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Gameboy Emulation on your MP3 Player

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-what-i-wanna-see-more-of dept.

webmind writes "As some may know there is an open source firmware for the Archos jukebox and the iriver h1x0 harddisk mp3 players called Rockbox. now for the iriver version there is also a gnuboy port.. no more lugging around loads of gameboy cardridges, just upload and play."

4 of 105 comments (clear)

  1. Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just buy a gameboy. They're affordable and play all of the games perfectly.

  2. yes but.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    a cooler hack would let me play mp3's on my old gameboy.

  3. Path of Technology by page275 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, it will come to the point where there is a portable device that contains all features of a PDA, a cellphone, an mp3 player, a game machine ...

    ... Well, just sounds like a notebook with a telephone attachs to it.

  4. Re:Ow. by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The original NES controller WAS comfortable. The Famicom controller was a little less precise and didn't have the same feel IMO, but the original NES controller was a joy to use. You just had to develop a useful strategy for holding it. :) What other controller allowed you to get good results in button-mashing games by putting your thumbnail between the buttons and rubbing it back and forth like you were trying to polish something?

    --
    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"