| Gamers have long used emulators to make their | | | | great. Nothing looks this good, plays this well, and |
| home pc into their personal video arcade, but until | | | | has as many panels. For instance, you can run |
| recently pocket pc emulators have been lacking. | | | | great Mahjong game, with beautiful tiles and vivid |
| Fortunately for the gamer in all of us, that is | | | | colors. |
| beginning to change. The growing popularity of | | | | 3.Mame World – Runs more than 2,000 |
| PDA's, particularly among young people, means | | | | arcade machine ROMs including the NeoGeo |
| that software vendors are paying more attention | | | | games. |
| to the vast market for pocket pc emulators. | | | | There are so many other emulators, and the |
| The pocket pc emulators on the market today | | | | above are just representing examples that I |
| can allow the PDA owner to emulate the Atari | | | | found to be a good starting point. These |
| system, MAME, Nintendo and Game Boy among | | | | emulators will help you bring oldies like packman, |
| others. Game playing is an important and growing | | | | space-invaders, Mario bros and other good old |
| use for PDA's, and a good emulator can make | | | | games "back from the dead" and resurrected |
| the PDA fun as well as useful. | | | | right on your PDA. I think nothing beats the old |
| Having your PDA act as a handheld game device | | | | games in terms of pure fun and in many cases |
| greatly increases it's versatility and usefulness. | | | | the beauty is in the simplicity and not in high tech |
| Now not only are PDA's replacements for cell | | | | complicated games. |
| phones, digital cameras, electronic organizers and | | | | Since these games require much less computing |
| personal stereos, but they can be wonderful | | | | power than the modern games, they are perfect |
| game devices as well. | | | | to run on your PDA. |
| Let's have a look at some of the emulated | | | | When shopping for a PDA, especially if it will be |
| software that can be found for pocket pc's. Mind | | | | used as a gaming emulator, it is important to |
| you, these are just examples representing this | | | | choose one that has a lot of memory, or at least |
| vast world: | | | | a large capacity for memory expansion. It is also |
| 1.Pocketnes – This emulator is pure joy. | | | | important to choose a PDA with a good solid |
| It's free (donation will be appreciated) and it's | | | | processor running at a fast speed. As with |
| downloadable instantly to your PDA – | | | | desktop pcs, gaming takes up more resources |
| preferably iPAQ. All the platform games like classic | | | | than other applications, and having a fast |
| Mario Brothers3 work well. You can also save a | | | | processor and lots of memory will ensure that |
| game level and come back later. | | | | your gaming experience is a great one. |
| 2.Pocket Engine – – this emulator is | | | | |