception of chrono trigger.

BTW Your screenshow that your running v1.47!! Go get the PocketSNES 1.53!

[surfing10]

I'm testing Super Mario All Stars and Top Gear.
Both work on the QVGA version of the PocketSNES ..
I'll try this Chrono Trigger.

[snazzy]

I'm testing Super Mario All Stars and Top Gear.
Both work great on the QVGA version of the PocketSNES ..
I'll try this Chrono Trigger.

Good to hear your able to play PocketSNES now :)

[surfing10]

Good to hear your able to play PocketSNES now :)

Isn't quite playable yet .. since I don't have full screen .. :(

[crimsonblake]

Isn't quite playable yet .. since I don't have full screen .. :(

You're wasting your time with pocketSNES. Unless you re-write the application ;)

[surfing10]

:(
I can't believe that in the hole world no one have the right version for Smartphones like Dash.
I try the 1.53 version on a PPC and works great with full screen support. On the Dash the pocketSNES just freeze!

[snazzy]

Isn't quite playable yet .. since I don't have full screen .. :(

What are you talking about? Thats why I said you need to read. I've been playing SNES full screen on my dash for a while now. Why don't u go to display and set it on portrait large with smooth stretch........ cmon its not that complicated. READ.

[surfing10]

I don't have this options "Portrait Large" and "Smooth stretch" ... cmon .. I'm not a dumb ass !!!

Show me your screenshot .. what version do you use? Why on my Dash the 1.53 simple freeze when I load the ROM and your's not?

[snazzy]

I don't have this options "Portrait Large" and "Smooth stretch" ... cmon .. I'm not a dumb ass !!!

Show me your screenshot .. what version do you use? Why on my Dash the 1.53 simple freeze when I load the ROM and your's not?

Look I'm not trying to attack you. I'm trying to help you out. If my message seem a little offensive I'm sorry. Right now I don't have any cameras to take pix of my dash, unless there is a software or shortcut key that allow me to take screen shot of my phone, if so tell me how. For Portrait large and smooth stretch option go to option then Display. The option screen loads up when you load pocketsnes 1.53 (left hand side is file, right hand side is option). Anyways I dont know why your dash keep freezing up when u load roms. I already said this happen to me too in certain games. The emulator does not read any roms over 4mb. Tell me how to take screen shots of my dash w/o a camera then ill show u what my dash is capable of playing.

[chelsea_fc]

for capturing screenshot i reccomend using smarttoolkit...

[snazzy]

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z161/snazspace/Captured-1.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z161/snazspace/Captured-2.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z161/snazspace/Captured-4.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z161/snazspace/Captured-6.jpg

[snazzy]

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z161/snazspace/Captured-3.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z161/snazspace/Captured-7.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z161/snazspace/Captured-8.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z161/snazspace/Captured-9.jpg

Thanks for the smart tool kit suggestion. My dash is able to handle NeoGeo games in full screen as well. If you want more screen shots, tell me, I'll show them to you.

[crimsonblake]

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z161/snazspace/Captured-3.jpg


Thanks for the smart tool kit suggestion. My dash is able to handle NeoGeo games in full screen as well. If you want more screen shots, tell me, I'll show them to you.

So what's the magic trick?

How does everyone else have so many problems and you get it to work perfectly? Any help would be appreciated.

[crimsonblake]

http://www.modaco.com/PocketSNES-152-t237589.html

There's the link btw. :)

Link doesn't work anymore. Can someone post it here?

[trieumai]

wow! i must be one of the lucky fews to get pocketsnes working?
like i said earlier, i'm running on the new 1.33 HTC rom, i dont think it'll make much of a diffrence. Make sure you app unlock ur dash, install the tgetfile.dll something, then run pocketsnes 1.53.
at 186 MHz clock, game will be slow if sound turned on. at 252MHz, everything should be playable. Some games wont load. either the copy is bad or incompatiable.
if you google for the required files, you'll find them. only two anyway.

http://www.modaco.com/content-page/237589/PocketSNES-1-53/page/100/#entry740414

[snazzy]

So what's the magic trick?

