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Emulate Nintendo on Your MessagePad

Posted by pudge on from the yes-that-nes dept.

Green and Geeky writes "That Marvel of a PDA, the Newton MessagePad, has always been a good product. It does a lot of things: plays MP3s, connects to the Internet wirelessly, can be used to bludgeon someone, fits in your pocket (if you're a giant), etc. Now, it plays Nintendo games. Strange, yes, but still pretty cool. I can't play Legend Zelda, Final Fantasy, or Dragon Warrior on my Palm V." And I don't need to waste money on a Game Boy Advance!

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  1. Bandwidth Fun by TPIRman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Newtendo has hit the big times! However, earthlink just let me know that if I get much more traffic this month, I'm gonna be shut down until next month.

    Well, it was nice knowing you.

    1. Re:Bandwidth Fun by sYn+pHrEAk · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nintendo does not profit from people buying their 15 year old games from a thrift store, either.

  2. Amazing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Most Slashdotters are too young to remember the NES

    1. Re:Amazing by stonebeat.org · · Score: 5, Funny

      the old Slashdotters never left the slashdot.org. They were just modded down.
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    2. Re:Amazing by Monkelectric · · Score: 4, Funny

      Aye, but some of us don't need to emulate as we still have them :)

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    3. Re:Amazing by jefdiesel · · Score: 5, Funny

      Most slashdotters are too young to remember The Newton

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    4. Re:Amazing by Jon+Abbott · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm not dead yet! I feel happy! I feel happy! [thwack!]

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  3. Re:MIRROR by chrisopherpace · · Score: 3, Funny

    actually, if you substitiute 127.0.0.1 for hnsg.net, it doesn't have to resolve, and you can attack hnsg.net faster, without putting a load on your DNS server. ;)

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  4. Re:Anyone figured out how to... by FortissimoWily · · Score: 3, Funny

    " ...install Newton OS on an iPaq?

    The iPaq's with ARM chips are basically a Newton with a color screen and more memory. Then we really wouldn't need a GBA."
    Well, you wouldn't need a GBA or anything related to it in this instance anyway - the article is about a NES emulator. ;)