Peter writes
"You may find it interesting to know that I've just released a port of MAME for SonyEricsson's latest P800 smartphone. It's called EMame" 'Cuz if there is one thing my cel phone was lacking, it's asteroids, Ms. Pac-Man, and Joust. Delicious.
ring...ring...DMCA Calling (Score:2, Funny)
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Not being from the US, but living next door, I can just imagine being arrested at the border for possessing "illegal" material.
Re:ring...ring...DMCA Calling (Score:2)
BTW, congratulations on getting first post - probably the first sensible front-page first post for three years.
Re:ring...ring...DMCA Calling (Score:2)
Maybe the Supremes will finish it off now. But I doubt it.
Re:ring...ring...DMCA Calling (Score:2)
I feel really sorry for you people, stuck in a country where the government is 0wn3d by the big money...
In this time... (Score:1, Offtopic)
Have we gone too far??
Well .... (Score:1)
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Wise if you've have one (Score:2)
I suspect the guy at least has one for himself!
Re:Well .... (Score:2)
Well although I use Java for phone games, I can see that C would be a better bet for this. (A) because it will run faster on the relatively slow processor, and (B) because MAME is written in C already, so it would need to be completely rewritten for Java, rather than ported with most of the existing code unchanged!!
Re:Well .... (Score:1)
Games for eMAME (Score:4, Insightful)
What do you think, $0.75 per download?
Re:Games for eMAME (Score:1, Interesting)
I'd be willing to pay 1$US for every game I use on my MAME cabinet. Of course, that 1$ would be for a license so I can use the game on ALL my MAME-Compatible hardware (be it my cabinet, PC, cellphone, Gameboy Advance, etc)
Heck, is there MAME for the GBA? Someone port it plz!
No, a quarter! (Score:4, Informative)
Re:No, a quarter! (Score:1)
Re:Games for eMAME (Score:2, Informative)
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Great! (Score:1)
Is it me (Score:3, Funny)
What the hell is the matter with us? GET AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER ONCE IN A WHILE.
And I say this as a primordial geek from back before there was dirt. (The 70s)
Re:Is it me (Score:2)
They stopped making fun of me once I told them it had gotten me laid.
Don't get me wrong, I don't intend to ever play a video game on my cell phone. Because I carry my iBook and iPod with me everywhere. All these toys make my life much, much more interesting, productive, and enjoyable. So, once all y'all old geeks die off, and the nation is populated by people that were using cell phones and touch typing in grade school, we won't have to listen to y'all's luddite complaints anymore.
Cel? I want a cel phone. (Score:1)
Re:Cel? I want a cel phone. (Score:1)
Many cell phones have a vibrate option, which would be useful in games. Combine that with the motion detector, and a cell phone could be a LOT of fun!
--RJ
FPS on your cell phone (Score:2)
Hopefully not too soon, mind you, but as we integrate more functions into a cell phone, we will probably find a few of them used as a video-conferencing device (use your headset and set/hold the phone in front of you) as well as representational 3D models of urban areas for the ultra-expensive GPS navigation systems.
PDA's will get there sooner, and PocketPC computers should be there any time now (all that advanced business modeling...) - wouldn't it be interesting to be an architect oe engineer and take fully editable designs with you in your pocket?
Maybe I'm just crazy.
Re:FPS on your cell phone (Score:3, Funny)
Heh heh...
"Hello? Speak up, I can't hear you! What? You gotta speak up, I can't hear you over the cooling fan noise!"
Re:FPS on your cell phone (Score:2)
As for taking them with me...can do already...just chuck 'em into the memory and take em to work.
new way to avoid tickets (Score:4, Funny)
"using a cell phone is no excu....did you say Pac Man? sweet!..."
Another Reason (Score:3, Insightful)
Ever since getting the P800's cheper brother, the T68i, I've never looked back. Now I no longer have to carry around my palm pilot and keep my appointments and contacts on a tiny, tiny device.
Re:Another Reason (Score:2)
Check it out: http://www.redshift.hu/
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Re:Another Reason (Score:1)
I want a p800 so that itll be my pda/phone and use iTooth (© Dizzykey [tongue]) to sync with my Mac
are you in the uk?
what sort of deal did you get?
pls pls let me know!!!
Is it just me... (Score:2, Funny)
Pole Position (Score:3, Funny)
Now thats what I call a port... (Score:1)
you can keep snake...
I want Crystal Castles/tempest etc etc
now why are people complaining about this ? as i've said in other posts; you shouldn't be driving and talking/Txt'ng/gaming.
plenty of people commute by Bus/train/tram so if we want to play games let us.
Profit Margin (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Profit Margin (Score:1)
Yeah, right. I`d be careful to check the track record of people making claims for the future in IT.
It's certainly on of the main things the mobile operators are going to be selling [vodafone.co.uk] over the next year or so.
