NesEm brings Kid Icarus (and a few hundred other games) to webOS at long last

Don't get us wrong, Game Boy is a great platform that brings back some awesome memories of summer camp, but let's be honest -- at the end of the day, NES is where the action's at. After all, it's the platform that introduced us to the time-tested Excitebike and Kung Fu franchises, right? To that end, KalemSoft has released an NES emulator for webOS-powered devices, NesEm, that it boasts will run over 300 games with support for four-channel sound, fully configurable keys, and anti-aliasing for a smoother, more visually pleasing 80's-style console gaming experience. You won't find it in the Catalog, but it's available through PreWare or directly from KalemSoft's site; the demo's free and it's $9.99 to register.

[hey Posted Feb 2nd 2010 9:20PM]

9.99, huh?

Man, pickings must be pretty slim on WebOS to pay that for an NES emulator.

[MuffinsFTW Posted Feb 3rd 2010 2:22PM]

Nice too see that palm has a Nes emulator.

But i feel $9.99 is a bit steep.

[trainwrecka Posted Feb 3rd 2010 3:10PM]

$9.99 steep? It's unauthorized emulation... piracy... illegal. So, he might as well get what he can before Nintendo shuts him down.

[hey Posted Feb 3rd 2010 4:11PM]

@trainwrecka

I seriously doubt this guy's distributing ROMs. As long as he's only selling the emulator, there's nothing illegal about it.

I have some excellent emulators with my Android phone. They're some of the best selling, and highest reviewed, apps in the Android Market and have been for ages.

[mcdull Posted Feb 3rd 2010 5:02PM]

@trainwrecka
Emulation is legal as long as it doesn't use any code from the original hardware. Only distributing ROM is illegal.

But $9.99? NES emulators on WinMo and N900 are free.

Better check out this, SNES emulator on N900 playing with PS3 controller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tON2gO72b1U

[trainwrecka Posted Feb 4th 2010 11:53AM]

@trainwrecka

Sorry to burst your bubble:
http://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp#roms

[trainwrecka Posted Feb 4th 2010 11:54AM]

@hey

They were not authorized by Nintendo, that makes them pirated. See above.

[trainwrecka Posted Feb 4th 2010 11:55AM]

@mcdull

Please see above as well. The end result is something illegal, and that is all that matters in a court of law.