How does everyone else have so many problems and you get it to work perfectly? Any help would be appreciated.

I'm not sure why so many people are having problem with the emulator. I've made pocketsnes 1.53 work w/ 4 of my friends dash already. I've also made them work with 4 different version of wm6 roms such as, wm5, wm6, rogers wm6, New Bright HTC roms (currently using).

BTW I had a problem w/ one of my friends dash. I created an extra folder and when I try to load the roms I wasn't able to find any. Once I delete that extra folder the roms was found and playable.

-Application Unlock
-Create folder PocketSNES 1.53 in storage card
-Inside folder PocketSNES 1.53 , I create another folder and named it "Emulator".
-Inside the Emulator Folder I only put the PocketSNES.exe file
-All roms go inside PocketSNES 1.53 folder NOT the emulator folder
-Install tgetfile.dll
-Go to Emulator Folder and load up PocketSNES
-Configure Display modes and Keys in option.
-Files , load roms, and wallah it works.

All my roms are extracted they're not in zip files. Hope this help.

[crimsonblake]

I got pocketSNES to work this morning with no problems at all. I've been playing FF6 (FF3) since. I simply gave up on SNES emulation back in August after trying to get it to work for 7 months. It seems Masterall updated the emulator back in October allowing it to work for widescreen smartphones.

[funkydude101]

how is GBA emulation on the dash? is it even possible?

[snazzy]

I don't think thats possible as of yet or even ever. GBA hardware requirement is definitely gonna be more than 64mb of rams and 200mhz processor.

[surfing10]

Snazzy, thanks for the screenshots..
My version of PocketSNES was wrong and don't have the option for Portait Large. I've download from http://www.modaco.com/content/Smartphone-Software-Games/237589/PocketSNES-1-53/, but I have problems extracting the Rar file but now it's OK and I'm running the 1.53 version.

I'm gonna test and post later.
Thanks so much.

Edit: Now it's working fine at full screen.
Damm rar file!
Thansk !!!

[snazzy]

Snazzy, thanks for the screenshots..
My version of PocketSNES was wrong and don't have the option for Portait Large. I've download from http://www.modaco.com/content/Smartphone-Software-Games/237589/PocketSNES-1-53/, but I have problems extracting the Rar file but now it's OK and I'm running the 1.53 version.

I'm gonna test and post later.
Thanks so much.

Edit: Now it's working fine at full screen.
Damm rar file!
Thansk !!!

Your welcome surfing, Im glad I can help. BTW you have to play final fantasy III its probably one of the best rpg ever made.

[surfing10]

Now I'll search for the games ;)

[ashasaur]

Hey all, this may be old news, but after many, many, MANY hours of searching, I have finally found a GOOD emulator for WM smartphone, that ALSO WORKS on 6.1....and it is called SmartGear. It emulates NES, GameBoy and Gameboy Color, Super Nintendo, Genesis, and Master System...all in one tiny 1.5MB program! The downside, is that it costs 10USD to register, BUT it is free to try, although gameplay is limited to 2 minutes per rom:/// so if anyones got a keygen or somethin for this, PLEASE post it(ive already bought it, so its not needed for me personally, just for the community to have), but none the less, check it out at-http://www.bitbanksoftware.com/SmartGear.html

PS, did I mention that it emulates SNES and Genesis games AT FULL SPEED WITH SOUND?????!!!! Hmm, interesting eh? Oh but BTW, I DO reccommend that you do overclock your processor to 240MHZ for full speed sound. Enjoy!

[iamanalog]

(ive already bought it, so its not needed for me personally, just for the community to have)

Sure sure ;D There is no need to pirate smartgear, its only 10 dollars and bitbank did an amazing job on it, definitely deserves the money.

