NES emulator for the iPod

First it was Pac Man and Ms. Pac Man, and now the enterprising geeks at the iPod Linux project have written a NES emulator for the iPod. So far, Megaman, Spiderman, Skate Or Die and Guerilla War work fine, while Tetris, Super Mario Brothers and a few others are still a bit crash-tastic.

If you've got the skills (and free time), why not lend these folks a hand in getting a few more games up and running. And before you ask "why," let me provide you with the answer: Because we can.

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Source: http://ipodlinux.org/INES

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First it was Pac Man and Ms. Pac Man, and now the enterprising geeks at the iPod Linux project have written a NES emulator for the iPod. So...

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Wry Cooter

Any game that was workable with a single joystick could work with an iPod. Direction and firing button. Even gaming systems that may have had two directional pads and two firing buttons, didn't always have games that used all of those elements.

I think it would be hell on a click wheel however. I doubt these get much use beyond proof of concept. When is the last time you played snake or qbert on your cell phone?

March 21 2006 at 1:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

leojsoap

oh, I care, if I don't have to carry a GP2X in my pocket as well as my phone, iPod, wallet, and keys, that would be all the cooler.

March 21 2006 at 10:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Silviu

YAY! I feel so proud, that ipod probably had linux installed on it with my tutorial :D

March 21 2006 at 10:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Eric B.

OK, I'll be "that guy"; who cares? Seriously? I can't figure out how you can control any of these games with the click wheel. Show me some reasonable input method and I'll show you some interest. Move along..

March 21 2006 at 10:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply