Gaming on the Hermes

[Guest arangast]

Hi guys, I'm new to Pocket PC / Smartphones, and after all my research have decided to go for one of these beasties :)

I'm quite a avid gamer and before I buy one I'd like to know if there are any SNES or Mega Drive (or any other classic console) emulators that might work on it and if they're any good - I presume they could be playable via the keyboard. I know the likes of Scummvm should work fine which is great, but if I could get my old console collections running that would be even better...

Thanks in advance,

Arangast

[Guest steveA]

You can find a Pocket PC port of MAME here. I don't think it will work with the newer processor on the Hermes tho.

[Guest AndrewH13]

You can find a Pocket PC port of MAME here. I don't think it will work with the newer processor on the Hermes tho.

Tried MameCE Arcade emulator, rom loads but cant find any keys actioning the game to load coins and start. Bombjack looked good on start screen! After a while of button pushing, it locks up. Anyone else tried?

Edited December 11, 2006 by AndrewH13

[Guest MikeWard1701]

Not done much gaming on my Vario yet, say for playing the default 'bubble burst'.

But there's a few games I'm gonna try. Will report back.

I've heard that there is a GameBoy / GameBoy Advance emuator available and also a version of Tomb Raider.

Mike

Edited December 11, 2006 by MikeWard1701

[Guest Matt Kirby]

Have a look at my post here: http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=...n+on+the+hermes

I've looked mainly at console emulation, and not tried to use the keyboard as generaly there are enough keys around the screen to play landscape mode with the case closed.

[Guest MacHooligan]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=261277

This cab does work, i've installed it twice.

Hi guys, I'm new to Pocket PC / Smartphones, and after all my research have decided to go for one of these beasties :)

I'm quite a avid gamer and before I buy one I'd like to know if there are any SNES or Mega Drive (or any other classic console) emulators that might work on it and if they're any good - I presume they could be playable via the keyboard. I know the likes of Scummvm should work fine which is great, but if I could get my old console collections running that would be even better...

Thanks in advance,

Arangast

Look here...

http://www.spicypixel.com/xwiki/bin/view/MorphGear/WebHome

[Guest AndrewH13]

Look here...

http://www.spicypixel.com/xwiki/bin/view/MorphGear/WebHome

Have you tried this on Vario II/Tytn and had it working fine?

Like to hear someone had it on this PDA after hours trying to get mamece working!

[Guest daedalia]

MAME CE3 is very old and no longer developed, use PocketCult MAME, supports more games & it works. http://www.pocketcult.com/home.php

For Capcom & NeoGeo, Final Burn. http://www.modaco.com/FinalBurn-for-WinCE-0006-t247894.html

Mega Drive use Picodrive, full sound with 400Mhz. http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=237281&st=0

Edited December 13, 2006 by daedalia

[Guest encrypted]

MAME CE3 is very old and no longer developed, use PocketCult MAME, supports more games & it works. http://www.pocketcult.com/home.php

For Capcom & NeoGeo, Final Burn. http://www.modaco.com/FinalBurn-for-WinCE-0006-t247894.html

Mega Drive use Picodrive, full sound with 400Mhz. http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=237281&st=0

How does one install these on the HTC Hermes?

[Guest Abel060]

There are emulators for almost every old game system try looking on site like www.pocketpcfreewares.com you can find emulators for snes nes gba etc.. try Pocket GBA, PocketSNES (Bleeding Edge), and PockerNester. These emulators all run smooth but only support landscape mode facing the opposide direction of the keyboard so that the keyboard is on top. If anyone know an emulator that support landscape with the keybaord at the bottom so it can be used let us know.

PocketNesterPlus 0.9 runs better than PocketNester and it supports landscape mode in both directions so you can use the keyboard.

Pocketnesterplus and the tgetfile: http://www.modaco.com/index.php?act=attach...&tid=237915

Edited December 27, 2006 by Abel060

[Guest Wam7]

The few games I've tried seem to slow down dramatically when the stylus is used. Is this the case for all games? i.e SkyForce played very smooth on my P910 using the stylus but runs like treacle using the stylus on M3100... runs smooth just using the D-Pad.

[Guest Abel060]

How do you use romcenter with pocketcultmame to locate roms you already have?

Also, I used Picodrive for genesis emulation and PocketNesterPlus for nes emulation, they work very good and they both have landscape support for both directions. With picodrive and pocknesterplus i can use the slide out keyboard and all the games run and play great after mapping the keys correctly. Now all i need is an snes emulator and gba emulator with landscape support to the right side. You can get these emulators in the smartphone game forum, I think masterall is the one perfecting them.

Edited December 23, 2006 by Abel060

[Guest Abel060]

How does one install these on the HTC Hermes?

For Picodrive

Download the file to your computer and Unzip the files. Take the file picodrive.exe and place it in your ppc using the active sync file explorer. You probably want to put it on your storage card. After you put it on your hermes use the file explorer in it to open the picodrive.exe file you saved on your storage card. Install the file and you are finished. All you need your games.

Edited December 23, 2006 by Abel060

[Guest daedalia]

Don't forget to copy tgetfile.dll to the same location as Picodrive otherwise you won't be able to load games. You can get it from http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=237281&st=80.

Edited December 27, 2006 by daedalia