Speaking of which i think i need to buy another copy since i lost my registration code

[pudgedaddy]

Hey all, this may be old news, but after many, many, MANY hours of searching, I have finally found a GOOD emulator for WM smartphone, that ALSO WORKS on 6.1....and it is called SmartGear. It emulates NES, GameBoy and Gameboy Color, Super Nintendo, Genesis, and Master System...all in one tiny 1.5MB program! The downside, is that it costs 10USD to register, BUT it is free to try, although gameplay is limited to 2 minutes per rom:/// so if anyones got a keygen or somethin for this, PLEASE post it(ive already bought it, so its not needed for me personally, just for the community to have), but none the less, check it out at-http://www.bitbanksoftware.com/SmartGear.html

PS, did I mention that it emulates SNES and Genesis games AT FULL SPEED WITH SOUND?????!!!! Hmm, interesting eh? Oh but BTW, I DO reccommend that you do overclock your processor to 240MHZ for full speed sound. Enjoy!


I actually used this at one time, but even with the current one i can't get the sound to play properly with sega genesis games. it seems like the one of the two layers of sound are missing when i play it or other games. So i get background music but not the sound efx. And ive tried configure the settings every which way i could but with no luck... so i guess its back to pico drive for genesis and snes9x for my snes games and pocket nester for my nes games

[superminipoo]

yup , i have 3 emulators also for the games. no need for smartgear.

[ashasaur]

how the hell do you get PicoDrive to make sound and have a fullscreen video though? Mines just in a tiny "window" and has no sound of any kind!

[superminipoo]

i dont play with sound, it lags too much even overclocked. im sure smartgear has the same prob., cuz 264mhz is just too slow. the only emulator with sound is the NES 1. cuz the graphics is just basic colors.

for the full screen, get the newest version and u have more options for video.

[ashasaur]

nope, if you overclock your dash, excalibur whatever to at least 240MHZ, SmartGear will run Genesis and SNES games with sound, full screen, at 55-60FPS according to the built in FPS counter. IE that=full spead

[gabe2555]

So I just installed PocketSnes but whenever i try to play the game it doesn't fit the screen right. It's too far to the left. How do i fix this.

[gabe2555]

Got it to work...Nvm close thread

[renegadedj]

you get the games to run good with volume on? or is it slow?

i run with no sound cuz of the lag

[gabe2555]

I havnt even tried to run it with sound because it read it made it slow. But i did try to play music through windows media player while a played. I think i just need a better rom to make both run smoothly. I still have the original.

[johnambler41577]

I havnt even tried to run it with sound because it read it made it slow. But i did try to play music through windows media player while a played. I think i just need a better rom to make both run smoothly. I still have the original.

What version of PocketSNES are you using?

[Bupahs]

Just kill all items running that you dont need (celetask manager - killing all unneeded proscesses/tasks frees up 26MB on my dash) use celetask to free up as much memory as possible run Pocketsnes from your main memory (not storage card). Editing the registry as follows below helped out tons for me:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE\ (Change limit from 16384 to 32768)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS (Change CacheSize to 4096)

[Profezza]

Anyone figure a way to load roms equal to or larger than 4Mb? OMG I wants my Kirbys!!!

[Bupahs]

Anyone figure a way to load roms equal to or larger than 4Mb? OMG I wants my Kirbys!!!

Us PocketNester instead of Pocketsnes, I know, there has not been a new release in about 3 years... but hey.. it works perfectly and it has no problems loading HUGE Roms.

Emulator

http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/pocketnester.shtml

ROMS

http://www.freeroms.com/

[chaosan]

correct me if I'm wrong, isn't pocketnester for NES and not SNES?

[Bupahs]

correct me if I'm wrong, isn't pocketnester for NES and not SNES?

The "older" versions 0.5.4 and 0.7 only played NES, but the last Plus version also played SNES, it was a beta version 1.0b, I might still have it so I can upload it (it was freeware). I moved onto SmartGear cause it emulates GameBoy Color, NES, GameGear, MasterSystem, TurboGrafx-16, and Genesis (MegaDrive) and the developer is working on adding SNES.

[Profezza]

Latest version of PocketNesterPlus I could find was 0.9 here http://www.modaco.com/content/smartphone-software-games/237915/pocketnesterplus-0-9/, will test later.

