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Android emulator development should pick up real fast after this is released...

by sandipc 16y ago

fletchowns 16y ago
Funny how we make all this progress and pack a ridiculous amount of processing power in a handheld device, only to then put in a bunch of extra effort just so we can play Super Mario World on yet another device.
- charlief 16y ago
  Maybe it is the game being good, maybe it is just nostalgia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_game_franchises http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_game... With 240 million sales, there's probably a little Mario in each of us. New releases and/or perpetual emulation of Mario games is the one constant we can expect to find in future generations of devices with new and old generations of people alike grabbing coins and jumping on Koopa shells.
- eru 16y ago
  Yes, though the new Super Mario Bros. Wii is surprisingly good, and not just a copy of Super Mario World.
w1ntermute 16y ago
It should be trivial to run the built-in official 'console' software on another Android phone (with adequate hardware specs), correct?
- andrerobot 16y ago
  Only if Sony doesn't do a thing to lock the software up. Maybe they could add SPUs to the phone, or something that would lock the software to the platform.
- feral 16y ago
  I'd be surprised if they don't have custom graphics hardware, of some sort, in there - I imagine the last thing Sony wants is to commoditise themselves by providing the same hardware platform as normal Android phones. Even if they don't have custom hardware, I'd be shocked if they didn't have some sort of silicon DRM to stop the software running elsewhere.
  - wmf 16y ago
    It's pretty much the same Qualcomm hardware as every other Android phone (plus the physical controller). I agree that Sony will probably break new ground in Android lockdown.
drivebyacct2 16y ago
Should pick up? What system do you want emulated that there isn't already a great emulator for?
- Groxx 16y ago
  iPhone / iOS.
nutjob123 16y ago
Do you think it is going to play games using java like with regular android phones or do you think they will have some other sort of setup? As an android developer this could be very good.
- dtwwtd 16y ago
  We can already use C++ to develop games for Android. http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html

Android emulator development should pick up real fast after this is released...

by sandipc 16y ago

Android emulator development should pick up real fast after this is released...

Funny how we make all this progress and pack a ridiculous amount of processing power in a handheld device, only to then put in a bunch of extra effort just so we can play Super Mario World on yet another device.

charlief 16y ago
Maybe it is the game being good, maybe it is just nostalgia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_game_franchises http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_game... With 240 million sales, there's probably a little Mario in each of us. New releases and/or perpetual emulation of Mario games is the one constant we can expect to find in future generations of devices with new and old generations of people alike grabbing coins and jumping on Koopa shells.
eru 16y ago
Yes, though the new Super Mario Bros. Wii is surprisingly good, and not just a copy of Super Mario World.

w1ntermute 16y ago

It should be trivial to run the built-in official 'console' software on another Android phone (with adequate hardware specs), correct?

andrerobot 16y ago
Only if Sony doesn't do a thing to lock the software up. Maybe they could add SPUs to the phone, or something that would lock the software to the platform.
feral 16y ago
I'd be surprised if they don't have custom graphics hardware, of some sort, in there - I imagine the last thing Sony wants is to commoditise themselves by providing the same hardware platform as normal Android phones. Even if they don't have custom hardware, I'd be shocked if they didn't have some sort of silicon DRM to stop the software running elsewhere.
- wmf 16y ago
  It's pretty much the same Qualcomm hardware as every other Android phone (plus the physical controller). I agree that Sony will probably break new ground in Android lockdown.

drivebyacct2 16y ago

Should pick up? What system do you want emulated that there isn't already a great emulator for?

Groxx 16y ago
iPhone / iOS.

nutjob123 16y ago

Do you think it is going to play games using java like with regular android phones or do you think they will have some other sort of setup? As an android developer this could be very good.

dtwwtd 16y ago
We can already use C++ to develop games for Android. http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/index.html