Game King-II: Emulation
The Game King-II claims to support NES and GB/GBC games, but also supports SNES games as well, though that is not advertised. After playing some SNES games on it, I can understand why…
Here are the type of games that the Game King-II will emulate:
- SNES
- NES
- Gameboy
- Gameboy Color
Here are the other systems that I’ve tried, but the Game King-II does not emulate:
- Atari 2600/5200/7800
- Genesis
- Sega Master System
- Game Gear
- Neo Geo
- Turbo Grafx-16
- Intellivision
- Colecovision
If you are used to emulators of exception quality (as I am), then the Game King-II is somewhat of a disappointment. I’m guessing that the Game King-II uses some sort of ARM CPU, so I would think that porting an open source emulator would be fairly easy to do. However, it appears as if these emulators are custom programmed (or they are ports of emulators I’ve never seen).
First off, I was not able to play a good portion of the ROMs that I tried. Kid Icarus (NES), Boxxle (GB), Deja Vu I & II (GBC) did not work or had serious problems making them unplayable. A more determined person could probably make a list of what mappers seem to be supported and what don’t, but I don’t have that kind of time.
The NES emulation is the best of the trio on this thing. Except for around 20% of the ROMs I tried, all the games worked okay. You might notice some weirdness with the pixels due to the video being scaled to 320×240, but it’s not that bad. There’s save states, volume control, and battery save files–standard emulator fare. Button X is assigned to A and Button A to B, so it can be a little confusing (especially with Punch-Out!).
The Gameboy emulation is somewhat lacking. Many of the games I played worked, but without sound. Some early generation games (like Boxxle) didn’t work. Still, it’s not bad: there’s save states, volume control, and battery saves.
The SNES emulation is pretty bad. It reminds me of the earlier years of DreamSNES, except I couldn’t find a single game that ran at 100% speed. I even tried using PAL ROMs instead of NTSC, with only a barely noticeable improvement. Pretty much everything is unplayable with the exception of games with little or no animation–like Jeopardy. The SNES emulator has save states and all the normal features. But oddly enough, it also has a “screen capture” option, which saves a BMP file to your Game King. Pretty cool, too bad the emulation is slow. Even if the SNES ran at a decent speed, there’s still the issue of button mapping. The B button is used to bring up the emulator options menu, which leaves only 3 buttons for gameplay. Street Fighter II would be out of the question.
In summary, if you want a portable emulation device, this is not the gadget for you. However, I’m quite happy with the nice selection of games that I loaded on there.
Thanks for the followup articles. I was wondering when I saw the “SNES” acronym show up, and my first thought was the lack of buttons that you highlighted.
But for seventy bucks (with free shipping now too!) it’s hard to beat a pocket-sized NES, assuming the games work. I’d bet the “big names” of the day work fine – Mario and Megaman for example – but the more obscure or worse games (Friday the 13th or Back to the Future) probably won’t.
And given its ability to play Gameboy, this pretty much calls for a “Let me show you my Pokemans” image-meme.
The NES emulation seems to work very well. The ‘obscurity’ of the game doesn’t really factor in. More important is the ‘obscurity’ of the hardware mapper used in the game. Usually this correlates, but not always.
One game that I was disappointed that didn’t work: Maniac Mansion
sO IT’S THE PORTABLE NES WE GEEZERS HAVE BEEN WAITIN FOR?
One thing I noticed: games that played with no sound from internal memory often (though not always) played with sound when placed on an SD card.
There will be no Super Mario Karting on this thing. unless you want to be able to press a button, go get a drink, and come back to see what it did. Oh, well.
gosto
Are there any kind of other message boards out there about the Game King-II? Especially to discuss about the game emulation?
Before I bought this thing, I wasn’t able to find very much information at all about the Game King-II. You might be able to talk about it on “MP4″ boards if you can find a good one.
Hi. I just bought this a few days ago for my little sister. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get games on this thing. I am not at all familiar with gaming, gadgets, etc. I only wanted to figure out how to get a few basic games onto it (like Mario, Tetris, etc) she doesn’t need more than 5-10. I have read all of your info on it and I found some sites with the ROMs so I figured out that much. Now I just need to figure out HOW to get them on the Game King. I have searched all over Google and Yahoo and couldn’t find anything. If you could explain to me how to do it or recommend a user friendly site, I would really appreciate it. Thanks
There’s two ways, both are very easy. One is to just set it to “Flash” mode in the Setup and then connect it to your PC with the USB cable that came with it. I have heard that this does not work for Macs, but it works fine with Windows 2000 or XP.
