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Android Playstation Emulator Released! - AndroidGuys (blog)
Android Market And Google Checkout Problem – Buy Your Apps/Games But Receive ... - Android Police (blog)

Android Phones Get a Playstation Emulator - GamerCrave.com

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 04:59 PM PDT

Jul 26, 2010 - By Jared Newman

psxdroid Android Phones Get a Playstation Emulator

If you can deal with imperfect sound and, more importantly, don't mind a bit of the old video game piracy, the Android Market has a way for you to enjoy original Playstation games on a smartphone. The app is PSX4Droid, and it's a fully-functional Playstation emulator for high-end Android phones, available now for $6 in the Android Market.

Here's a video of someone playing Crash Bandicoot on a Nexus One. It looks pretty good minus the occasional stutter, but the sound is prone to speeding up and slowing down. Also, the player accidentally taps the phone's menu button once — a frustration that should be familiar to anyone who's played Android games with virtual buttons on the sides. But for RPGs in which timing isn't essential — and there are plenty of those for PSOne — PSX4Droid should get the job done. There is Wii remote support for folks who absolutely need physical buttons.

Playing ROMs that are this recent — Sony sells lots of PSOne games for PSP and Playstation 3 — falls outside of my comfort zone, but I guess it's Sony's loss for trying to beat smartphones with the PSP instead of joining them with its own official emulator. [Engadget via The Escapist]

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Android Playstation Emulator Released! - AndroidGuys (blog)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 02:57 PM PDT

One of the nice things about having one of the current gen Android handsets is the ability to run different video game emulators. I have really enjoyed playing old school Zelda and Metroid along with some SNES goodness on my T-Mo Vibrant.

Now it seems that some enterprising soul has decided to compile and release a Playstation One emulator for higher end Android handsets! Available now in the Android Market for $5.99, PSX4Droid allows you to play many of the titles that you spent hours on and loved when you were younger. Here is a list of features for the app, notice that it allows you to use a wii-mote to play:

Uses formats BIN,ISO,IMG,PBP,Z,ZNX, and Eboot (compressed too)
WiiMote controller works
Trackball and D-Pad
Memory card & save states.
Virtual control overlays
Scaling modes

We have not tested this app as of yet, but rest assured we will be soon and will have a review up on how it performs. Again, you really need to have a higher end Android device to run this app, a G1 probably will not have the horse power to make it happen. Also, word is the dev of this app will be working on a N64 Emu soon as well.

Use the barcode below to scan and download with your device!

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Android Market And Google Checkout Problem – Buy Your Apps/Games But Receive ... - Android Police (blog)

Posted: 26 Jul 2010 02:59 PM PDT

Recently it has been reported that Google plans to add carrier billing options to the Android Market. This is great news for developers, but it may be moot, as we're getting reports that a lot of users are having issues downloading apps that they have purchased. When a user tries to purchase an app, it seems that the market is hanging while authorizing their payment, regardless of their checkout method (credit card or carrier billing).

This isn't the first time that users have had issues with the market – just recently Google had to address the issue of applications mysteriously disappearing. If Google wants developers to take the market seriously, they're going to have to cut down on these issues.

The Problem

When going to the Android market and purchasing a game or application, you are taken to a screen asking you which method of payment you would like to use. At this point, you usually select the payment method, hit 'Buy' and wait for the app to download. Right now, though, once you click 'Buy' it will display that it's "Processing Payment" but nothing will happen.

A prime example of this is the new Playstation Emulator for Android that was released yesterday. Just about every user who is trying to purchase this particular application is experiencing this issue.

Is It Being Fixed?

As of right now, Google has not commented on the situation. Developers such as ZodTTD, who developed the Playstation Emulator, have contacted Google support and have received no answer. While Google is probably aware of the issue, they should be informing developers who are experiencing this problem that they are actually aware of it and trying to fix it.

This is a problem that can severely damage the already questionable reputation of the Android Market if not handled properly. Not only is it likely to upset developers who already have their apps on the market, it's not exactly inspiring first time Android devs to publish their apps either.

At this point, all we can do is wait for Google to address the problem. If you are experiencing this issue, just be patient. There are several threads on the Google Support Forums about this problem. If you can not wait to buy a particular game or application, you might want to check some outside sources for Android related software such as SlideMe.org

Source: zodttd's Twitter, Google support forums

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