Is the PlayStation retro yet? I guess it must be getting that way if a mobile phone can now comfortably emulate its hardware and run its games.
Engadgethas been looking at the immediate work those enterprising homebrew code jockeys have been putting the iPhone 3GS to. Its 600MHz processor and increased RAM seems to be outperforming even its closest rivals, as the video below demonstrates as the Apple handset is shown happily playing Final Fantasy VII.
We're also shown a DS version of Pokemon sailing along, fully operational, though naturally you're not likely to be seeing these on the App Store any time soon.
In both cases, you'd need to acquire your own BIOS from the original machine, which keeps the emulator developers just on this side of legal, but what's really being demonstrated here is the extra gaming oomph of the 3GS.
Of course, if you want to get really retro on-the-go, with any luck we'll be seeing the C64 emulator Pocket Gamer exclusively revealed just the other day (despite other sites taking all the glory on it (harumph)), which does at least stand some chance of an official release.
Once iPhone software developers start to dabble in a similar way, it seems ever more likely that 3GS only games are on the horizon. That said, emulating up the PSX is mega tempting. I think I'd play Tenchu first.
The PSP didn't even emulate GBA flawlessly. This is a big step. Remember guys, you need over 2x the processing power (as the platform being emulated) to emulate a platform.
Shoot... for a while there desktops weren't emulating "retro" systems all that well...
Plus now you don't have to tote around all those (LEGAL!!!!) GBA carts. Remember to stay legal guys! :)
tim
Diddy |27 June 2009
Guys it's better to ignore that d*ckhead spanner he claims to be a gamer but i don't think he knows a damn thing about them an iphone could never emulate a ds as it's only got one screen compared to the ds's two screen setup if you want reliable games infomation go to IGN not pocketgamer
Neo |27 June 2009
Let alone PSP,even Smartphones can emulate GBA pretty flawlessly. Only thing that matters is whether u are using the right emulator or not.
And where did this theory of "2X processing power" come from ? Anyway,the PSP has approximately 20 times the processing power of GBA.