You can also put the ROMs on an SD card (via an SD reader if you have one) and then set the Game King to “SD Card” mode.
Also: make sure to unzip the roms!
Thanks so much for the quick response. The unzipping must be what I missed (and what I don’t know how to do). I’ll look that up now but may be back, lol. Thanks again
I found FreeZip and figured out how to do it!!! It’s working now. Thank you so very much for your help. Now all I need to do is move away from Geeks so that I won’t be tempted anymore. I just bought a 42″ plasma from them this past week for $595 instore special… like I needed that. At least if I move away, I the shipping and handling might make it less appealing. I do like this Game King though. I might pick up one for myself. Thanks again for the help.
Must be nice to live close to an actual Geeks.com store. Anyway, unzipped should be built in to Windows 2000/XP. I’ve never used FreeZip though, I’ve always used WinRAR (handles zip, rar, and 7zip).
Hi, I just bought one of these from geeks.com and found this site since it seems to be the only one talking about this device. I’m glad to hear it at least does NES and video well. I wonder if it can be modified at all, I’ve had some luck modifying small electronics. I put more memory in a creative zen that didn’t have any expansion slots, but I think making this thing faster so it can play SNES at a good speed is probably beyond my skill.
I know there is software out there to replace the firmware, so I’m sure you could modify both the firmware and hardware if you were ambitious enough. Let me know if you figure anything out.
I ended up buying another one for myself and it doesn’t work. It doesn’t even turn on
Hopefully the next one will. When I exchange it, I hope I’ll get another white one though because the one I’m keeping for myself is the black w/ red. I hope they don’t give me any trouble because they aren’t exactly great with the returns/exchanges.
Rachel, are you referring to Geeks.com?
They’ve never given me any trouble with the returns, if you bug them enough they might not even make you send back the broken one, but that was a cheaper item they let me do that with.
Anyway, I’m still looking into that modification thing, it looks like you could indeed modify it to almost any extent you wanted, since the source code for the current firmware is available. If anyone knows of existing modifications let me know, I haven’t found any.
The source code for the current firmware is available?
Where?
My Game King II arrived yesterday, and so far, I’m impressed. The manual sometimes devolves into incoherency, but the hardware is pretty impressive for $70. The biggest laugh I’ve had is to use the Text-to-speech feature on E-Texts. Normally, a TTS would strive for some sort of middle-of-the-road neutral accent — an English/Canadian/American/Australian news anchor’s accent. Not in this case :^)
I would also be very interested in source code and/or software to extract/replace the firmware.
No, I’m talking about the actual Geeks store. It says on the back of the receipt that they only except returns within 7 days and they’ll test it to make sure it’s actually defective. Beyond 7 days there is a restocking fee. Last time I was in there, they were giving people a really hard time.
I have hit a snag with GameBoy and GameBoy Color games — I can’t get any sound. If I hit the B key, I see the menu, and I can get to “volumn” :^) However, I can’t seem to change the value from 0 to anything else. I tried moving games from the SD to the internal flash memory and back again, to no effect.
Has anyone else seen this problem?
Does anyone have a fix?
I tried using the “reset” button — it didn’t change this behavior.
Thankd!
I have also had this problem. It’s not entirely clear from your comment, but did you try playing it on the SD card as well as the internal memory?
It’s entirely possible that sound isn’t implemented, or at least not implemented completely. I have had sound work on a few GB games.
the no sound issue is actually a bug in the emulator
a good way to eliminate sound problems with some roms (not all) is to shut the pgp off reboot and try to boot the gameboy game as the first thing you do. you see the bug gets worst when you attempt to load a nes or snes game first and then a gb game. so if you want to load a game boy game and have sound try loading it first without loading any other system games first
It’s on sale right now for $59.95 in case anybody has been reading this and thinking about purchasing it.
I got this yesterday. Same thing with GBC games, no sound. Perhaps a firmware update is in the works to fix it???
one question…. you can insert the emulator you like in the pmp? or you have to play with the one inside…
can emulate gba? and for snes? you have to add the emulator?