[ed02]

Pocket Snes in case someone wants to download it, Ill be testing the program.

http://paqpark.nuclearfallout.net/projects/pocketsnes.php

[jdoggraz]

Pocket Snes in case someone wants to download it, Ill be testing the program.

http://paqpark.nuclearfallout.net/projects/pocketsnes.php

Works great man, no problems thus far.

[ed02]

Works great man, no problems thus far.


Did you get it to Work jdoggraz? if so wich version did you download?

[renegadedj]

i have version 1.63 on my phone. it works solid except for slowdown if i turn sound on. if i overclock it it gets faster with sound, but then the unit starts freezing.

i ferget where i got this verision. let me try and find my installation file for youz guys.

[ed02]

i have version 1.63 on my phone. it works solid except for slowdown if i turn sound on. if i overclock it it gets faster with sound, but then the unit starts freezing.

i ferget where i got this verision. let me try and find my installation file for youz guys.

thanks cool!

[qwikndrty]

On your phone, go here http://www.mobile.surrealnetworks.com/
Then scroll toe "Dash Applications"
Then scroll down to PocketNester
Install it
Go back and click "NES ROM files"
Download 100s of games right there onto your phone!:D
I have a Tmobile Dash and they work FLAWLESSLY! No lag and perfect sound quality!

[ghostwheel]

What sound options do you use on pocketsnes?
I haven't yet found one that gives really good sound.... :(

[ed02]

On your phone, go here http://www.mobile.surrealnetworks.com/
Then scroll toe "Dash Applications"
Then scroll down to PocketNester
Install it
Go back and click "NES ROM files"
Download 100s of games right there onto your phone!:D
I have a Tmobile Dash and they work FLAWLESSLY! No lag and perfect sound quality!


it worked Great.

[ed02]

What sound options do you use on pocketsnes?
I haven't yet found one that gives really good sound.... :(

I ussually just have it on mute, the games are too loud. :cool:

[johnambler41577]

This version is PocketSnes 1.53, and it seems to be the best version I am aware of to date. Find it here:

http://www.modaco.com/content/smartphone-software-games/237589/pocketsnes-1-53/

[slater87]

Do you have to manually set the controls for the pocketnester plus off of surreal networks? im not sure what the controls are now, but the few buttons i tried pushing dont work... im sure ill figure it out...

[ed02]

Do you have to manually set the controls for the pocketnester plus off of surreal networks? im not sure what the controls are now, but the few buttons i tried pushing dont work... im sure ill figure it out...

When you open the program just right click under Options/controllers, and choose the buttons you want to use, Im using O and P for A and B on my dash those where the best ones to use!

[Bupahs]

I ussually just have it on mute, the games are too loud. :cool:

I always lowered the volume prior to loading that way it worked well. Was afraid the games would blow my speaker LOL

[slater87]

Im Sure Theres A Thread About This Already, But I Dont Feel Like Digging To The 300th Page To Find It... Sorry, Im Lazy. But Whats A Good Snes Emulator For The Dash? I Am Using Ricky's Latest Theme... If That Makes A Difference... Thanks

[beartard]

By the way, not much digging is required. When you click the search button up top, the bottom text "Or use the built-in search..." is actually a link to a much better search than the default google one. Makes finding stuff around here easier.

PocketSNES is the only working SNES emulator I know of (but I've been known to be wrong before.) But to say it works is really giving it more credit than it deserves.

Smartgear is a multi-machine emulator that is supposed to have SNES support in its next release. It seems to work well for what it does (everything from gameboys to nes to sega hardware).

[slater87]

Okay, Thank You... But Smartgear Costs Money, Not Much, But It Does... And Im Usin Pocketnester Plus... I Think Ill Just End Up Payin For Smartgear Cause I Want A Gameboy Advance Emulator As Well...

