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It’s just in beta at this point, but devs and techies far and wide are now invited to take a stab at coding up some magic for RIM’s new touch-based user interface elements, orientation control, accelerometers, and virtual keyboards that are getting proudly shown off for the first time in the Storm. There’s stuff in here for regular folk without a single programming bone in their bodies, too — namely, a full-fledged emulator that appears to have all the features and functionality you’d expect the real thing to have. It’s a gas to play with — even more fun than that semi-functional G1 demo T-Mobile has up and running — and it’s a good way to test-drive the goods without laying out the cash first. Not to say you could even if you wanted to, since the phone’s not dropping for another month at a yet-to-be-determined sticker price.

[Via Phone Scoop]

Update: Be sure to select Simulators v4.7.0 to get the goods — otherwise you’re going to go through some ridiculously long download, only to discover that there’s no Storm to be found. Wouldn’t that just suck?

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Source: Chris Ziegler

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Filed under: Gaming, Portable Audio, Portable Video

If you’re an owner or prospective owner of the Cowon Q5W, you’re probably impressed with its myriad audio and video playback capabilities — but did you know it can handle emulation as well? Apparently, since the device is based on Windows CE, it’s fairly easy to get game emulators up and running on the 5-inch PMP. In the video you can watch a setup of what appears to be an SNES imitator playing both Donkey Kong Country and Super Mario Kart (two favorites of our SNES fanboy, Paul Miller, we suspect). The games are controlled by a decidedly non-Nintendo accessory — a PS1 controller connected via USB adapter. With that recent $50 price drop, this may be just the incentive you need to spring for a shiny new edition to your gadget library.Continue reading Cowon Q5W does SNES emulation with a PS1 controller

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Source: Joshua Topolsky

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StyleTap, the folks behind the CrossPlatform Palm emulator for Windows Mobile have built a proof of concept version of the software for the iPhone / iPod touch. They’re not committing to releasing any such product, and aren’t releasing the software as a beta or anything like that at the moment, but the video demo of the software in action is certainly promising. All the apps are rather responsive, the device benchmarks a good bit faster than the Tungsten | T, and Apple’s keyboard is even integrated into the proceedings quite nicely. Video is after the break.

[Via TUAW]Continue reading Palm emulated on the iPhone: finally we can leave that IIIc at home

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Source: Paul Miller

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You’ve waited, you’ve watched, and now your wildest dreams are about to come true. That’s right, someone has coded a native SNES emulator for the iPhone / iPod touch. Right now, the project is still in the beta / testing phase, but you can be assured that in the very near future, your sweaty hands will be smudging all over a virtual controller during heart-pounding games of F-Zero, Killer Instinct, and Super Metroid. If you absolutely can’t wait one more second (Paul Miller, we’re looking at you), slip the developers a donation and they’ll break you off some beta test action. If you’re the patient type, you can enjoy the video after the break, and sit tight till the app goes public.

[Thanks, Daniel]Continue reading iPhone and iPod touch nab SNES emulation

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Source: Joshua Topolsky

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Filed under: Gaming

Considering that Doom runs smooth as butter on Nokia’s 770, the OLPC XO, and the iPod, you knew it was only a matter of time before this classic made its way over to the iPhone. Just in time for the weekend, Doom is now available for Apple’s first handset. And just in case blasting through pixelated fiends wears you out, why not check out the new and improved NES emulator? We won’t waste anymore of your precious iPhone gaming time here, now get your downloads on below!

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While the DS and PSP aren’t without their squabbles in the past, there’s the fact that no matter how much you compare the two, there are certain obvious differences in approach that make it a bit of an apple to oranges scenario. That’s why it’s so intensely awkward to look at the screen above — a DS emulator on the PSP. It’s running a DS homebrew game, GeoWars, and running it pretty slowly at that, but still. DS on a PSP. The DeSmuME emulator was ported by Japanese homebrew developer SofiyaCat, and while we really can’t imagine many DS titles that would benefit in any way from playback on the PSP, the sheer triumph over logic on display here has made us total fans of the effort.

[Thanks, zshadow]

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Source: Paul Miller

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Yeah, the floodgates have opened, and we promise not to bug you with every new app to come down the pipe, but we figured you’d want to know when you can get your Mario on. Video is after the break.

[Via TUAW]Continue reading NES emulator released for the iPhone

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