Does anyone have the web address of this company to see if they have a firmware upgrade yet?
It cannot emulate GBA, and there are (at least) 3 emulators built into it: NES, GB(C) and SNES.
I wouldn’t hold my breath for a firmware update, but you never know…
ok thanks for the response, one last question, what about response of the buttons to the emulator of nes? are like playing in the nes?
and…the tmnt series for nes are working fine?
The buttons are pretty good. Sometimes the control pad can be a little “sticky” if you press on it too hard.
I don’t know about the TMNT series in particular, but there’s a compatibility chart in the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_king-II and you can compare that to http://emu-docs.org/NES/Mappers/nesmapper.txt
thanks for your time man, very nice of you
Are GameBoy Color ran at Full Speed ?
Gameboy color can be a little jerky sometimes, but usually they run just fine.
mine should arrive on th 17th or sooner.I’m so excited i wanna touch and lick it. Rachel was right,its on sale for $59.
i recently got mine and have been unable to get any snes roms to work, is there a special trick, a certain file format?? everything else seems to be working fine.
please respond by e-mail and i will continue to monitor this blog.
Well, they need to be unzipped, but otherwise I don’t know why else they wouldn’t work. It’s really a waste of time for most games though.
WHERE DO I GET THE GAMES FROM O.o
From here: http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7508/pictureofalblackgl9.jpg
I like the informative exchanges going around here so far, but I’m interested to know as well where I can get playable games for GK2′s internal memory? If NES, SNES & GBx roms does work, where in the web can those be had? I’ve checked a few sites that offer such but I only got as far as where they shack their porn ads! Your feedback is most appreciated.
If you are interested in ROMs, you might want to check this out: http://www.mgroves.com/tagsearch.php?tag=roms%20of%20the%20week
any mario games?
About the Sound in the GBC emulator: It works. You just can’t raise the volume, but you can lower it. To raise it, go into the NES emulator, raise it, then go play a GBC game. Annoying, but it works.
Hey, according to the pictures (linked somewhere on this site) of the insides, the GKII uses a S210C01 ARM processor. Googling around for info on it shows that the same chip is used in various devices of the same type (PMP with NES/GBC support).
I’d guess that the chip and OS are fabricated by some chinese company (Guizhi?), then sold to the companies that actually complete the handheld (Fujiyama, Able (HK) Industry Co, etc.). If this is true, the firmware is probably an obscure proprietary one (instead of WinCE or Linux) and closed-source. I’ll keep on googling, I really want to be able to update the FW, and having its source-code to poke around on would be awesome.
how do i put the game on there?
1) Download the game ROM from some website.
2) Unzip/unrar it.
3) Connect your GamekingII to your PC with a USB cable.
4) Turn on your Gameking.
5) Copy the ROM over to the new drive.
6) There is no step 6.
Hi,
but Can I play a Genesis rom?? Why not?
Genesis definitely doesn’t work (see the above lists). Why not? You’d have to ask the manufacturer about that.
Ok,
thanks!
But if I transfer an emulator on GK2??
P.s.
Excuse my English, but I’m Italian!!
P.s.2
What OS is present on console???
The OS is not Windows or Linux or anything, so you can’t transfer any programs (like emulators) to the Game King.
Hi!
We just bought this http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=PMP-GAMEKING-II&cpc=SCH
but lost the games in it. where can i download .sfc games?
Thanks!
Anna
I don’t think it comes with any games, so I’m not sure how you could lose them…
Anyway, I assume you mean SNES roms (sfc). If you want more information about roms, please click the “emulation” tag or click this URL: http://mgroves.com/tagsearch.php?tag=emulation
Just wondering if anyone else has bought more than one of these great little gizmos… I’ve bought a few from geeks and was surprised to find another OS on the last 2 I got. Instead of the nice 3d cartoon type of menu, I got a 1980′s style clip art menu… Same body, look, even the same Model listed on geeks. Just a different OS. On top of that, 2 main differences in what the Game king can or can’t do. 1….. A/V (audio / video) OUT!!! yes.. I said Out… AND IN!!! (Use it as a DVR) (I haven
Hi,
how can I update a firmware??? Please help me!!
My GK2 have an old firmware, because the screen it’s not youtube’s video of Game King-II!
Hi,
my GK2 have 3 game (.bin) and they are at 32 bit!!!!! :O
Where can I find other game similar???
