News > Geek > NES Emulator on Motorola Q?

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TUESDAY JUNE 13 2006 9:18 AM

The Motorola Q phone, which is sold to Verizon customers, does a whole slew of cool things, like access TV shows via slingbox, tune-in to XM, and provide access to the Internet and IM networks. It looks like Q owners will also be able to play classic NES games via an emulator, according to a video posted at MobileMag.

No instructions or direction were given as to how you could get to play old school Nintendo classics on your Verizon Q, but it's great just to know that it's possible. In the video below, you can Super Mario Bros. 3 being enjoyed by "wildcatct", complete with the unforgettable tunes and sound effects that immediately throw you back into your childhood.

The controls seem a little awkward, but that could be just an effect of the person using one hand to (shakily) hold the camera, leaving only one hand for gameplay.

There's a video of the alleged game playing at YouTube. It could be a hoax, but if it is, someone sure went to a lot of trouble to fake it.

And if you'd like to go the other way, boingboing links instructions on converting a classic NES controller into a cell phone.

Comments

Bev_Antain

Italy

February 2004

JUN 13, 2006 09:37 AM

well those new motorola phones have some interesting perks. I should check them out next time i need a phone

sixsixty

Oakland, CA

OLD SKOOL

JUN 13, 2006 10:13 AM

it's just an emulator. they have been around on windows mobile devices for a long time. it's really nothing new or exciting if you've used pda's before. i am excited for the q and i really want it to come out for sprint sometime soon. i can't ever imagine using verizon...way too expensive.

WilWheaton

Los Angeles, CA

June 2005

JUN 13, 2006 10:30 AM

sixsixty said:
it's just an emulator. they have been around on windows mobile devices for a long time. it's really nothing new or exciting if you've used pda's before. i am excited for the q and i really want it to come out for sprint sometime soon. i can't ever imagine using verizon...way too expensive.

I hear that. I wish I could use Sprint, like all of my friends here in LA, but the Sprint coverage in my neighborhood is so terrible, I have to use a different carrier. Weak. Sauce.