Games

Latest revision as of 23:45, 24 March 2018

The N900 makes a great gaming device. It has TV out, accelerometers, and hardware support for 3D graphics.

Video showing what can be done with 3D and TV out

There is a range of options to get games on your device.

1 Native Games and Games Publishers
2 Palm WebOS games
3 Flash Games
4 Emulators
5 Game Controllers and Peripherals
6 Frequently asked questions

Native Games and Games Publishers

The N900 supports SDL and hardware accelerated 3D OpenGL ES, allowing it to run many Linux games. Several are available in the Maemo 5 extras repository.

3d graphics engines
Maemo 5 Downloads
OS2008 games - most of these games should be portable to the N900
Chess - there are a variety of chess games available, including:
- Miniature - a networked, community-developed chess program, designed for Maemo - coming soon
Quake3
The Ur-Quan Masters (Starcontrol 2)
Starcraft

Rovio

Rovio have ported the following games to the N900:

Bounce Evolution
Angry Birds. The community have also created custom level editor for this great game

Both are available from the Ovi Store Ovi Rovio Games

SIO2 Interactive

SIO2 Interactive have ported their Open Source 3D engine to the N900, and have released a number of games.

SIO2 Games Thread

Secret Exit

Secret Exit will be releasing a number of games for N900

Secret Exit Game Thread

Palm WebOS games

Main article: Preenv

Flash Games

As the N900 supports Flash 9 and has a hardware keyboard, many Flash games should just work. Read more about the options.

Emulators

There are many emulators of older game consoles available for Maemo.

Game Boy Colour - VGB
Game Boy Advance - VGBA, GpSP
Nintendo DS - DeSmuME
Nintendo Entertainment System - FCE Ultra, iNES
Nintendo SNES - DrNokSnes - (See Use WiiMote as Gamepad)
Nintendo N64 - Mupen64+
Old PC (x86, DOS) - DOSBox
Sega Master System and GameGear - Mastergear
Sega Genesis/Megadrive/Sega CD - PicoDrive
ScummVM
NeoGeo - gngeo, gngeo-gui, gngeo-gui howto
Amiga - UAE4All
C64, VIC20 - VICE

Other console emulators are not working 100% yet, but are available for the adventurous:

GemRB - GemRB N900
Frodo C64 - Needs porting from 770 to N900
SDLMAME - MAME emulator
Hatari - Atari ST(e)/TT/Falcon emu
Playstation - PCSX-m, PSX4All, PSX4M, PCSX Rearmed
Sega Saturn - Yabause
Amiga - E-UAE, UAE, UADE

Some other terminal emulators exist for Linux, but do not work on Maemo:

Exult - The engine for some of the Ultima series has been run on previous versions of maemo

Game Controllers and Peripherals

WiiMote as Gamepad/Remote

Main article: Wii remote

Wiimote - Use your wiimote to play games! WiiMote can also be used GLOBALLY with your N900
Configure WiiMote as Gamepad for Dr. NokSnes: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=506339

Video Here

Play-station Six Axis Controller

The Six axis Controller now works on the N900

Frequently asked questions

Will N900 play games from big companies?

Nokia has publicly stated that they are fully committed to creating a proper channel for Premium content publishers to sell their content in a protected form via their Ovi Store. [1]

As for what we have now, well, from what I've researched there are vast repositories of games, both old and some semi-new where one can get games for the N900. The very nature of the device is such that the onus is upon the user to do the necessary research to find what will work.

There are numerous emulators where you can play thousands of old games for the NES, Game Boy, GBA, etc.

As for DOS games, it is yet to be seen if we can expect full compatibility, but rest assured, someone, somewhere is working on it.

The number of developers working on it is still relatively small.

Maemo is a developer's dream, but give it 6 months before you have precompiled, easy to use games…

My two cents for now. You have the full internet in your pocket! Isn’t that enough?

What if I want a game that is not yet available?

See above (where do I get software from)

All my previous phones have run Java games: why can’t I play them on N900?

Main article: Java

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Java is currently available for the N900 but requires some manual installation.

