The Pre gets PlayStation gaming and more thanks to ZodTTD (video)
If you're familiar with the emulation scene (and let's be honest, you are reading Engadget), then you know the name ZodTTD -- the brain behind some of the best jailbroken emus for the iPhone, including variations on the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, and most importantly... the TurboGrafx-16. Now the master-hacker has brought his goods to the Pre, cooking up a version of psx4all on the Palm device, with the aforementioned GBA and TG16 ports on the way! Interestingly, he reports that the performance on the Pre is actually better than that of the iPhone 3GS, and of course he's hacked access to the keyboard, allowing for (more) proper control of games. There are still kinks that are being worked out (sound emulation, screen scaling, etc.), but it looks like we can expect big things in the near future. We at Engadget know everyone will rest a bit easier tonight knowing that real gaming on the Pre is at hand. We'll hopefully be getting our hands on a version soon, but for now hit the read link for more info, and check out the full video after the break!
























Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
celz @ Jul 1st 2009 3:20PM
hmm wonder what the itrolls have to say about this
andonemorething @ Jul 2nd 2009 7:12PM
Ask Mr Witherspoon. He knows everything.
Riz @ Jul 1st 2009 8:04AM
Wow, that only took 24 days. Nice.
Martin @ Jul 1st 2009 11:15AM
good news for the Pre Vs. iPhone, with all the iPhone people saying Pre can't do games, (just because they don't have any apps yet on launch (oh my it took iPhone awhile)) considering this was done so quickly, and the reports it performs better then the 3Gs is great, since it means development might be easier as well as the option of having the keypad!!!
Louis @ Jul 1st 2009 11:17AM
Insta-rection. What say we make haste and make this thing public, ZodTTD?
Breon @ Jul 1st 2009 12:15PM
It just goes to show that the Palm Pre just might be superior to the iphony
K1ngdom @ Jul 1st 2009 10:47PM
I just wonder wats the iPhone creators planning to do after all the iPhone its the best but they should do something just to show why theyre so beat it!
Reginald E Johnson @ Jul 9th 2009 4:29PM
It didn't look that smooth to me! It was too jerky in it's movements.