The game are:
BattleGround_v1.2.0_EN.bin
CrazyCar_v1.3.3_EN.bin
EggSwallower_v1.2.3_EN_CHS.bin
They are similar at Game Boy Advance games!!
Help me, please!
Thanks.
Hi Luke… I got some BIN GAMES TOO… maybe we can share… I’m looking for new games… I still know nothing about the BIN ROMS… what kind of Roms are these? well…
Hope more people read here so we can interchange and share the BIN FORMAT ROM GAMES… or BIN EXTENSION GAMES… OR WHATEVER MP4 GAMES THEY ARE.
Hope somebody writes here if there’s a way to CONVERT A SNES INTO A BIN ROM (SNES TO BIN)… OR
.SMC TO .BIN
.GBA TO .BIN
or at least gives us a link where people like us can download 32 bits roms for the MP4 or MP5 or whatever BIN GAMES PLAYERS
my e-mail : JM23RD@hotmail.com
Hmmm… a bin game on the GK2? Sounds like they’re not emulated, rather they are games designed for the GK2 itself. Mind sending me one of them, so I can disassemble it and have a closer look? If they’re not emulated, there may be a way to actually code for the GK2!
Please, send one of the games to: TKF15H _at_ gmail _dot_ com
No, I’m pretty sure they are just SNES roms with a different file extension.
Though I haven’t heard of those three games, I’d be curious to know why Luke thinks they are “32 bit”.
I don’t think they are SNES games… googling up EggSwallower gives me 4 results (two about some bird, two in chinese). If it were an SNES game, it’d have far more entries. :/
Hi!
The 32 bit game is a SUNMEDIA copyright! I’ve search in the google, but I don’t find.
Into cd (in bundle) I find other bin games, and all are at 32 bit (similar GBA).
I can send you! Tell me your email address!
But, the firmware similar at mgroves photo (in review), don’t find!
I’ve a old firmware and I can adjust the volume in the game!
Help me, please!
P.s.
Excuse me for my English!
Byr bye!
Excuse me, but I meant with my firmware “I can’t” adjust the volume in the game!
Bye
Luke, you can send me a copy of this game so I can check it out: webmaster@mgroves.com
While EggSwallower may not be a commercial SNES rom, it could easily be a homebrew ROM, or a so-called “Hong Kong original”, or even just another game that’s been renamed. I’d love to be proven wrong, of course.
Hi everybody,
I upload the files (bin games) on my website (under costruction)!
The URL is http://openweb2008.altervista.org/
There you will find the link for downloading! It’s for everyone who please!
Let me know! (also about new firmware!!! :p )
Bye bye,
Luke
Alright, well I just copied these to my Game King and I was unable to play them.
They definitely don’t look like SNES or GBA roms (or anything like that). From the headers of the binary, I see “SUNPLUS” and “SPCA556″ and “SUNMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD”.
It looks like “SPCA556″ is the name of the chip, so maybe there are multiple version of the Game King-II. For more information: http://games.sina.com.cn/m/n/2006-12-06/1017178253.shtml (I used http://babelfish.altavista.com to translate)
That’s all I know right now.
Ok,
thanks!
I will upload on my site a video to let you see those games.
Meanwhile, can you help me about the firmware???
How can I update it?? Please help me!
Bye.
A quick glimpse in a hex editor tells me those games are native ARM code (In the beginning of a 4-byte interval, a 0xE1 byte is likely to be found. Iirc, that’s an AL flag as all ARM instructions have a condition prefix).
That means it is definitly 32 bit code, but on a newer OS version that allows for executing native binarys.
Luke: If you move the binary from the NAND to an SD card, can you still run it? Maybe bins have to be in a special directory for the OS to accept them.
As some have stated you can access the firmware memory, over the usb cable just like the flash memory, by holding down esc while you turn on the device (plug in the usb with it off). The device screen will stay off, but the usb drive will show up on the PC. I have version SDK-1.56 on a white gameking II from geeks.com , if you have a newer version of firmware, and can post it, I will try copying it to mine and see what happens. Just zip or rar all the files on the firmware drive, and post them somewhere and post back here.
WARNING you could mess up your gameking if your not carefull. I copied my firmware to my PC, and my gameking is still working fine. Im going to try to modify some of the .rgb files on the firmware, see if i can edit the pictures ??? try anyway.
