GP2X Android Game Emulator Looks… Amazing
| by Rob Jackson on May 21st, 2009 |
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Way back in the April 2008, the Phandriod/AndroidForums days when it was little more than me talking to myself, I expressed my love for Emulators and hoped that Android would see a game emulator sooner rather than later. There are already Android game emulators available on the Android Market and elsewhere, but I’m not sure any look as beautiful as this: GPSX Game Emulator, Media Player and more demonstrated on the T-Mobile G1:
It is only pre-alpha at the moment but look at all the systems to covers -NES, SNES, Genesis, MAME and many more. The eight minute video highlights several of the games being played on the G1 and they seem to play pretty flawlessly. There are a lot of things I could say about this but I will only say two:
- This is awesome
- I want it
Lets hope pre-alpha becomes alpha becomes beta becomes RC becomes final, sooner rather than later.
[Android GP2x World via CrunchGear]
1. shinobi-wan wrote on May 21, 2009
i am drooling all over myself!!!!! (@_@)
2. Ted wrote on May 21, 2009
It better be free… or I’ll be pretty cranky… >:(… haha
3. Aita wrote on May 21, 2009
you had me at samurai showdown…….then killer instinct…..then..just awesomeness. hmmmmm….might not wait for the G1v2(i still say its the Memphis) to roll out.
4. x3haloed wrote on May 21, 2009
Looks like it might be a MAME port to the ARM processor architecture? Doesn’t look like it’s running on Android’s SDK.
5. x3haloed wrote on May 21, 2009
I take back a portion of my previous comment. It looks like they ported a lot of different linux apps, not just MAME.
6. Jochen wrote on May 21, 2009
w00000000000000000000t
this is awesome! ghost and goblins rules!
7. Furret wrote on May 21, 2009
That`s why android without a keyboard is worthless… And the only android with keyboard is regretably G1 and seems to remain for a few month the only one :-(
8. shinobi-wan wrote on May 21, 2009
and that’s why my next android phone will probably be the Morrison or the Bigfoot. there’s no way i’m losing my keyboard.
9. Gram wrote on May 21, 2009
Hmm… does this just take the normal .rom files or .snes files? I wonder if they need a “Special” made rom, also i wonder if i should get a phone with a keybord now since NES control pads have more buttons then what is on the magic.
FYI: I am willing to pay about 40$ for this.
10. Ricky wrote on May 21, 2009
Super Mario World! :O
I want this, now. I’ll pay for it.
11. BC Kid wrote on May 21, 2009
@ x3haloed
This is an emulator of a system called gp2x : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GP2X
No apps have not been ported, the emulators shown are running through the gp2x emulator.
12. MOEMAN wrote on May 21, 2009
How good is the keyboard for this? There is no gamepad on the thing, so I wonder if it is hard to get use to using.
13. Todd A. wrote on May 21, 2009
Amazing ! Yeah, this baby doesn’t have to be free for me ! Great work deserves a reward …
14. Jesse wrote on May 21, 2009
I agree. I would gladly pay for this.
15. willy wrote on May 21, 2009
Requires Debian on your phone…
16. Alos wrote on May 22, 2009
omg marvel vs street fighter man i can’t wait til this app comes out. I sure in the hell would be willing to pay for this app
17. TareX wrote on May 22, 2009
So not having a keyboard on my Android phone purchase is no longer an option.
But then I must have Tegra as well…
Looks like I will have to wait for a Tegra Android with a physical keyboard….
18. solid wrote on May 22, 2009
it’s all garbage unless I can play mike tyson’s punch out.
19. tazar wrote on May 22, 2009
wowsers. may ditch that pre for this…
20. Eric wrote on May 22, 2009
Holy Crap! Is this a hoax?! It takes a lot of power to run emmulators like these. There is nothing I’ve seen running on the G1 so far which even approaches performance like this! How the heck are they doing this? Are they somehow getting down right to the hardware? I honestly didn’t think the G1 was capable of something like this. I literally get about 5 FPS running the current Gameboy emmulator.. I’m a bit shocked to see something like Samurai Showdown running so smoothly on this device. I’m floored… I’d pay money for this EMU DEFINITELY!
21. Q wrote on December 23, 2009
Does anyone know if this emulator works for the Motorola Droid? (Why is it that all the comments stopped after two days?)