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NVeeMESS For Games On Zaurus, iPaq

Posted by timothy on from the but-think-of-the-batteries dept.

LordDavon writes "If you are lucky enough to own a Sharp Zaurus or a Compaq iPaq running QPE/OPIE, then nvmax.com has a nice present for you. We have released version 0.011 of NVeeMESS. This is a port of MESS, the Multi Emulator Super System for Linux based portable devices. This is also the first port of MESS to run in the Zaurus native environment. This is a very early alpha, but I have tested GameBoy, NES, C64, Genesis and a few others."

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  1. What is with slashdot these days? by eclectric · · Score: 2, Troll

    This is twice in two days that they've posted stories about illegal software, first posting links to downloadable doom3 alphas, and now one about console game emulators.

    Oh wait, I forgot, those aren't illegal. Just like rolling papers aren't illegal. when was the last time you saw someone rolling their own cigarette? And when was the last time you saw someone playing a homebrew game on an emulator?

    1. Re:What is with slashdot these days? by perlyking · · Score: 2
      Just like rolling papers aren't illegal. when was the last time you saw someone rolling their own cigarette?

      They aren't illegal, perhaps they are in some backward dictatorship but they aren't here :-)

      Probably a week since I saw someone roll a ciggy, its not uncommon.
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    2. Re:What is with slashdot these days? by ProfessorPuke · · Score: 2

      For any major game cartridge, there are millions and millions of people with a license to play it: every one of the original customers. And its these people, drawn by nostalgia, who will most enjoy playing the emulated version (rather than trying to repair their clunky old 8-bit Nintendo hardware)

      Software publishers want to have it both ways: you're not buying a copy of the game, but a license to it, which they can restrict in arbitrary ways. And yet they desire the licenses to be bound to the physical hardware, so that they can re-release the same software for newer, smaller platforms every decade.