GodMedia
07-21-2004, 10:46 PM
I posted this same question on www.yakyak.org and am curious to hear the answers here as well:
Is anybody else out here getting into emulation on the Pocket PC.
I have an HP iPAQ 5450 running Pocket PC 2002 with the following emulators:
PicoDrive - Sega Genesis
Pocket VCS - Atari 2600
PocketNESter - Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom)
CE/GG - Sega Master System and GameGear
Pocket Commodore 64 - Commodore 64 (duh)
MAME CE3 - Various arcade games including TEMPEST!
PocketSNES9X - Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom)
PocketEngine - PC Engine/Turbografx-16
PocketClive - Sinclair Spectrum
Neko Project ][ - PC-9801
These are the emulators that have given me the best performance. Many don't run well with sound emulation on (even from this list) or require massive frameskips that make gameplay difficult at best (Pocket SNES9x has never given me good performance).
Typically 8-bit emulation works best. Pocket Commodore 64 is near flawless (very minor things that it handles poorly, but it does handle them). PocketNESter is awesome too, but can sometimes go into some kind of a graphics glitch that can cause you to need to hard reset your PPC. PocketClive is perfect. CE/GG works near 100% (Out Run has some graphics issues and the small screen makes it awkward at times). Pocket VCS is near perfect as well and my favorite way to play any kinds of games on the PPC. MAME CE3 works okay, but it does do a perfect (no sound though) emulation of Tempest. Pocket Engine requires no sound and a frameskip of 1/4 to run well, but it does okay for Final Soldier (my favorite) and Super Space Invaders, though unfortunately it doesn't allow key configuration changes and that makes Space Harrier very cumbersome to play (a bummer). PicoDrive is good but does not even give you an option for sound emulation; it's very fast for a 16-bit system emulator but the small screen and lack of 100% compatibility with many games leaves much to be desired (can't play Gunstar Heroes on it).
Does anyone else emulate on one of these devices? What are your recommendations?
Is anybody else out here getting into emulation on the Pocket PC.
I have an HP iPAQ 5450 running Pocket PC 2002 with the following emulators:
PicoDrive - Sega Genesis
Pocket VCS - Atari 2600
PocketNESter - Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom)
CE/GG - Sega Master System and GameGear
Pocket Commodore 64 - Commodore 64 (duh)
MAME CE3 - Various arcade games including TEMPEST!
PocketSNES9X - Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super Famicom)
PocketEngine - PC Engine/Turbografx-16
PocketClive - Sinclair Spectrum
Neko Project ][ - PC-9801
These are the emulators that have given me the best performance. Many don't run well with sound emulation on (even from this list) or require massive frameskips that make gameplay difficult at best (Pocket SNES9x has never given me good performance).
Typically 8-bit emulation works best. Pocket Commodore 64 is near flawless (very minor things that it handles poorly, but it does handle them). PocketNESter is awesome too, but can sometimes go into some kind of a graphics glitch that can cause you to need to hard reset your PPC. PocketClive is perfect. CE/GG works near 100% (Out Run has some graphics issues and the small screen makes it awkward at times). Pocket VCS is near perfect as well and my favorite way to play any kinds of games on the PPC. MAME CE3 works okay, but it does do a perfect (no sound though) emulation of Tempest. Pocket Engine requires no sound and a frameskip of 1/4 to run well, but it does okay for Final Soldier (my favorite) and Super Space Invaders, though unfortunately it doesn't allow key configuration changes and that makes Space Harrier very cumbersome to play (a bummer). PicoDrive is good but does not even give you an option for sound emulation; it's very fast for a 16-bit system emulator but the small screen and lack of 100% compatibility with many games leaves much to be desired (can't play Gunstar Heroes on it).
Does anyone else emulate on one of these devices? What are your recommendations?