Pocket PC Apps, Games, and Emus

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 10:46 pm

Well, in boredom, I'm messing around with an old PDA, and am wondering some good stuff to throw on it. I'm aware of TCPMP and Pocket Quake, but other than that, what is there to play? I know these things play a lot of other games, have alternative apps, and play some good emulators, but what are the best?

tom61 · Post by **tom61** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 11:44 pm

More details on this PDA?

PocketNester is pretty much the best NES emu for the platform.
GFDoom is the best version of Doom I've found.

Many other emulators and game engines out there. http://www.pocketgamer.org/games/emulators/index.shtml

For dedicated PPC games, Xen Games have some pretty cool ones. Pocket Slay is pretty awesome too.

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:09 am

It's a Dell Axim X30 with a 400MHz processor and 64 megs of RAM.

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:40 am

Here's a few:

Adobe Reader
Mocha VNC
MiniStumbler
Opera Mobile
MODPlayCE
PocketNester
PocketStella
PocketGnuBoy
gfDoom
DOSbox
PocketVCS

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:09 am

Wow, thanks, bic, good list.

Does anyone know any good Genesis, SNES, and GBA emulators, though?

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:18 am

For Genesis, I've tried genpp and PicoDrive.

Genpp works well enough to be usable on my x30, and it supports click zones on the screen. (You can hold the unit sideways, use the d-pad as the d-pad, and tap on the right side of the screen for the A B and C buttons.) The only downside is it can be kind of buggy and slow, especially when it comes to screen rotation. (I have to press the reset button on the back once maybe every 10 launches because the process locks up.) It also has imperfect sound support, but it's acceptable. It plays just fine on my Mid with the 312 mhz processor.

Picodrive gives better frame rates, but it's crap. No sound, no tap zones, little game support, the 2 player and demo modes on Sonic 2 are just garbage... Don't bother with it.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:58 pm

If the games play anything like they did on my old PDA (an old-ish iPaq), not worth bothering with! I think you have a GP2x instead, no?

tom61 · Post by **tom61** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:31 pm

CronoTriggerfan wrote:Wow, thanks, bic, good list. Does anyone know any good Genesis, SNES, and GBA emulators, though?

For SNES, SNES9x is the only one I've tried. If you have speed issues, try SNES9x Bleeding Edge releases, especially August. Morphgear is now free and supports SNES, but I haven't tried it.

I never managed to get a GBA emu working, but all the ones I have are at least a year old. Between having an internet tablet and an ultraportable/netbook, my pocket PC hasn't gotten used much in recent years.

bacteria wrote:If the games play anything like they did on my old PDA (an old-ish iPaq), not worth bothering with! I think you have a GP2x instead, no?

Yeah, the iPaqs sucked at gaming, unless you had one of the add-on gamepads, back in the day. The Axim he has can actually register multiple button presses and diagonals. More powerful processor and faster OS as well over the old iPaqs.