[beartard]

Before you jump, keep in mind that the gameboy-advance emulator part of smartgear isn't that great. I've only tried it a few times and it said both games were unrecognized files. I think a little more documentation would be nice from them, but $10, even for what it does well, isn't that bad.

[johnambler41577]

This version is PocketSnes 1.53, and it seems to be the best version I am aware of to date. Find it here:

http://www.modaco.com/content/smartphone-software-games/237589/pocketsnes-1-53/

[slater87]

Thank You Both, I Shall Give Pocketsnes A Try, And Yea... Ill Have To Research Smartgear A Lil More Before I Pay The Whole 10 Bucks For It ;) ...

[johnambler41577]

I have noticed a slight increase of questions in regards to emulation on the Dash. This is a compilation of emulators that seem to run okay on the Dash. Credit goes to Parallax and Masterall @ Modaco for their work on the emulators. You will also need to get the "tget" cab installed in order to use some of these. Find it here: http://tillanosoft.com/ce/tgetfile.html These will emulate the following: SNES, NES, Gameboy Color, and Genesis. Enjoy! If anyone has some input have at it! :)

[tennisshoeninja]

any know where to get good ROMS? like mario bros?
i got some from www.theoldcomputer.com but not any good ones...

[RoachX]

Does anyone know how to control the volume in pocketnester plus?

[johnambler41577]

I believe you have to set the volume by the touchstrip before running the rom, or while you are in the menu of the emulator.

[Rip Syntaxx]

any know where to get good ROMS? like mario bros?
i got some from www.theoldcomputer.com but not any good ones...

Check Mikey1022's signature and also http://dashapps.googlepages.com.

[tennisshoeninja]

I have noticed a slight increase of questions in regards to emulation on the Dash. This is a compilation of emulators that seem to run okay on the Dash. Credit goes to Parallax and Masterall @ Modaco for their work on the emulators. You will also need to get the "tget" cab installed in order to use some of these. Find it here: http://tillanosoft.com/ce/tgetfile.html These will emulate the following: SNES, NES, Gameboy Color, and Genesis. Enjoy! If anyone has some input have at it! :)
why is there to of them called pico drive? and does the gameboy one play gameboy advance?

[modchipper]

Few here also. http://mobile.surrealnetworks.com/DashApps.htm

[johnambler41577]

why is there to of them called pico drive? and does the gameboy one play gameboy advance?

The two "picodrives" are two different versions of the Genesis emulators. And the Gameboy emulator only emulates gameboy and gameboy color, not advance - also it is not fullscreen. From what I know, I have not seen a fullscreen Gameboy emulator.

[beartard]

Smartgear is as close to fullscreen as you'll get on a smartphone. Gameboy screens were square. You either have to "letterbox" the left and right sides or stretch it to fit a rectangular screen.

[rushless]

I have noticed a slight increase of questions in regards to emulation on the Dash. This is a compilation of emulators that seem to run okay on the Dash. Credit goes to Parallax and Masterall @ Modaco for their work on the emulators. You will also need to get the "tget" cab installed in order to use some of these. Find it here: http://tillanosoft.com/ce/tgetfile.html These will emulate the following: SNES, NES, Gameboy Color, and Genesis. Enjoy! If anyone has some input have at it! :)


CultMAME works too (surprisingly well).

[johnambler41577]

Smartgear is as close to fullscreen as you'll get on a smartphone. Gameboy screens were square. You either have to "letterbox" the left and right sides or stretch it to fit a rectangular screen.

Thanks man, I'll have to check that out. I've tried smartgear out a little before just not enough to be dangerous.

[johnambler41577]

I do have some MAME, FinalBurn, and PocketCult installed on my phone; however I have not had the oppurtunity to check them out and verify (roms not on my phone yet). If anyone would like to try them out here they are! I will verify my results once I get the chance. If anyone has working results please let the rest of us know! :)

[slater87]

Are Any Of These Available As Cab's? Im At Work And Dont Have My Cable To Go From The Comp To My Phone... Plus The Computers Here Are Crappy And Cant Unzip, So Id Have To Download It Later... But Im Gettin Bored With My Pocketnester Plus And Would Like To Play A Nice Long Game For Gnuboy... Thats The Emulater Id Like, For Now... Till I Get My Paypal Account Working Right So I Can Pay For The Smartgear...