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 [[Image:SNES.jpg]]
-==N900 Gaming==
 The [[Nokia N900|N900]] makes a great gaming device. It has TV out, accelerometers, and hardware support for 3D graphics.
@@ Line 8: / Line 7: @@
 There is a range of options to get games on your device.
+==Native Games and  Games Publishers==
-===Native Games and  Games Publishers===
 The N900 supports SDL and hardware accelerated 3D [[OpenGL-ES|OpenGL ES]], allowing it to run many Linux games.  Several are available in the [[Open development/Maemo roadmap/Fremantle|Maemo 5]] [[extras]] repository.
 * [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=34559 3d graphics engines]
 * [http://maemo.org/downloads/Maemo5/games/?org_openpsa_qbpager_org_openpsa_products_product_dba_page=1 Maemo 5 Downloads]
-* [http://maemo.org/downloads/OS2008/games/?org_openpsa_qbpager_org_openpsa_products_product_dba_page=1 OS2008 games] - most of these games should be [[:wikipedia:Porting|portable]] to the N900
+* [http://maemo.org/downloads/OS2008/games/?org_openpsa_qbpager_org_openpsa_products_product_dba_page=1 OS2008 games] - most of these games should be [[wikipedia:Porting|portable]] to the N900
 * [[Chess]] - there are a variety of chess games available, including:
 ** [[Miniature]] - a networked, community-developed chess program, designed for Maemo - coming soon
 * [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=31658 Quake3]
-* [[uqm | The Ur-Quan Masters (Starcontrol 2)]]
+* [[uqm|The Ur-Quan Masters (Starcontrol 2)]]
 * [[Starcraft]]
+===Rovio===
-====Rovio====
 [http://www.rovio.com/ Rovio] have ported the following games to the N900:
 * Bounce Evolution
-* Angry Birds. The Community have also created [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=42999&highlight=angry+birds custom level] editor for this great game
+* Angry Birds. The community have also created [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=42999&highlight=angry+birds custom level] editor for this great game
-Both are available from the Ovi store
+Both are available from the Ovi Store
 [http://store.ovi.com/publisher/RovioMobile/ Ovi Rovio Games]
-====SIO2 Interactive====
+===SIO2 Interactive===
 SIO2 Interactive  have ported their Open Source 3D engine to the N900, and have released a number of games.
 [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=43202 SIO2 Games Thread]
-====Secret Exit====
+===Secret Exit===
+Secret Exit will be releasing a number of games for N900
-Secret Exit will be release a number of games for N900
 [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=42412&highlight=zeemote Secret Exit Game Thread]
-===Flash Games===
+==Palm WebOS games==
+[[Image:PreenvSS-1.jpg]]
+{{main|Preenv}}
+==Flash Games==
 As the N900 supports Flash 9 and has a hardware keyboard, many Flash games should just work. [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=34472&highlight=flash+games Read more about the options].
-===Emulators===
+==Emulators==
 There are [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=34526 many emulators] of older game consoles available for Maemo.
-* Game boy colour - [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/vgb/ Vgb]
+* Game Boy Colour - [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/vgb/ VGB]
-* Game boy advance - [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/vgba/ Vgba]
+* Game Boy Advance - [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/vgba/ VGBA], [[GpSP]]
-* Nintendo Entertainment System - [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/ines/ iNES]
+* Nintendo DS - [http://maemo.org/packages/view/desmume DeSmuME]
+* Nintendo Entertainment System - [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=83108 FCE Ultra], [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/ines/ iNES]
 * Nintendo SNES - [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/drnoksnes/ DrNokSnes] - (See [[Games#WiiMote_as_Gamepad.2FRemote|Use WiiMote as Gamepad]])
-* Nintendo N64 - [[Mupen64plus]]
+* Nintendo N64 - [[Mupen64+]]
 * Old PC (x86, DOS) - [http://maemo.org/packages/view/dosbox/ DOSBox]
-* Sega 8 bit consoles - [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/mg/ Mastergear]
+* Sega Master System and GameGear - [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/mg/ Mastergear]
+* Sega Genesis/Megadrive/Sega CD - [http://maemo.org/packages/view/picodrive/ PicoDrive]
 * [http://maemo.org/packages/view/scummvm/ ScummVM]
+* NeoGeo - [http://maemo.org/packages/view/gngeo/ gngeo], [http://maemo.org/packages/view/gngeo-gui/ gngeo-gui], [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=72574&highlight=gngeo gngeo-gui howto]
 * Amiga - [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/uae4all/ UAE4All]
+* C64, VIC20 - [http://maemo.org/packages/view/vice VICE]
 Other console emulators are not working 100% yet, but are available for the adventurous:
-* GemRB - [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=32986 Needs porting from n8xx to n900]
+* GemRB - [http://maemo.org/packages/view/gemrb/ GemRB N900]
-* Frodo C64 - [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ighlight=Frodo Needs porting from n7xx to n900]
