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MAME for N-Gage??

8 replies · 5,862 views · Started 02 November 2003

symbiamaniac 02 Nov 2003, 05:07

I've been reading a lot of the posts on the net concerning the recently released N-Gage and have noticed a lot of negative feelings towards it.....well, to each his own....

Now for all who are bias and are like me and actually have one and like it....i'm going to ask the question which is probably on lots of ppls minds.....

Does anyone know of there's a MAME emulator for the N-Gage?? I've searched long and hard on the web and still can't find one.....i currently have goboy and think its the best!!! thanks to wildpalm for making a great emulator! but unfortunately, gameboy can never compare to MAME.....

To make life a little easier for those who are in the great quest that i'm in, here's some info i've found to help you on your way:

1) i've heard from various technical sources at Nokia and they inform me that the n-gage is VERY capable of running MAME.

2) i've tried the 2 java mame emulators out there and they don't install on the n-gage.

3) i've tried the 2 symbian operating system emulators for mame (emame) made for the p800 and Nokia communicator....cannot install either. The closest i got was installing emame for the communicator, but i get a system error whenever i try to launch the app....no big surprise there, but it was worth a try.

Well thats what i've found out so far....anyone else with any information pls feel free to add it....and if anybody has any info on how to get MAME on the N-Gage, pls share!!!!

-end of line.

GhostDog 02 Nov 2003, 13:35

Mame has not been ported to Series 60 - the UI used on most Nokia Symbian phones(except the Communicator and the 7700).

You can install a .sis file compiled for a Symbian device running a different UI (yet).I really don't know why mame hasn't been ported yet,like you said,there are many emulator for other Symbian devices running differnet UI's.UIQ and Series 90 have a big list of them:Mame,Sega Game Gear,Sarien(Space Quest),E-Scummvm(Monkey island),GoBoy and probably a few more.

GhostDog 09 Dec 2003, 16:17

You should check out the news section more often,the news about EMame for Series 60 have been posted more then a week ago.

riftweaver 09 Dec 2003, 16:21

Sorry, I haven't visited in a while. I was searching the S60 boards, and this was the most recent related thread that came up. At least give me credit for doing a forum search! 😊

Edit: oh good, the news page reveals that it doesn't work on the 3650, which was my biggest question. Thanks.

--Jason

Ismail 09 Dec 2003, 18:49

Originally posted by GhostDog
UIQ and Series 90 have a big list of them:Mame,Sega Game Gear,Sarien(Space Quest),E-Scummvm(Monkey island),GoBoy and probably a few more.

are these available for 9210 or the 7700??

does this mean that 7700 will be able to work progz of 9210??

GhostDog 09 Dec 2003, 20:08

Sorry,my bad,I meant Series 80,and yes,most of them are available for the Communicator but not Series 90 and the 7700 since its a pretty new platform.