[johnambler41577]

Are Any Of These Available As Cab's? Im At Work And Dont Have My Cable To Go From The Comp To My Phone... Plus The Computers Here Are Crappy And Cant Unzip, So Id Have To Download It Later... But Im Gettin Bored With My Pocketnester Plus And Would Like To Play A Nice Long Game For Gnuboy... Thats The Emulater Id Like, For Now... Till I Get My Paypal Account Working Right So I Can Pay For The Smartgear...

Nope, at least none of the files I have besides Pocketnester are CAB files... otherwise I would have posted those.

[slater87]

Oh, Okay, Well Looks Like Ill Stick To Pocketnester For Now... At Least Till I Get My Laptop In 3 Hours :)

[tennisshoeninja]

The two "picodrives" are two different versions of the Genesis emulators. And the Gameboy emulator only emulates gameboy and gameboy color, not advance - also it is not fullscreen. From what I know, I have not seen a fullscreen Gameboy emulator.
hmmm gay wanted advance...thanks tho

[johnambler41577]

well, i got my laptop, downloaded pocketgnuboy and its got the exe file and dll file... tried runnin the exe file and im gettin an error. not sure what to do...

error message
... is not a valid win32 application

You will have to drop the Gnuboy exe and your roms into a folder on your phone, and then run the exe from your phone.

[johnambler41577]

Here is another great emulator that I just tried out. It emulates the Turbo Grafx 16, Sega Master System, Game Gear, Gameboy, NES, Genesis, and soon SNES. Mind you it is a trial version and lets you play only 2 minutes until you register it. It is Smartgear, find it here: http://www.bitbanksoftware.com/SmartGear.html

[beartard]

never heard of it ;)

[DashFeen18]

where can i get roms for the gnuboy... i cant find any :'(

[beartard]

The standard answer for ROM searches is: you can rip them from cartridges you own yourself. While having emulators is perfectly fine, having ROMs for carts you don't own is illegal in most of the world. Sharing them on this forum would put the site in legal jeopardy as well, so you're not gonna get very much good info here.
http://justfriggin(edited)googleit.com (http://justfuckinggoogleit.com/) is your best bet, as well as searching your favorite bittorrent site.

[xeonz2k]

pocketgba works in Excalibur?

[johnambler41577]

pocketgba works in Excalibur?

Not that I am aware of. I have tried some GBA emulators and couldn't get them to work. Besides that I don't think the Dash would be able to handle GBA emulation very well. Anyone else get different results than me?

[spikey911]

You can also add Pocket Commodore 64 to the list, although its not free, it is excellent.
It not only supports the 64 but also Vic-20..

[johnambler41577]

You can also add Pocket Commodore 64 to the list, although its not free, it is excellent.
It not only supports the 64 but also Vic-20..

Great! Do you happen to have a link for us? If not, it's no big deal - I will try to google it and post it in my spare time. :)

[spikey911]

Great! Do you happen to have a link for us? If not, it's no big deal - I will try to google it and post it in my spare time. :)


http://www.clickgamer.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=17780&section=SMART&PHPSESSID=7bfbcb8425752800c4bd914e482492d1

[spikey911]

Here is a free Commodore 64 emulator, it has bugs, but it does work.

Its called Pocket Hobbit

http://pockethobbit.qsh.eu/

[spikey911]

Here is Pocket Stella.... Also runs perfectly on Dash.. Its an Atari 2600 emulator.

It is also free..

http://stella.sourceforge.net/

[johnambler41577]

:cool: Sweet!!! Much appreciated!! I was actually looking for an Atari 2600 emulator but wasn't fruitful in my search. Thanks for the links.