+* Frodo C64 - [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ighlight=Frodo Needs porting from 770 to N900]
 * [[Mame|SDLMAME]] - MAME emulator
 * [http://koti.mbnet.fi/tammat/hatari/index.shtml Hatari] - Atari ST(e)/TT/Falcon emu
-* Playstation - [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=47227 PCSX-m], [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=47904 PSX4All], [http://maemo.org/packages/view/psx4m/ PSX4M]
+* Playstation - [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=47227 PCSX-m], [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=47904 PSX4All], [http://maemo.org/packages/view/psx4m/ PSX4M], [http://maemo.org/packages/view/pcsx-rearmed/ PCSX Rearmed]
-* Amiga - [http://maemo.org/packages/view/e-uae/ E-UAE], [http://maemo.org/packages/view/uae/ UAE]
+* Sega Saturn - [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=75992 Yabause]
+* Amiga - [http://maemo.org/packages/view/e-uae/ E-UAE], [http://maemo.org/packages/view/uae/ UAE], [http://maemo.org/packages/view/uade UADE]
 Some other terminal emulators exist for Linux, but do not work on Maemo:
-* [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/xgngeo/ Neogeo] - doesn't work but someone could fix it
 * Exult - [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=5978 The engine for some of the Ultima series has been run on previous versions of maemo]
-===Game Controllers and Peripherals===
+==Game Controllers and Peripherals==
-====WiiMote as Gamepad/Remote====
+===WiiMote as Gamepad/Remote===
+{{main|Wii remote}}
 * [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=43050 Wiimote] - Use your wiimote to play games! WiiMote can also be used GLOBALLY with your N900
@@ Line 85: / Line 86: @@
 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0wbLaMXeu4 Video Here]
-====Play-station Six Axis Controller====
+===Play-station Six Axis Controller===
 The Six axis Controller now works on the N900
@@ Line 95: / Line 95: @@
 * [http://www.youtube.com/user/OzN900 More Videos Here]
-====Wii Balance Board====
+===Wii Balance Board===
 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lMtDv-khKQ  N900 and Wii Balance Board Video]
+===Zeemote===
+[http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=51209 Connect one or more Zeemote Joysticks to the N900 using ZeeControl]
-=== Frequently asked questions ===
+===Game Gripper===
+[http://www.home.game-gripper.com/ The Game Gripper is a slip-on gamepad accessory for the N900.]
-====Will N900 play games from big companies?====
+==Frequently asked questions==
-Nokia has publicly stated that they are fully committed to creating  a proper channel for Premium content publishers to sell their content in a protected form via their Ovi Store. [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=34783]
+===Will N900 play games from big companies?===
+Nokia has publicly stated that they are fully committed to creating a proper channel for Premium content publishers to sell their content in a protected form via their Ovi Store. [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=34783]
-As for what we have now, well from what Ive researched there are vast repositories of games, both old and some semi new where one can get games for the N900. The very nature of the device is such that the onus is upon the user to do the necessary research to find what will work.
+As for what we have now, well, from what I've researched there are vast repositories of games, both old and some semi-new where one can get games for the N900. The very nature of the device is such that the onus is upon the user to do the necessary research to find what will work.
-There are numerous emulators where you can play thousands of old games for the NES, Gameboy, GBA, etc.
+There are numerous emulators where you can play thousands of old games for the NES, Game Boy, GBA, etc.
-As for DOS Games, it is yet to be seen if we can expect full compatibility, but rest assured, someone, somewhere is working on it.
+As for DOS games, it is yet to be seen if we can expect full compatibility, but rest assured, someone, somewhere is working on it.
-Being that it is such a new device, and has yet to achieve anywhere near market penetration, the number of developers working on is still relatively small.
+The number of developers working on it is still relatively small.
-Maemo is a developers dream but give it 6 months before you have precompiled, easy to use games…
+Maemo is a developer's dream, but give it 6 months before you have precompiled, easy to use games…
 My two cents for now. You have the full internet in your pocket! Isn’t that enough?
-====What if I want a game that is not yet available?====
+===What if I want a game that is not yet available?===
 See above (where do I get software from)
-====All my previous phones have run Java games: why can’t I play them on N900?====
+===All my previous phones have run Java games: why can’t I play them on N900?===
+{{main|Java}}
 {{wikify|1=http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=37405}}

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