Palm Pre running psx4all (psx4pre) - Wipeout XL

Hello from ZodTTD of http://www.zodttd.com !

I have recently purchased and jailbroken/rooted a Palm Pre. In doing so I have ported over my Sony Playstation 1 emulator project, psx4all to the Pre!

The Palm Pre, using some of the same hardware as the iPhone 3GS and Pandora gaming handheld, is fast!

In this short video you can see Wipeout XL running on the Palm Pre.

Note that there is no sound output (though it's emulated), as Pulse Audio is required for the Palm Pre, and I have yet to support it. It will come soon. Also keep in mind I have not figured out hardware rotation or scaling, or whether it is possible. Until then I am using the raw framebuffer device and blitting 320x240 software scaled.

I figured out how to read the keypad device on the Palm Pre, though there are times it fails to give a keyup event, making keys "stick". This is annoying and I'm looking for a workaround.

As things progress I will have fullscreen landscape working as well.

Thanks,
ZodTTD
http://www.zodttd.com/blog/2009/06/30/palm-pre-gets-some-playstation-action/

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Palm Pre
• psx4pre
• Pre
• psx4all
• psx
• playstation
• wipeout
• iPhone
• iPhone 3GS
• zodttd
• Pandora
• OpenPandora

[mastrflexx]

Lol dude, your hands look like that deformed general that let the orchs into battle on lord of the rings.

[zodttd]

LOL! Yeah I was going to note that in the annotations. I'm resting them on a table and have my pointer fingers raised. Made the video look quite odd! :P

[NGAwesomeShow]

what would you say it runs better on zod, Pre or 3GS?

[zodttd]

The Pre. Not due to hardware differences, but the overhead of the iPhone's OS and touchscreen. Having lower level access to the hardware (framebuffer access for instance) helps a lot!

[dreamcastdc]

Wow the framerate is so good.

[kloplop321]

Seems to play well

[platinumchefindia]

@zodttd Where can I download this to test it out? I'll be happy to give feedback, I have a Pre2 and a Pre3!

[MUFFINWRATH]

Ahhh why could he not release this like in beta or something, looks so good.

[shrekdedos]

Zod, this is a fantastic work, really!

But why didn't you release this, even at a beta state ?? I don't get it :/ All the other mobile platforms have got their Psx4all version, Webos users are jaleous! :p

[SquatDeadPress]

I would really like for this to be released. Original Palm Pre overclocked to 1ghz running psx games would be sweet.

[santosjrm]

what's the news zodttd?!

[shrekdedos]

@furygoalbrtis39 I think Zodttd will finish this when WebOS'll be back on the scene (New hardware or just WebOS 2.0 maybe ?)

[furygoalbrtis39]

@shrekdedos ya its pretty much a dead project, this was posted over a year ago and they haven't made any progress

[shrekdedos]

anyone got news for this ? Dead project ?

[GhostSonic]

I wish the Pre got more attention. Especially with the PDK being out.