Another neat trick , you can run more than one program at once ! just get the program you want running , running then press and hold ESC until a popup shows. use the directional keys to select the program to switch to, or go back to the desktop and pick another program, you can run several at a time !
Additionally i found a .doc file online, unfortunatly its in korean, called “T9 KOREAN MANUAL FINAL” which as lots of gameking like pics in it, its firmware says its :”SSYC-7 V1.0″
Hope this helps someone.
Whoa, it sure does help! I’ll start converting the rgb files to BMP and vice versa, at least we’ll be able to change our boot-up pictures and menus!
Well, that was easy. :/
The images are just 565 16-bit RGB. The only trouble is that the size of the image is not indicated in the file, but hard-coded into the firmware (stupid).
Ok, just tried changing wel0(3-12).rgb with my own image and it works.
I don’t know if there’s any programs out there that support the GK2′s RGB files, so I wrote my own in C and SDL. If anybody wants the code, just ask and I’ll e-mail it.
Wow. It sounds like I need a new Game King post with all this new information. TKF15H, I’d love to have a copy of that program if you could email it to me (webmaster@mgroves.com).
Hi,
i tried with “esc” button, etc… but it don’t work?!?
I find a firmware, but I don’t sure!!
Exist a firmware for my game king??
Bye, bye!
Where did you find this firmware? Do you know what version it is?
Whatever you do, before you alter the files on your GK, make a backup of everything on it.
To upgrade, you connect your gameking to the PC, press ON/OFF, then press ESC and hold both keys until your PC recognises the GKII.
Can you upload the firmware you have now (before you update)? I’d like to look at it.
Hi,
the firmware is similar at my old!
Send me a new firmware, please!!!
I not can run the snes game! When I launch it, display a message “file type error”, and reboot GK2!
I will update new game .bin on my site in this weekend.
Look tonight on my download page for mgroves.
Bye bye.
Could you please get all the files that come with your firmware and upload them (zipped or rarred together) to rapidshare?
I have uploaded mine, if you want it. It can play SNES games with a .smc file type.
Anyway, get it here:
http://gameking2.wikispaces.com/Firmware
Hi everybody,
I upload all my bin games on my website!
The URL is http://openweb2008.altervista.org/
It’s for everyone who please!
I will update tonight the video demo on my website!
Please download it!!!
Let me know!
Bye bye,
Luke
I just received my GK2 but I cannot make any SNES games work. It simply refuse any .smc rom. Do you know where can I get (buy) bin games?
Hi,
you get the bin game from my website!!
http://openweb.altervista.org
Bye.
For TKF15H:
When I plug my GK in my pc, press and hold the 2 buttons, the console switches itself on!
Anyway, the pc recognises 2 removable disks!! I can get in one only, which is the integrated GK memory (2 GB). As for the other disk, I can’t get into!!!
The procedure “ON/OFF and ESC button” does not work!!
How can I extract firmware if the procedure above does not work???
Please help me!!!
Bye bye!
PS.
Has anyone seen the my video on my website???
Odd, it looks like the procedure to get to your firmware is different.
How did you find out that the firmware you had downloaded is similar to the one you already had? :/
Does the manual say anything?
can anyone pls tell me the exact procedure to upgrade the firmware,bcos my menu looks so dumb i want to change it
Nothing!
I don’t update the firmware and I don’t dumb it!
Exist a tools…an Appz????
Bye.
ok ..how do u find the version of the firmware ur gkII
yagy: Got into the Setup (picture of a toolbox). The second last item displays the current firmware version.
Luke: I doubt there is any crack for getting the firmware, it’s hard enough getting info on how it works. Your best bet is to experiment and try to figure out what key combinations work (try pushing everything at once!).
To anyone that finds anything useful, please add it to the wiki. Hidden shortcuts, game compatibility lists, mods and interfaces, anything! http://gameking2.wikispaces.com
Can anyone else confirm that holding ESC while turning the device on with the usb already connected, does not work on versions other than SDK-1.56 ?
