South Korea really want to enter the video game console market, they already done so with Maplestory DS and Panyga Golf. They didn't have to sell an emulator.
I wouldn't even spend any money on a Dreamcast emulator for the Blackberry or whatever. It's straightforward illegal for have content like that because Sega have started selling their Dreamcast collections on the Xbox!
I think they will get caught and sorted eventually.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
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OK - I'm not afraid to admit this...I am a BlackBerry user. I have a BlackBerry phone and (sigh) I also have a BlackBerry PlayBook. It's a great tablet and does everything you'd want a tablet to do...and until RIM decided they weren't going to release the new BB10 OS for it, all looked good (well, OK-ish) for the future of the device. Oh, and that picture on the left there? I took that. Cool ain't it? Such a wasted talent. Cough. But this isn't an analysis of the future of the BlackBerry brand in the face of such monolithic competition from the iPhone/iPad/Android and the other lesser alternatives. Nor is it a look at my rather limp attempts at visual metaphors (Dreamcast? on Blackberry? See?!). No - this is a little look at something I spotted on the BlackBerry World 'app store' thingy this morning. Well, less of a 'look' and more of an appeal for further information. A bit like a telethon but minus the tele or the thon. Here, look at these horrifically blurred photos (incidentally, taken with my BlackBerry phone):
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Don't be fooled - BlackBerry World is nothing next to App Store
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Really sorry about the quality of these photos...
For the uninitiated (I'm guessing everyone reading this), that's what BlackBerry World looks like. But look closer:
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There, next to 'Hot Asian Girls'
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The 'No Reviews Yet' status sets alarms ringing
WTF?! What the hell is 'Dcast Emulator'?! Now, the PlayBook is a fine device for emulating Amiga, SNES, MegaDrive and even N64 games - it does have a 1Ghz processor afterall...but emulating Dreamcast games? I'm not so sure. There's a bit of a difference between emulating Lotus 3 or Mario Kart 64 and Daytona 2001. Indeed, this particular app only displays a single screenshot on it's page and the text simply reads 'Load ROM.' Also - it costs £3.50...and as there is zero information regarding this 'Dcast Emulator' on that there Google (or Bing either, for that matter - but we don't talk about Bing), I'm a little reluctant to splash out the price of a pint of ale on what could turn out to be a static page of outdated Dreamcast 'news' from Taiwan.
So - the reason for this post then. Have you bought Dcast Emulator? Is it an actual emulator or is it just a load of rubbish? Do own a PlayBook? (I know there's at least one other PB owner out there!). Let us know in the comments box (I know that makes me sound like one of those Youtube whores who can't get enough of their own voices and/or faces. Sorry). If nothing comes up, maybe in the near future I'll take the plunge and waste £3.50 on something I know is too good to be true. But for now, the mystery of Dcast Emulator remains unsolved.
"Dreamcast on BlackBerry...Surely Not?!"
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Looks fishy, you probably shouldn't waste your money :/
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
South Korea really want to enter the video game console market, they already done so with Maplestory DS and Panyga Golf. They didn't have to sell an emulator.
I wouldn't even spend any money on a Dreamcast emulator for the Blackberry or whatever. It's straightforward illegal for have content like that because Sega have started selling their Dreamcast collections on the Xbox!
I think they will get caught and sorted eventually.
Thursday, August 22, 2013