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Posts about gaming and emulation on mobile platforms, primarily Android.
March 15, 2011
I won’t write much about Stellar Escape here: the first game from Swedish newcomer Orange Agenda, because the demo video below does a pretty good job showing what it’s about. What I can say is this: entertaining gameplay, great on-screen controls, excellent graphics using the Unity 3D engine, and OpenFeint integration with online leaderboards. There [...]
Posted in Android, Games + Emu, Reviews | Tagged Android, Games, OpenFeint, Orange Agenda, Stellar Escape, Unity 3D
March 4, 2011
The godfather of video game console emulation on Android, yongzh, is back with a Nintendo 64 emulator called N64oid. He already had many different Sega and Nintendo emulators in the Market, so yongzh is a coder who’s an expert on bringing retro video games to modern Android smartphones. N64oid was released yesterday, and yongzh admits [...]
Posted in Android, Games + Emu, Reviews | Tagged Emulation, Emulator, N64, N64oid, Nintendo 64, ROMs, Top emulators for Android, yongzh
March 3, 2011
Android is getting more and more great games for each day that passes. However, the games that feature the most advanced 3D graphics generally require the very latest hardware, such as a dual-core Tegra 2 processor. Those games are showcased in Nvidia’s TegraZone app. But luckily, there are also many games that rely on fun [...]
Posted in Android, Games + Emu, Reviews | Tagged Android, Doodle Bowling, Game recommendations, GameResort, Jean-François Geyelin, Meganoid, OrangePixel, PewPew, Reviews, Stupid Zombies, Top Android Games
February 21, 2011
Retro video game console emulators on phones – we all love them. And if you don’t, well, you probably should, because old-school gaming can be very entertaining and smartphones and emulators are a perfect match. Android’s openness makes it one of the best platforms for console emulation, and there are virtually flawless emulators available for [...]
Posted in Android, Games + Emu | Tagged Accessories, Bluetooth Game Gripper, Controller, Emulation, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game controller, Game Gripper, Game pad, GBA, NES, PlayStation, Sega, SNES, Video Game Consoles
February 16, 2011
Karoshi was previously only available as a Flash game for PCs, and as such, it has received quite a lot of praise. One of my favorite magazines, Wired, had Karoshi Suicide Salaryman on its list of the top 5 PC games in 2008. Since yesterday, we can now enjoy this beautifully offbeat platform puzzle title [...]
Posted in Android, Games + Emu, Reviews | Tagged Android, Games, Jesse Venbrux, Karoshi, Review, Suicide Salaryman, Videos, YoYo Games
January 3, 2011
Imagine you’re sitting in the corner of a small room in an abandoned cottage in the outskirts of a desert village. You have taken shelter in an attempt to recuperate, catch your breath. Just moments ago, you ran away in desperation because you were about to die. Bullets came from nowhere — you miraculously managed [...]
Posted in Games + Emu, Random Tech | Tagged 3D games, Bad Company 2, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, BC2, Computers, Dice, Games, Gaming, James Cameron, Multiplayer games, PC, Reviews, Squad Deathmatch
September 9, 2010
Android gaming has really evolved this year. There are now lots of titles with impressive 3D graphics, all the video game console emulators you can dream of, as well as plenty of clever and addictive games in the Market. Some games are addictive simply because they’re so much fun to play, and other games are [...]
Posted in Android, Android Basics, Games + Emu, Guides and tutorials, Reviews | Tagged 3D, Addictive Android Games, Addictive Games, Android, Android Gaming, Camel Games, Puzzle Games, Top 10 List, Top Android Games
August 6, 2010
Back in May, Gameloft released a series of games for Android to mixed reactions. On one hand, the company was praised for the impressive graphics its lavish games featured, but at the same time Gameloft received criticism for not making the titles available in the Android Market. To add insult to injury, Gameloft initially had [...]
Posted in Android, Games + Emu, Guides and tutorials, Reviews | Tagged 3-D, Android RPG, Dungeon Hunter, Gameloft, Hack 'n' Slash, Hands-on, HD, Review, Role-playing Game, Ubisoft
July 30, 2010
There are already many superb games for Android, and there’s no doubt in my mind that it soon will become one of the world’s greatest mobile gaming platforms. One can only imagine what the games will look like when they can be powered by devices with dual-core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon processors, 4.3 inch screens and [...]
Posted in Android, Android Basics, Games + Emu, Guides and tutorials | Tagged 3-D, Android, Dungeon Hunter, Emulation, Gameloft, Games, Gaming, Hands-on, Nintendo, Overview, Polarbit, Top Games, Video Game Consoles, Videos
June 4, 2010
I have been a huge fan of emulation on phones ever since I discovered Vampent’s flawless Nintendo emulators for Symbian back in 2006. They couldn’t have worked any better on my device at the time, the Nokia N73, and I loved the idea of having hundreds and hundreds of games in my pocket from all [...]
Posted in Android, Android Basics, Games + Emu, Guides and tutorials | Tagged 8-bit, Android, Apps, Atari, C64, Commodore C64, Emulation, Gaming, Genesis, Guide, How to, MAME, Mega Drive, N64, Nintendo, Old-school gaming, Retro, Sega, Tutorial, Video Game Consoles, yongzh, ZX Spectrum
June 1, 2010
During its initial year, the Android platform had some catching up to do when it came to mobile gaming. There were undeniably plenty of fun, clever and addictive games out there, but in general they didn’t feature any advanced graphics – not least because the available Android devices at the time lacked the hardware to [...]
Posted in Android, Games + Emu, Guides and tutorials, Reviews | Tagged 3-D, 3D, Android, Best, Games, Gaming, Graphics, Hardware, HTC Desire, HTC Incredible, List, Motorola Droid, Top
April 17, 2010
Learn how to play 90s DOS adventure game classics on your phone with ScummVM, like Sam & Max, Simon the Sorcerer and Monkey Island.
Posted in Games + Emu, Guides & Articles, Symbian | Tagged 5th Edition, Adventure Games, Emulation, FAQ, Full Throttle, Guide, Instructions, LucasArts, N97 Mini, Nokia N97, Ports, Retro, Sam & Max, SCUMM, ScummVM, Sierra, Symbian^1, Tutorial
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