[dinscurge]

i got pocket snester to work goo and pockt nester, and gnubo, but the gba one i have doesnt run good needs more emory than have

[dinscurge]

to start of here is a list of emulators i have on my phone working at deceant speed, pocketnester, pocketsnester, Pocketgbadvaceddemo only because he hasnt updated the the new version for landscape screen, but pocketgbadvanceddemo doesnt work properly only work for few minutes the exits, has anyone seen or used a gba emulator that works good and is faster than morph?

[ratstrangler]

Bitbank Smartgear?

Check your messages. :)

[pudgedaddy]

Does anyone one any issues with sound using smartgear when playing genesis games? When i play sonic the hedgehog, or any of the sonic games, it seems like it only re-produces 1 channel of audio. I re-produces the accompianment audio but not the main audio that has the music and the sound efx (such as the coin "bling" sounds). I'm using the latest version 1.0.4
and i've tried all kinds of sound options (ex: stereo on/off, bitrate 11-44khz, and 16-bit audio on/off). I've even tried extracting the .zip file and playing the file unzipped. This doesn't seem to be an issue when uing picodrive, but picodrive doesnt seem to run as smoothly as smartgear. (at least for genesis games)

[johnambler41577]

Does anyone one any issues with sound using smartgear when playing genesis games? When i play sonic the hedgehog, or any of the sonic games, it seems like it only re-produces 1 channel of audio. I re-produces the accompianment audio but not the main audio that has the music and the sound efx (such as the coin "bling" sounds). I'm using the latest version 1.0.4
and i've tried all kinds of sound options (ex: stereo on/off, bitrate 11-44khz, and 16-bit audio on/off). I've even tried extracting the .zip file and playing the file unzipped. This doesn't seem to be an issue when uing picodrive, but picodrive doesnt seem to run as smoothly as smartgear. (at least for genesis games)

I've had the same problems, and apparently the author will be working on the sound support on the next release. Check out the last page or two of this thread: http://www.modaco.com/content/smartphone-software-games/112206/sega-gg-nintendo-gameboy-emulator-for-sp-beta-test/

[dewey1973]

I know many of you know how to do this already, but I've seen some threads from people who have problems getting this to work.

How to play NES (Nintendo) Games on your Windows Mobile Smartphone (http://www.simplehelp.net/windows-mobile/how-to-play-nes-nintendo-games-on-your-windows-mobile-smartphone/)

[dinscurge]

no not gbc i mean gba, nd the version i have on my phone emulators are as follows the snes one is from modoco, the nes one is from http://dashapps.googlepages.com/, gnuboy is also from modoco but no sound and gbc sucks so i dont use it ever, i have rickywatts 6.1 v24 and i get like 21.78megs free of memory so i plays snes pretty much perfectly its a little slow bt it never laggs from the speed it has even with sound working great and ive never had any display problems with pocketnester or pocket snester..

[jacsonmoore3]

i have pocketnes & snes working on my dash...they work just great

[chucuflu]

is any project on making a GBA emu for HTC 620/21???

cause it has years that masterall didn update GBACE...

can someone make the GBA emu possible??
or the phone really cant hang it??

plz... tell me.. so ill upgrade my phone...(never wanted to go to Symbian)...

[spitfire123123]

hi

after countless hours of testing various snes emulators for windos mobile and seeing if any worked well with the excalibur ive finally found one.

you must have atleast 2 roms in the folder in which you put smartsnes.

keep frameskip to 2 for best results but please share your settings if you find better ones.

i used omap overclock to overclock to 216mhz i believe and then things went smoothly. but i didnt try it under 200mhz- maybe you could see which is the lowest you could have for best performance and battery consumption.

enjoy

[johnambler41577]

hi

after countless hours of testing various snes emulators for windos mobile and seeing if any worked well with the excalibur ive finally found one.

you must have atleast 2 roms in the folder in which you put smartsnes.

keep frameskip to 2 for best results but please share your settings if you find better ones.

i used omap overclock to overclock to 216mhz i believe and then things went smoothly. but i didnt try it under 200mhz- maybe you could see which is the lowest you could have for best performance and battery consumption.

enjoy

Have you tried Masterall's PocketSNES 1.53? It works better than the file you are suggesting (in my own opinion) as far as the display goes. You will find it in this thread!