It seems the nexxtech version is similar …
http://www.mympxplayer.org/nexxtech-p2-dead-vp42981.html
hey the menu on my gk-2 does not look like the one on youtube,i guess its an older firm ware ,how do u update it.pls help, pressing esc or the on/off and esc does not work while connecting to pc
Have u tested frm pro? I tried to find out which is my firmware and the proggy doesn’t give my any answer. I start to think that my pmp is not really gk2 although it looks exactly like the one at fujiyama site. Here is a link to download frm pro: http://www.mympxplayer.org/image-df744.html
does GK-II play Japanese porno SNES games?
I love those tentacle rape games
I don’t have a Game King-II, but I do have a very similar product — nearly identical in fact:
http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/pmp-game-mp4-player-1gb-20m-camera-sd-card-slot/
It does all the same things that the Game King does apparently, and I’ve loaded NES roms into it no problem. I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find the firmware for this machine — I need some way of booting it back up if it shuts down.
TIA
That thing looks like it could be the Game King in a different shell.
I just picked up a gameking from geeks. It looks like it has the older firmware on it since the menu and boot up screens don’t match what I’ve seen on youtube. I loaded up all the roms that came in the enclosed cd but when I look at the library on the gameking it only takes me to letter I in the alphabet. When I hook it back up to my pc it shows that the device has roms all the way through the letter z. For some reason I cannot access the rest of the roms from the device directly. Also I loaded some snes roms and they don’t even appear from the menu to select. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
I think the version coming from Geeks.com is not able to play SNES games
I have a Game King from Geeks.com, and it can definitely play SNES games, albeit very slowly.
hi Matt, Is it the one you got back in June 07? The latest ones coming from Geeks are white and run a totally different firmware. It has a different CPU too. I have the same experience as CapitalG with SNES games (don’t even show up in menu). I tried changing the extension from .smc to .sfc but that didn’t work. But video out works great!
CapitalG, I’m not sure if our firmware is actually older, or possibly newer? I took mine apart yesterday and it had a manufacture date of 12/07 on the QA sticker. It seems we may have lost some features such as SNES and the ability to control the volume in games, but ours does video out!
That is a shame. I was really looking forward to playing snes games on this device. The lack of volume control is definitely a hinderance as well. I turned the volume off altogether to avoid having to have the earphones plugged in constantly. Even with the earphones plugged in with the volume in it is extremely loud! Maybe sometime soon we can figure out a way to download different firmware to rectify these issues. Thanks for the responses!
I know how you feel, there is one SNES game I was really hoping to play (Raiden Trad). I guess SNES games ran really slow on the GK’s that do play them anyways.
I ended up opening up mine and clipping the wires to the built-in speaker, then got new earbuds with built in volume slider, and I’m good to go!
at http://www.mympxplayer.org/portal.php it has
“9. S210C01 – sdk-1.57 (Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:32 am)
Firmware for SISIS S210C01 ARM Based PMP (Like GAMEKINGII)”
but the download doesn’t work
like I said back on 12-27-07 “different” Geeks still has it listed as the Game King II but the box that you get states Game King III even though the Player still has Game king II printed on it.
Yes…. the “New” Game King that Geeks has to offer Does not Play SNES games. It does play some form of home brewed 32bit games. Not the best, but the FX look way better than the 8bit NES games. I found that the Game play to all the “Bin” games sucked… I rather Play Burger Time with 8 colors than that dumb Snowboarding game again. The SNES games where only playable if you’re a Dyslexic A.D.D. Way to slow. so no big loss…
The latest Game Kings that Geeks has sent me includes a CD with NES games and some Bin Games on it. *like 9 or so bin games*
The Vol. for the games sucks but a quick fix is to get a pair of head sets with a vol. control on it. *got 20 pairs for 20 bux on e-bay. Works great for me and got plenty extra if I break one set… or two.. or three….*
It also comes with a AV cable for output to your TV. The Software (the small CD) has a different Converting Software. Good and bad. Good….. you can set the Converting to a high quality so TV out looks good still.. or low so that you can fit more vids on the Game king. I wouldn’t recommend to use the AV cable on the low quality Vids. Looks blocker than a game of Tetris. The game play is very good *not exactly like the original NES but it will deff. do* Bad… The Converting Software is a lot more harder to understand and use. The one that came with my 1st 2 Game kings was easy to use. just load and press the convert button. More bad… I had already converted over 50 different movies for the 1st game king I got… Guess what…. Yep.. they don’t work with the new game king…. 5 days reconverting every movie I had again….
