First post on NES-Emulating Phone Fanboy
A little something different: it's not a DS, but it is at least similar in that it's a handheld device that plays Nintendo games. If there's only one thing we want in life, it's the ability to have hundreds of NES games on hand at any moment. Let's forget the legal issues right now and just marvel at the technical wonder of a cell phone that not only comes preloaded with a NES emulator, but is designed with a reasonable button layout to play them.
Welcome to the future. If you had told us twenty years ago that there was a portable device that could store and play NES games, we would have been impressed. If you had told us that it would also have a TV-out, we would say 'neat.' But there is no way we would have conceived of the idea that such functions would be extras on a telephone that also has a digital camera.
Okay, we'll stop forgetting now and get to the major problem: downloading NES ROMs is illegal and violates Nintendo's copyright. Even backing up games you own is questionable. Oh, well, this phone probably won't make it to the US anyway, so we won't be forced into any moral dilemmas.
[Via Wireless Info]
Welcome to the future. If you had told us twenty years ago that there was a portable device that could store and play NES games, we would have been impressed. If you had told us that it would also have a TV-out, we would say 'neat.' But there is no way we would have conceived of the idea that such functions would be extras on a telephone that also has a digital camera.
Okay, we'll stop forgetting now and get to the major problem: downloading NES ROMs is illegal and violates Nintendo's copyright. Even backing up games you own is questionable. Oh, well, this phone probably won't make it to the US anyway, so we won't be forced into any moral dilemmas.
[Via Wireless Info]











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ssuk @ Jun 12th 2007 3:56PM
DO WANT!!
devitek @ Jun 12th 2007 5:03PM
Wait...those 8-bit Nintendo games had me throwing my controller all the time. Do I really want to end up throwing my cell phone?
Nah, this is pretty sweet though. I wonder if it's something we could import?
the2bears @ Jun 12th 2007 5:22PM
Backing up games you own is only questioned by Nintendo. I'm pretty sick of the single-copy crap that most of the content providers try to feed us.
Bill
Rubang B @ Jun 12th 2007 5:29PM
::BARF!::
RupeeClock @ Jun 12th 2007 6:03PM
I call N-gage killer.
Abscissa @ Jun 12th 2007 7:57PM
"Even backing up games you own is questionable."
Umm, no it isn't. (At least, not unless you eagerly swallow up every bit of corporate FUD you come across.) As for downloading ROMs of games you already own, that's nothing more than questionable.
james @ Jun 13th 2007 10:40AM
Since when did River City Ransom have a background with gradients?
Mark @ Jun 14th 2007 9:40AM
You could just get a Windows Mobile Smartphone. I've been playing gameboy color games and nes games on my phone for the past year and a half! :D