http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/ Engadget Comments for iPhone 3GS PlayStation, Game Boy Advance emulators demoed on video http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 26th 2009 2:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
the dev could probably even add accelerometer function for the dpad tilt-to-move or something]]>Jun 25th 2009 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://195.224.149.148/SB/playstation1_dual.jpg

DERP DERP DERP]]>Jun 25th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
One does get the impression, though, that a Sony-approved PS emulator, with in-app game purchasing (so Apple gets their cut) would *still* be denied.]]>Jun 25th 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
Golden Sun, FF series, etc.]]>Jun 25th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
A "button case" would be a nice solution if done elegantly and supported in apps across the board. Using BT keyboards or such sort of kills the portability of the device.]]>Jun 25th 2009 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
Obviously you aren't meant to have your fingers over the shoulder buttons when you play, and you need to press them with your thumb.
Granted this means that many games won't be practical to play anyway, as you can only have 2 independent inputs, so any game where you need to press a direction and more than one other button won't work.

As for the issue of the buttons taking up half the screen, what other option is there? If you have the game playing horizontally, then the buttons would need to be invisible or tiny on the sides of the screen, and no one likes that.
As it is with the setup being vertical, extra screen height space for is useless, as it would mess up the video aspect ratio, so there's no reason NOT to have massive buttons.

Not all games will practically be playable with this setup, but for those it works with, it'll be fantastic to have.]]>Jun 25th 2009 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
http://www.videogamenews.com/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ArticleView/mid/625/articleId/1865/iPhone-Bone-controller.aspx]]>Jun 25th 2009 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 26th 2009 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
I entirely agree that playing old games with a virtual controller is dumb. It's a nice "blast from the past" but much like playing emulated NES games on a keyboard is not as much fun as playing on the NES controller itself, so playing old games on the iPhone isn't as much fun as playing them on the correct hardware. The reason for this is easy: the iPhone wasn't designed to play GBA or PlayStation games. But this is not to say that it couldn't become a serious gaming platform (it can be argued that it already is, much to my own surprise - I seriously never saw this coming). All that it requires is that games are designed for the hardware. I don't accept that buttons are necessary to play games or to be taken seriously but, much like the Nintendo Wii, it does require game developers to think in a different way.]]>Jun 26th 2009 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
Not being grammar police, but wondering if it's a single "port" or multiple ports.

Yeah okay, I'm being grammar police.]]>Jun 25th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
Hmm.]]>Jun 25th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
http://www.zodttd.com/blog/]]>Jun 25th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
5.0! http://www.zodttd.com/blog/2009/04/11/vastly-improved-gpsphone-v500-released-publicly/]]>Jun 25th 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
Funny you should use that... I ran through a make believe version of that very conversation in my head yesterday. Weird, right? And now I'm telling you about it.]]>Jun 25th 2009 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
It'll happen enventually.]]>Jun 25th 2009 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/
Just sayin']]>Jun 25th 2009 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/25/iphone-3gs-gets-playstation-game-boy-advance-emulators/Jun 25th 2009 1:05PM