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N900 Gaming
The N900 makes a great gaming device. It has a TV Out, Accelerometers, and hardware support for 3D graphics.
Nice Video showing what can be done with 3D and TV out Click Here
There is a range of options to get games on your device.
Native Games
The N900 supports hardware accelerated 3D OpenGL ES. Expect a full range of games! There are also dozens of games available in the Maemo 5 repository.
- 3d graphics engines
- Bounce Evolution for N900
- 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
Flash Games
As the N900 supports Flash 9 and has a hardware keyboard, many flash games should just work
Great thread discussing the options Click Here
Games Emulators
Here is a list of emulators and their status on the N900, Thanks to This Thread
Available
Download from these links
Game boy colour - Vgb -
Game boy advance - Vgba -
Nintendo Entertainment System - iNES -
Old PC (x86, DOS) - DOSBox -
Sega 8 bit consoles - Mastergear -
Not Officially Available but being made
SNES - DrNokSnes - Not 100% ported yet, but it works on n900 - Click Here
Nice video with Wii Controller Click Here
ScummVM - Needs porting from n8xx to n900 - Click Here
GemRB - Needs porting from n8xx to n900 - Thread Here
Frodo C64 - Needs porting from n7xx to n900 - Thread Here
Possible in the future
Neogeo - gngeo - doesn't work but someone could fix it Click Here
Xmame - Dead file needs fixing Click Here
Hatari - Atari ST(e)/TT/Falcon emu - Needs porting Click Here
Dreamcast - Needs new emu, don't thinks theres one for the n8xx
Playstation - Rumours have been floating on a possible psxemu.
Nintendo 64 - I think there is one available for n8xx, can't find any links though
Nintendo DS - unlikely but not impossible.
Amiga - UAE is possible. There have been ports to previous versions of maemo. See here
Exult - The engine for some of the Ultima series has been run on previous versions of maemo. See here for more information.
Never will be available
Playstation 2 - Nowhere near technologically capable
Xbox - Same as PS2
PSP - Never fast enough to say, play games on
PS3 - Not directly, but a port of Open-rp to enable remote play would enable the N900 to have the same Remote-Play capabilities as the PSP
Other Game Related Apps
WiiControl - Use your wiimote to play these games! Click Here
N900 and Wii Balance Board Video Click here
Will n900 play games from big companies?
What if I want a game 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?
Java is not currently available for the N900. You can follow the discussion here