Google's Nexus One: Do Console Emulators Work?

[salx101]

just get the wii controler app which controls the phone with your wiimote

[SuperHackboy]

do anyone with a fucking iphon could see flash videos nooooo because apple sucks a bitch every fucking person taking from apple stores things like they where candy i dont know imacs core i7 the most expensive things like candy i cant believe it but android is best

[qinsyte]

i thing the problem is in phone wildfire is nod so good meyby can't hang it...

[qinsyte]

i thing the problem is in phone wildfire is nod so good meyby can hang it...

[AliceinNirvanagarden]

Phones with QWERTY keyboards make it SOOO much easier.

[spardamustdie47]

That's the sole reason I'm still using my T-Mobile G1 a.k.a. htc Dream, I assigned Key Mapping onto the QWERTY keyboard of the G1, plus at times I use trackball as a D-Pad. Hopefully, will get the htc Desire Z....

[TiJayEve]

This won't work on my Nexus S! I downloaded SNESoid and downloaded a ton of roms, and transfered a bunch from my computer, but it wouldn't work. Am I missing something? I googled the problem and it said some emulators needed a bios file. Is that the problem here? I also tried several other emulators and none of them worked. The app will start running, and it will say its running in the system tray, but Its still not working

[WagnerFanclub]

@TiJayEve You need to get the bios and assign it google it

[TiJayEve]

@WagnerFanclub, Nah It's good. I think they just needed to update the emulator to give it Nexus S support.

[matej2714]

gameboid is the best :D

[freeshfood]

Em can u pleez answer my question quick im about to buy an LG optimus can i play emulators like this on the phones version of android

[MrXspance]

Cyanogen 6 RC3 baby!!!! LOL LONG LIVE FROYO>>

[TheLizard17]

The emulators you are now using are now perfect to play. Also check out PSX4DROID.

[branthoover89506]

when u buy emulators does it come with the games?

[razordu30]

And this is one of many reasons I require hard keyboards.

If emulators interest you, you should check out the Droid and a product called "Game Gripper." It is god damn fantastic.

[theorysavage]

someone should make a screen cover that has a bit of feel to it for particular emulators...so that you can feel the dpad and buttons

[omfg191]

Mor or less, the Nexus one has had problems with multitouch. Namely, when the two inputs cross axis, they become mirrored.

[weehooherod]

The N1 now has multi-touch and the latest update to GameBoid allows perfect gaming button layout for touch screen only phones.

[grub685]

Has anyone tried pairing a PS3 controller and then running the emulator?

[XxJoshuaaxX]

@grub685 My Nexus One couldn't find the remote. So that didn't work. I tried pairing a wiimote, which it did find but wouldn't pair.

[FannySMUDGE]

I heard the screen is multitouch, just Google doesn't allow it in the firmware?

[zxcv123123]

ur fuckin dumb u dont know how to use the emus

[mikeyy124]

what roms can you use to get apps2sd

[mikeyy124]

gameboid which is for the gba now has on screen a and b

[mastermind7771]

The emulator developer needs to implement the multitouch API first before multitouch will work, so it just comes down to waiting for the developer to enable multitouch in the app.

[boface187]

at 3:16 in the settings it says flip the screen upside-down. just tap that and your good to go. trackball on the left and on screen buttons on the right.

get ya game straight pimpin.

[boface187]

if you get the right emulator, it will let you flip any game upside-down. then the trackball will be on the left and the gaming will go much smoother.

but if you get the moto droid then you have physical buttons to push even when upside-down.

yea, its offical droid is better than iphone.

[christrocfan]

Yes it does, pinch to zoom and all of the other ones were released in an update like two weeks ago. The iphone can't do anything that other smartphones do like multitasking (android does)

It's a shame.

[MajorrBison]

@zipppiz it does now, google sent out an update over the air on feb 3rd.

[ehonda234]

@zipppiz Why give him thumbs down? He's right. True multi-touch isn't available on the Nexus One yet, whether that's a software issue or hardware issue.

NOTE: You don't need true multi-touch to use pinch to zoom. If anyone would like to disprove me with a video, feel free to. Use 3+ fingers independently (i.e. not in motion with each other) in a drawing app or something and show the true multitouch capabilities.

[hellcat82au]

@ehonda234 What do you consider "true multi-touch"? I'm sure true multi-touch means different things to different people. The OS and the phones hardware both have multi-touch support. To me that's "true multi-touch"

In which case, you most certainly do need "true multi-touch" in order to pinch to zoom. How else would you be able to pinch to zoom if the phone couldn't detect simultaneous touch points and movements?

[ehonda234]

@hellcat82au The Nexus One uses the same touchscreen as the G1 and myTouch, which is the Synaptics Clearpad 2000. This is a fact. If you go onto Synaptics website and view their Clearpad 2000 description, you'll see that it does not support true multitouch, only dual touch. The Clearpad 2000 hosts a number of problems with it, including near-axis influence among others. Software cannot fix this, as it's inherently a hardware limitation. The Nexus One will never have true multitouch.

[hellcat82au]

The argument was never about the problems with multi-touch hardware. Clearpad 2000 has its issues, being a first gen multi-touch sensor. I've have created software filter around the limitations for one of my apps.

My argument is with your definition of real multi-touch. The actual definition of multi-touch is "a method of input on a touchscreen that allows two or more fingers to be used on the screen at one time." By that definition the nexus one has real multi-touch regardless of limitations.

[Leedaddy29]

Have you checked the new multi-touch update with these eumlators?

[lighangel]

how do you get the emulator on the iphone?

jailbreak?

[suffix642]

Nexus one DOES have multitouch AND pinch-to-zoom (with the new update). You just have a BAD emulator!

[WeEatBrainz]

@suffix642 Snesoid and gensoid are the best emulators u noob

[Welocy]

@suffix642 Nexus One hasn't got multi-touch. It only has dual-touch (aka Pinch-to-zoom). That's what you get when you put Clearpad 2000 in a phone.

[lidge1994]

@suffix642 this is an old video it didnt have it then

[tarunrad]

for gaming the droid is much better device !

[Znubbis]

N1 have multitouch it just dont have the "pinch zoom" as many refer as multitouch. The case here is probably that they disable the keys thats not even on the screen when you touch the screen. My guess is that its on purpose so you wont accedenticly press one when you use the touchscreen.

[tandersn9]

seems like it takes the fun out of playing games..

[blackperson33]

the first game is better if you use the d-pad to move

[Ironscimitar]

playing emulators on a touchscreen device just seems to be a bad idea in general. I bet they kick ass on the Droid though.

[blackperson33]

its pretty good on the mytouch

[dimitrismpower]

the psx emulator for the hd2 (fpsece) is much better...

[gpmoo7]

How can you say that the Nexus One is not multi-touch system-wide? All Android 2.0+ devices are multitouch system-wide.

The fact that hardware buttons can't be pressed simultaneously with the screen doesn't mean that the system is not multitouch.

Have you try playing with the hardware buttons of the iPhone simultaneously with pinch-to-zooming?

[Gregz0r1]

@gpmoo7 Yup. It works fine, assuming the iPhone buttons you refer to, is the volume rocker.

[MyPhoneGoezBeep]

Can you hack multitouch system wide on the Nexus One?

[porky247]

If you're going to play emulators the Droid would be the best choice.