Added feature Camcorder, Calculator, Colander, and some sort of Engrish to Chinese Phrases.
Something else I didn’t like about the Game king III is that you can’t load more than 200 some games at a time, the Explorer feature is missing, and the Templates to the Camera are missing as well.
Over all… The 1st game king was easy to use, I ordered a butt load of them and sold them for twice the price. The Ease of use was a big selling point.. The new Firmware OS of the new game king needs a little more Computer Experience to learn how to use it.
Things that are harder to use..
The Volume for the movies and MP3 feature, *you have to press a button 1st, then move left and right, not hold but by pressing left or right over and over.
having to press esc for at least 2 seconds to esc. from the games was a bit of a hassle for some people I sold the new players to.
Only a 4x Fast forward too.. Takes about 5 min to fast forward an hour…
For me. Other than the Vol. Prob. with the NES games. I like this one better.
For the those that aren
Well guys, I tried some upgrades today. Unfortunatly i didnt have a full new upgrade. But i found some ROM_EXEC’s from the net, and some other hacking type stuff. Risking my gameking, i faithfully deleted my firmware (after backing it up for sure !). Tried the game king. NADA. So i use ESC while turning on to mount the firmware drive. I copy ONLY rom_exec back. Try the unit. And it works. No picture backgrounds, but all the text works, and is useable with nothing but the ROM_EXEC from SDK-1.56 (from my original firmware). I tried several other rom_execs , i could turn it on and off with the power button, but only see a white screen. I guess they wont work without thier support files which i dont have. I even tried renaming a fimware file from a nother MP4player to ROM_EXEC. Bricked. Well until i hit reset button on bottom, then again ESC while turning on. Back to the firmware drive.
SOOOOOO while i take NO responsibility i seems you cant frick up your gameking by playing with firmwares. But if you try it , its your own risk, i took my risk !
I got one more test today.
Oh some links here too
http://www.yonomi.co.kr/help/help_util_list.asp
(similar to the gameking, its the device from the .doc i talked about earlier i think)
and
http://www.mympxplayer.org/viewtopic.php?t=8528
a firmware (1.56 i think) and a ROM_EXEC from a different version. But i cant get any to work, cept the original.
Hope it helps
do u have to buy for the games?
http://www.mgroves.com/ROMs
I want to exchange mi images at startup, i”ll buy a pmp Nexxtech, but is a Gameking with another name, the snes roms run slowly and i can play gb/gbc roms and nes roms. so if you have the code to change images at startup please send me te code to: Eze_loco89@hotmail.com
Great page! sorry my english, i”m from Argentina
AHHHH IM INEPT…..
man wut the heck is firmware anyways?!?!?!?!?!?!
ima go slit my wrists and do push ups!
ok so i have the game king 3 and i cant figure the convertor out if u know how plz email me how at clansman_icharus@yahoo.com
HEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!! I don’t know how to put videos on my PMP Game King II and it is really starting to piss me off!!!!!! I just wanted your help, I’ve been wanting to watch them since I got it, but the instructions don’t tell you how to put them on it or how to install the programs that you’ll need. Please help me I’m desperate!!!!!
Uh! It’s $39.99 now. I wish it had been that much when I bought it because my sister broke the stupid power button within 2 weeks of having it… after I had taken 2 months to figure out how to use it, find roms, videos, etc for it. Grrr!
20 games bin format
http://taringa.net/posts/juegos/1416330/Juegos-para-MP4-_-MP5-(Formato-BIN).html
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD
Better portable SNES/NES/GB/GBC alternative = PocketPC + PocketSNES, PocketNester, and Pocket Gnuboy.
You’re going to run out of buttons on the PocketSNES unless you have a qwerty kbd though. You can just forget about playing Super Metroid if you only have 4 buttons (yes you have touchscreen buttons, but doubtful you can actually play like that)
I take that back, The DS has emulator devices you can plug in and play the same stuff.
PocketPC is going to cost a lot more than a Game King.
Yeah, for around $70 … if this was just for emulation, don’t bother. Get a used Nintendo DS Lite for about 5$ more & be done with it. The NDS can emulate just about ALL the systems listed in the beginning of this article & very nicely.
Probably true now, but DS + flash cart was a bit more expensive back in 2007
It took 8 games, but I did see some potential in Van..Now he needs to put together games like this one, just like he put together subpar games.