Re:Profit Margin (Score:3, Insightful)
But most operators won't do that, if they have learned anything from the WAP fiasco. Nobody used WAP when you had to pay for everything. You had to pay for both traffic and content. Then operators slowly opened their wap gateways and allowed people to access any wap content in the net. As the result, people are starting use WAP, and the operators are starting to get money from the wap traffic.
charging people for using even the simplest games/apps is a great way to make people feel being ripped of.
Controls? (Score:2)
Otherwise, it's a great idea, old arcade games like Pac-man are an excellent way to kill time on the bus, train, etc.
Re:Controls? (Score:1)
Interesting Phone... (Score:1)
I haven't seen this phone before, it seems to be getting closer to the "convergence" ideal - it's a single, pocketable device that is a:
All it needs now is voice recognition, a fast processor, and tons of storage, and it can do all those things better and be a video camera too.
Re:Interesting Phone... (Score:1)
K.I.S.S.?
Re:Interesting Phone... (Score:1)
Convergence will not happen. (Score:1)
For example, a computer needs a keyboard. Sure, you can use Grafitti to enter in your appointments, but if you're going to be programming or designing advertisement campaigns or writing a novel, you need a computer. A camera does not, however. What a camera needs is a really good lens. A really good lens doesn't help much with telephone reception, however.
What I'm getting at is that if you don't have any vested interest in any of the said technologies -- that is, if you just take pictures of your friends, listen to MP3's on the subway, write down people's phone numbers occasionally -- then an all-in-one device will probably suit you fine. As a photographer, a programmer, and a taper (concerts), such a device would be useless to me.
One thing? (Score:5, Funny)
Math isn't my strong suit, but I'm pretty sure that's three things...
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MAME - every electroinic product's killer app... (Score:2, Insightful)
Games for mobile phones (Score:2, Insightful)
I am an avid gamer, but I cannot not even imagine playing a quality game on a phone. Reasons:
1) Note I said quality. No, this doesn't mean the latest and greatest graphics or AI. The old arcade games almost fill the bill, but my game tastes have progressed beyond "Galaga", "Tempest", and "Asteroids".
2) Even if there is a good game I might want to play on a mobile phone, how long do you think I could actually play it? Battery life in mobile phones is pretty pathetic.
Sony is putting out a version of Everquest for a mobile phone. It is still in the proposed state, but they are already hyping it. Hell, the protocol for the game doesn't even exist yet, it's still being actively developed.
I realize that the marketing will target a much younger consumer than codgy old me, but there are still lots of hurdles before the gaming industry can enter the mobile phone industry with style.
-FlynnMP3
Re:Games for mobile phones (Score:1)
P800? (Score:1)
Cheap plug: XCade first arcade emulator for Palm (Score:1, Interesting)
See here:
http://www.codejedi.com
First arcade emulator for Palm OS
*duck*
And the best part (Score:1)
We're not making quota today. (Score:2)
And the Ask Slashdot hasn't been properly mocked, we need some optical techs over there, please.
C'mon - we will NEVER catch up once the stories about all the christmas XP computers exploding start pouring in.
Someone go over to the Disney makes dinosaurs [slashdot.org] story and get them off their asses.
Yeh, but the P800 is STILL not available yet! (Score:1)
Siemens U10 [gonumber.net]
Some corrections. (Score:2)
You can expect it to hit the UK streets sometime mid January... and it does everything the motorola does.
The problem is this thing is going to be fricken expensive SIM unlocked, upwards of $700.
Re:Some corrections. (Score:1)
Thanks!
Jason
Re:Some corrections. (Score:1)
Of course, most any phone can be unlocked over the net these days.
Re:P800 price and availability? (Score:2)
Price will be around $500 or so with activation.
Check http://www.expansys.com/ to find the latest phone stuff for sale.
Keep the Consumer's Mind off Phone Service (Score:1)
Anyone ever think that the only reason cellphone companies are putting games on your phone is to mask the fact that actual phone functions are absolutely terrible? I can't use my SprintPCS in most office buildings, and get dropouts all the time walking down the streets (of NYC, but still). But hey, at least I can play Galaga. Whoop-dee-fuckin-doo.
MAME and MS Flight Simulator (Score:1)
Today MAME and DOOM are used for the same purpose. If you can port MAME or DOOM, then the platform is good enough.
Re:MAME and MS Flight Simulator (Score:1)
The real reason why someone would port MAME to a cellphone?
"Because I can".
Snake (Score:1)
Many years later Nokia put Snake into their mobile phones.
Some time after that, you could play the web-version of that Nokia Snake-phone version game (i.e. the exact same game as on the phone, same controls, same graphics etc)
Now, what happens if someone tried to run this web-based game in their new web-enabled Nokia phone? Will it create a feedback loop and make the universe explode?
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