Holiday Gift Guide »

Nintendo DS and PlayStation Emulators Run on iPhone 3GS

Categories: Gaming, iPhone
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 11:41 AM

Why have outside servers handle your gaming graphics when the iPhone 3GS’s 600 MHz OpenGL-enabled processor can do the job just fine? To prove it, here’s one of two demo videos showing off Pokemon and Final Fantasy VII running hunky-dory on the iPhone 3GS through beta emulators. psx4iphone will cost you $10 to try out and test, while gpSPhone for the DS is still under heavy development pending a jailbreak. The iPhone’s no stranger to emulators, but the latest hardware upgrades will surely allow folks to enjoy slightly newer consoles on mobile.

[NowhereElse via Engadget]

About The Author

Simon Sage

Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.