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N900 Gaming
The N900 makes a great gaming device. It has a TV Out, Accelerometers, and hardware support for 3D graphics.
Video showing what can be done with 3D and TV out
There is a range of options to get games on your device.
Native Games and Games Publishers
The N900 supports SDL and hardware accelerated 3D OpenGL ES, allowing it to run several linux games. Several are available in the Maemo 5 'extras' repository.
- 3d graphics engines
- Maemo 5 Downloads
- OS2008 games - most of these games should be portable to the N900
- Chess - there are a variety of chess games available, including:
- Miniature - a networked, community-developed chess program, designed for Maemo - coming soon
- Quake3
- The Ur-Quan Masters (Starcontrol 2)
Rovio
Rovio have ported the following games to the N900
- Bounce Evolution
- Angry Birds. The Community have also created custom level editor for this great game
Both are available from the Ovi store Ovi Rovio Games
SIO2 Interactive
SIO2 Interactive have ported their Open Source 3D engine to the N900, and have released a number of games.
Secret Exit
Secret Exit will be release a number of Games for N900
Flash Games
As the N900 supports Flash 9 and has a hardware keyboard, many flash games should just work. Read more about the options.
Games Emulators
There are many emulators of older game consoles available for Maemo.
- Game boy colour - Vgb
- Game boy advance - Vgba
- Nintendo Entertainment System - iNES
- Nintendo SNES - DrNokSnes - (See Use WiiMote as Gamepad..)
- Old PC (x86, DOS) - DOSBox
- Sega 8 bit consoles - Mastergear
Other console emulators are not working 100% yet, but are available for the adventurous:
- ScummVM - Needs porting from n8xx to n900
- GemRB - Needs porting from n8xx to n900
- Frodo C64 - Needs porting from n7xx to n900
- SDLMAME - MAME EMU
- Hatari - Atari ST(e)/TT/Falcon emu
Some other terminal emulators exist for Linux, but do not work on Maemo:
- Neogeo - doesn't work but someone could fix it
- Amiga - UAE has been ported to previous versions of maemo
- Exult - The engine for some of the Ultima series has been run on previous versions of maemo
Game Controllers and Peripherals
WiiMote as Gamepad/Remote
- Wiimote - Use your wiimote to play games! WiiMote can also be used GLOBALLY with your N900
- Configure WiiMote as Gamepad for Dr. NokSnes: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=506339
Play-station Six Axis Controller
The Six axis Controller now works on the N900
Alternate Windows Instructions Here
Wii Balance Board
N900 and Wii Balance Board Video
Frequently asked questions
Will n900 play games from big companies?
Nokia has publicly stated that they are fully committed to creating a proper channel for Premium content publishers to sell their content in a protected form via their Ovi Store. [1]
As for what we have now, well from what Ive researched there are vast repositories of games, both old and some semi new where one can get games for the N900. The very nature of the device is such that the onus is upon the user to do the necessary research to find what will work.
There are numerous emulators where you can play thousands of old games for the NES, Gameboy, GBA, etc.
As for Dos Games, it is yet to be seen if we can expect full compatibility, but rest assured, someone, somewhere is working on it. And probably not in English lol.
Being that it is such a new device, and has yet to achieve anywhere near market penetration, the number of developers working on is still relatively small.
Maemo is a developers dream but give it 6 months before you have precompiled, easy to use games....
My two cents for now. You have the full internet in your pocket! Isn`t that enough?
What if I want a game not yet available?
See above (where do I get software from)
All my previous phones have run java games: why can’t I play them on n900?
Java is currently available for the N900 but requires some manual installation.