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N64oid emulates Nintendo 64 classics on Android smartphones

Griffin McElroy — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:50:00 +0000

The Android platform is no stranger to emulators, but there aren’t too many apps that possess as much polish as N64oid. It runs at a surprisingly stable framerate and, best of all, you can pair a Wiimote to the device for more precise controls. Check out a video demonstration after the jump!

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N64oid brings Nintendo 64 emulation to Android devices

Donald Melanson — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:26:00 +0000

There’s not exactly a shortage of video game emulators for Android devices, but there has been one notable, 64-bit exception. That’s finally been rectified with the just-released N64oid application, however, which finally brings emulation of Nintendo 64 games to the platform — and, like the other emulators from developer Yongzh, it’s conveniently available right in the Android Market (for $5.99). As you might expect, there are a few glitches and hiccups to be found even on high-end phones like the Nexus S, but it does seem to run remarkably well for an initial release and, as Download Squad points out, you can also use a separate, freely-available app to add some Wiimote controls to the proceedings. Also, it means you can play Goldeneye on your phone. Video after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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N64oid brings Nintendo 64 emulation to Android devices originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Game Archaeologist goes to Earth & Beyond: The highlights

Justin Olivetti — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Sci-fi, PvE, The Game Archaeologist

For this month’s Game Archaeologist expedition, I deliberately wanted to look at an older MMO that was — for whatever reason — no longer with us. After voting on a handful of these titles, Massively readers selected Earth & Beyond for March’s focus, and I have to say that I’m intrigued.

Personally, I prefer science fiction over fantasy nine times out of ten, even though most of the MMOs that grace my desktop (with the exception of Star Trek Online) are fantasy games. Sci-fi has had an awfully difficult time making headway into the field of MMOs, with plenty of underperforming or canceled titles littering the way. I’ve heard it explained that the fantasy genre is easier for the common person to grasp because it uses elements of our past — primarily the medieval period — to provide a familiar baseline, whereas sci-fi’s futuristic setting requires world-building from scratch.

Whatever the case may be, Earth & Beyond never really caught on the way that EVE Online did, and its miniscule population (GameSpot reported 20-25K subscribers six months before its shutdown) was not enough for Electronic Arts to keep it running. But between 2002 and 2004, Earth & Beyond reached for the stars and gave its own spin on how a sci-fi MMO could work. Let’s take a look today at what made Earth & Beyond unique, what it gave the industry, and how it may help upcoming space MMOs avoid a similar fate.

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