[spitfire123123]

hi
yes, but 1.52

is 1.53 any better with full screen on the dash??

super mario kart is really sluggish....

is it the same for you??
cheers

[johnambler41577]

hi
yes, but 1.52

is 1.53 any better with full screen on the dash??

super mario kart is really sluggish....

is it the same for you??
cheers

Yes 1.53 is good with fullscreen. As far as running mario kart, it seems to glitch and is unplayable. Does it work well with smartsnes?

[spitfire123123]

sort off, but not fullscreen.

[johnambler41577]

sort off, but not fullscreen.

The good thing about smartsnes V2 that I noticed is that it plays some games that pocketsnes 1.53 does not. For example super metroid, and terranigma seem to run so far on smartsnes - just with the funky screen. Despite that I can deal till somthing better comes along. Thanks for sharing spitfire!

[johnambler41577]

The good thing about smartsnes V2 that I noticed is that it plays some games that pocketsnes 1.53 does not. For example super metroid, and terranigma seem to run so far on smartsnes - just with the funky screen. Despite that I can deal till somthing better comes along. Thanks for sharing spitfire!

Hmm.. I am now able to play Super Metroid and Terranigma on PocketSNES 1.53 in fullscreen after I opened them up in SmartSNES V2 then exit. This is very strange indeed... a very cool find!

[nttbeats]

i have pocketnes & snes working on my dash...they work just great

ditto... just in time for my vacation flight

[Da_maniaC]

--moved post--

[johnambler41577]

Just in case some of you don't know, Smartgear is getting some updates. Apparently it has improved Genesis support and now SNES is enabled but has some bugs. I haven't tried this out yet myself, but I thought I would pass the word! Check out the link below for details and the exe!

http://www.modaco.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=112206&view=findpost&p=974595

[puace]

All the two links for the Snes9xJ4u are broken.

I already searched the internet and emule and can't find the Snes9xJ4u b1k or older versions.

Does anybody know I link to download it or could post it in any download site like rapidshare or megaupload?

[SuperStar1080]

Is there any way to get a gameboy advance emulator on the dash. I read some posts where blackjack users have had some success with GBACE by rotating the screen but idk if the dash has a screen rotating app. Anyway to get a GBA emulator would be great!

[Auzern]

I use SmartGear to play GBC and GB games but it does not support GBA. Games on GBC and GB are very similar to that of GBA if you don't consider the graphics to play...

[SuperStar1080]

i have been using pocketgnuboy for gbc and gb games and was seriously contemplating on whether or not to get SmartGear. Pocketgnuboy has great speed but crashes frequently and has a small screen. I was just curious if there was an emulator so I could play Pokemon Fire Red for gba.

[johnambler41577]

From what I understand there is no working GBA emulator for the dash... I have tried several myself in the past but none of them worked. As far as Smartgear goes, I highly recommend it as it emulates quite a few systems and for GB or GBC emulation it is top notch (and fullscreen)! Version 114 seems better than the newest version for the GB/GBC emulator though as for some reason the new version crashes on some games where the old one did not.

[#2!]

PocketNesterplus is the only one I have gotten to work decently. Trying to play with these micro sized buttons started to piss me off so I gave up on the Idea of having one on my dash.
I had a DS laying around I hardly touched and decided to buy a CycloDS Evolution. Best $50 I ever spent. I have NES, SNES and Genesis emulators running great on that. And a few other emulators that are kind of glitchy.

[phuKKah]

I use SmartGear 1.1.7
Runs everything it can at fullspeed with sound.

[Pierrot Lunaire]

Where did you get SmartGear 1.1.7?!
I thought the latest version is 1.1.6.

[baiggee2]

anyone tried cps1-3 cave and neogeo on their excalibur



If not then use final burn

[Herox]

The only one i could actually get to open the rom was pocketnes, and then none of the buttons worked. I really want a GBA emulator though.