NES emulator on the iPhone

Wow-- something I've noticed after my little vacation last week is that the iPhone application community is at a full sprint (no pun intended) on making applications. When I left, people were dropping Hello World, and now we're up to the evolutionary step of NES emulator. By this time next week, we'll have a screenshot grabber (oh wait, we've already got that-- guess it's time to go for Open Office).
Wily programmer "stepwhite" has brought the InfoNES core onto the iPhone, along with Mario, Zelda, and all your favorite NES roms. As you can see, it's not quite done-- the emulator runs too slowly to be playable, and the controls are implemented with an actual controller image which, as the programmer says, "...while cute, sucks."

I don't know if theres any way to save states, either. Not a problem for Super Mario Bros., but Dragon Warrior or Final Fantasy might be a little long to have all in one go. But it is awesome, and just amazing that we've already gotten to this level on the iPhone. At this rate, we may not even need an SDK.

Thanks, Karl!

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Source: http://code.google.com/p/iphonenes/

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kris

Im not too smart with this stuff so please keep that in mind when answering my question. I have unlocked my iphone using jailbreakme.com. I have the nes icon but no games. when i tap the icon an error message appears and tells me there are no nes roms. what should i do? feel free to emal me with any sugustions. kulbrich@students.kennesaw.edu

November 24 2007 at 2:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

eric

how do i download NES????

October 14 2007 at 12:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chad K

Of course the frame rate is sluggish. Exactly how many comparable NES emulators can you name available for the iPhone?
With further revisions and tighter optimization all of the snags should be smoothed over and the gameplay brought up to acceptable standards... presumably.

August 27 2007 at 11:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

John

Anyone know how to download the emulator. When I try to go to the download link on my iphone it says safari cant download this

August 09 2007 at 8:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chuck & Bob

Sure, Steve. The iPhone is better than the PSP. Lay that on me again when you can play PS1 games on the iPhone, and then I'll believe you. In the meantime, I'll be at the bar playing Metal Gear Solid on my PSP. :)

August 07 2007 at 4:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

dep

OMG, the control looks HORRIBLE to the point of unplayable. Mario continues to move forward even when you're not touching the screen? so there's no way to stop him from moving? no digg.

August 07 2007 at 9:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

strippervicar

so does anyone know yet what happens when you load more than 16 applications onto the iphone? can you just not access the others on the main screen?

August 07 2007 at 5:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

steve

Good point, he's running without actually hitting the pad and using B to jump. Stupid digg users

August 07 2007 at 4:22 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

PRguitarman

Did he just push the B button to Jump in Mario Bros? And the frame-rate looks awful

August 07 2007 at 3:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jack Daniel

Kick ass! I hope we will se better controls in the future where you be able to slide de finger on the d-pad without the need of lifting your finger. If this is possible it will be really great.

It would also be better if the emulator where in landscapemode and the buttonlayout where more like on the DS with the screen in the middle. But it wouldent look as beautiful as now with the NES-controler but it would probobly be better and a more natural feel.

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