WebOS Internals: Games, Emulators, and PDK's 32
As we already know, Palm is set to present at the Game Developers Conference in sunny San Francisco next month, talking about the future of gaming on its webOS platform and releasing the PDK (Plug-in Development Kit) in beta form to the masses. This is exciting stuff, to be sure, but it should be noted that developers from the WebOS Internals group have been bringing us binary-coded games for some time now, even before the PDK was a twinkle in our eyes.
This means two things. First, that developers interested in writing their own binary based applications or porting others over to webOS don’t have to wait for the official PDK to become available to start coding. The WebOS Internals PDK, using the same underlying technology as Palm’s PDK, enables developers to port games now and get a head-start on development against the official Palm PDK.
Second, that there’s a laundry list of great (and free!) emulators and games available through Preware and WebOS Quick Install thanks to their hard work, including but not limited to:
This is all in addition to the myriad of patches, tweaks, and other enhancements made possible by the team. If you dig their work, don’t be afraid to hit that donate button.
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Cool!! first!
lame
Why? Because you are second?
+1 Exactly... Lot's of haters around here.
Cool! hahaha You beat me to it. Many will hate you for this, but then again, you can't please everyone. =)
Congratulations, you've reached the climax of your brief existence.
Your's is pretty pathetic, when such a little thing ruins your day.
On the contrary, i pity people like you whom only source of self esteem and gratification is gaining a first post position on a site dedicated to smartphones, troll.
Stop hating, kiddo. =)
the kiddo comments are annoying kiddo.
Sensitive bunch, huh kiddo?
Apparently, you don't know what the word *only* means. Getting gratification from a first post does not imply that it's his only gratification.
I pity people who pity people like him. :-)
congrats
Just one correction, the majority of patches/tweaks in Preware were done by people outside of webOS-Internals. They made the awesome AUPT format, but most of the patch creators themselves, weren't webos-internals.
On the one hand, I'm glad they are trying to get more developers. I'm not much for games on the Pre other than puzzle type games, but I wouldn't turn down an official quake or doom2 remake either =)
But OTOH, WebOS is reeeally needing some optimization. I was playing with an iPod touch again today and it made me a bit envious.
I know we're only at 1.x, and 2.0 should in theory help that along w/ faster devices, but still... it'd be nice if they threw us a bone. Though, I guess the market wanted the video bone first =/
I need to see Flash on the Pre!
Can't WAIT 'till the update tomorrow!! Whoop whoop!! Flash!! Video!!.. The pre is getting better and better!
I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you...
Also of note, NesEm is NOT free...there is a charge.
Actually, you might want to change the link because the Nesem link leads to the webos internals version of the nintendo emulator and not kalemsofts....
A couple of clarifications:
1) As Jason noted WebOS Internals does the work to aggregate and package patches, but most of the patches themselves originate from authors not associated with WebOS Internals. Consider WebOS Internals to be the catalyst in patching that allows the great work of other developers to be easily and safely used by everyone.
2) NesEM is a commercial product by KalemSoft. WebOS Internals is not associated with it's development. The NesEM link in the article (which does not actually point to NesEM) points to a very old manual installation of a different Nintendo emulator that requires you kill the Luna user interface and does not use the WebOS Internals Development Kit.
3) We're referring to our binary development kit as the WIDK (WebOS Internals Development Kit), so there is no confusion between the Palm PDK and the WIDK. We expect the WIDK to continue to be very useful for native developers even after the Palm PDK is released.
-- Rod
I love the new preferance to view only free apps in Preware.Great job to Rod and all the folks at Webos Internals.
is there a way to download this app for ppl outside the states?
i mean NesEM
Yes, it's in Preware.
it's pretty childish when you read these daily viewing people fighting to be first and people whining about not being first? Lol I read these daily and that's all I see. Feels like I'm in line at chucky cheese again haha. Crossing my fingers for the 1.4 update tomorrow!
Downloading 1.4 as I type!!! It's going pretty slow now, but that is expected.
nice dude that's good news haha. I'm trying to locate it right now at work
nice dude that's good news haha. I'm trying to locate it right now at work
yeah yeah Hondacop and your wild dreams of Adobe Flash 10.1 and webOS 1.4, we're all aware you have a sleeping disorder and are sleep typing your dreams away.
This is great!
If we could get ScummVM, we're complete.
Thanks for all!
he's an idiot that loafs around here like a 2 year old (trying) to pester people. If less people reacted to his stupidity... Stop giving him the fuel to his fire and just ignore him. It's ashame if he really is a cop representing his special self. PISS!
he's an idiot that loafs around here like a 2 year old (trying) to pester people. If less people reacted to his stupidity... Stop giving him the fuel to his fire and just ignore him. It's ashame if he really is a cop representing his special self. PISS!