[headtailgrep]

If anyone thinks this is a good idea.. there is source code available for a Java NES Emulator. Surely a start if one wanted to make it into a midlet:

http://www.davieboy.net/nescafe/

[Gothalyptic]

ooOOo I like that idea, but I would think the roms would eat up a LOT of storage on most devices. I'd definatly be interested in testing it, if and when one got written or ported to the BB. My only concern is the rom eating memory.

[headtailgrep]

Why? Although with OS 4.0 ther eis very little free space for applications, there is some. Most NES roms are on the order of 256KB, 512KB at the most..

New Blackberry 7290's come with 32 megs of RAM, plenty of free space will be available for applications, even large roms..

And besides, there are so many NES games under 100k (even under 50k) that it's definately feasable.

[headtailgrep]

CRAP! it's already here! but it's MIDP 2.0 though, and That might just leave us in the dark, for now..

NES EMULATOR for J2ME (MIDP 2.0)

http://www.vampent.com/#news

[headtailgrep]

VNES won't compile into a COD:

C:\PROGRA~1\RESEAR~1\BLACKB~1.7\bin>rapc import="c:\Program Files\Research in Mo
tion\Blackberry JDE 3.7\lib\net_rim_api.jar" codename=vnes -midlet jad=vnes.jad
vnes.jar
I/O Error: binary resource too large: 1.png is 131088 bytes

[JesseRPI]

I think I got it working, but where can I download the ROM's?

[bfrye]

So reformat the images into smaller files

[headtailgrep]

How did you get it to work? What os do you run, what JDE did you use to convert it (or did you just do OTA? If yes, do you use BES?)

[berryapps]

MIDP 2.0 is not supported until the JDE 4.0 is released to compile code for the BB OS 4.0.

You can try with the 3.7 JDE but I seriously doubt it will work.

Cheers,
Andrew

[headtailgrep]

Yeah makes sense, I was using JDE 3.7..

[JesseRPI]

I did OTA. The program seems to run, but I need some ROM's to actually test it... anyone have a good site?

[Gothalyptic]

Wow, ok, my bad hehe thought roms would be much higher for space *hides in a dark corner*. Great breakthrough guys, do post results, im interested if noone else is ;) mmmm bomberman

[jsmmd]

Well, anyone up to trying to revive this proj.?

[jeffswan8]

Here is VNes for the Blackberry with the Donkey Kong & Galaga roms included. Use javaloader to load the .cod file.

[Important note: This appears to be an OLD version]

[sircharleswl]

Does this acctually work?

[DoomBringer]

Originally Posted by sircharleswl

Does this acctually work?

I tried it out. The program opens and runs, and the game boots, but I couldnt give it any input, so I couldn't play.

[KuJaX]

bump

NES rom for BB would be AWESOME

[Wrenfroe]

If you wait long enough it will launch, setting the speed to around 20 will let you sorta play. You will need to remap the keys for the bberry. Hopefully someone will find a clever way to speed it up.

Oh, and this was running on a 7520.

[DoomBringer]

Originally Posted by Wrenfroe

If you wait long enough it will launch, setting the speed to around 20 will let you sorta play. You will need to remap the keys for the bberry. Hopefully someone will find a clever way to speed it up.

Oh, and this was running on a 7520.

I tried this on a 7100t I think, and even after remapping, I couldn't give it any input.

[headtailgrep]

any 8700 users try this emulator yet? it would be much faster, probably very useable now..
the sound would also be improved i'd imagine..