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FAQ

1) How easy is the device and how stable does it overclock

A) overclocking requires root access, bad esn versions of the xperia play are cdma based, cdma versions (R800X) don't have unlockable bootloader, you have to actually root or jailbreak your play http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765

if you have a international verison (R800i) you can unlock the bootloader without jailbreaking it (http://unlockbootloader.sonyericsson.com/instructions ) either path you must choose I would just reccomend against it, overclocking isn't really needed for the emulators to play fluidly and it only stable overclock to about 1.2-1.5ghz anyway, theres kernels that allow for o/c'ing of up to 1.9ghz but I don't find them stable... 1ghz is fine for just about everything you do, plus you really drain the battery.

2) Can you configure and use the  Analog Touch Pads for N64 and PSX Emulation as i read that the N64 you cant?

A) N64oid (N64 emulator) and fpse (psx emulator) do not use the touch pad but offer the "best of" in each catagory of emulator. Mupen64Plus ( https://market.android.com/details?id=paulscode.android.mupen64plus.xperiaplay ) allows for touch pad integration but offers less compatibility and speed.

3) Can you configure the buttons for most other emulators like you can with the Dingoo A320

A) the other emulators for most common systems I reccomend these emulators ( https://slideme.org/user/3168/applications/3168 ) most are free except n64oid. all of those listed I can confirm allow custom mapping with the xperia play hardware buttons.

4) How would you rate the following Emulators for the device out of 10 (10 being Perfect, 5 being Average).

A)

http://slideme.org/application/gensoid (Sega MD 10)
http://slideme.org/application/gearoid (Sega MS/GG 10)
http://slideme.org/application/nesoid (NES 10)
http://slideme.org/application/snesoid (SNES 10)
http://slideme.org/application/gameboid (GBA 10)

Arcade especially CPS2 and Neo Geo

I can't compare some of these to original hardware because I either never played or do not own

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.seleuco.mame4all (mame unknown)
https://market.android.com/details?id=fr.mydedibox.neodroid (neogeo unknown)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jrioni.cps2hd (cps2 unknown)

And finally PSX and N64

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.emulator.fpse (PSX 8-9)
http://slideme.org/application/n64oid (N64 8-9)
https://market.android.com/details?id=paulscode.android.mupen64plus.xperiaplay (N64 6-7)

5) Whats the device like for playing Video files as a potable media player.

A) plays most videos stock, additional codec available with highly recommended 3rd party app mobo player which plays basically everything like vlc player for pc. I'm not much of a movie watcher on handheld so I couldn't tell ya specifics. Netflix and hulu streaming is also available if you have those paid services.


https://market.android.com/details?id=com.clov4r.android.nil
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.netflix.mediaclient
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hulu.plus

So far I have loaded N64oid, nes.emu, md.emu, and snesoid. All are working really well. I plan to get mame4droid and tiger arcade set. Not sure if there are better options available for CPS1, CPS2, or Neo Geo.

Thanks for posting this. Gonna look into getting the N64, CPS2, and Neo Geo emulators. Are there any emulators made specifically for CPS1? Also, do any emulators run Sega CD games?

md.emu in the android market I think is based off picodrive FOSS and it runs sega cd games

tigerarcade (have to find source) does cps1, cps2, neogeo + mame games

haven't used either yet so I can't vouch for performance and like I mentioned above no point of reference for actual hardware but they do exist.

EDIT: if you must unlock your R800X bootloader here is a method that will work but will void your warranty 100% but has been confirmed to work

*warning* not recommended *warning*
http://androidflip.com/unlock-xperia-phones-bootloader-without-losing-drm-data-track-id-working/

yesterday i got some time for toying around with a galaxy s (which internally is very similar to the xperia play i think) and i must add that both atari800 and prboom run quite satisfactorily in it, despite being slightly underwhelmed with the prboom port

unfortunately, with dosbox the whole thing is hit-or-miss. i read on the vogons forums that the practical maximum speed achievable with andosbox (a paid app btw) is 8500 cycles for vga games and 10000 cycles for svga, not enough for many of the most "modern" of dos programs

i wanted to relive terminal velocity GOD DAMMIT 

It should receive an Ice Cream Sandwitch update soon, perhaps it will fix your problems (that I never experienced myself).

I guess there was nothing wrong with my analogue pads at all. I really had not used them much before, but I see why they were not working. I was sliding open my xperia play before powering it on, and the analogue pads don't turn on until you slide it open. I guess you have to slide it open after it is powered on to activate the analogue pads. Either that or slide it closed and open again once it is already powered on. Either way, I feel a bit silly, but glad there is no problems with it.

By the way, I downloaded Virtua Tennis Challenge yesterday, great game if anyone likes tennis games.

Update, Yongzh has updated N64oid to version v2.7

changelog

- Updated to Mupen64plus-1.99.5 (mainly fixed some graphics)
- Fixed touchpad on Xperia Play ICS.

I can confirm the touchpads now work correctly with the offical ICS BETA, where they were reversed before, they are no longer reversed.

Gingerbread 2.3.x based roms are still a no-go due to sony's proprietary framework hack to get them to work. If you want more information about this let me know and I'll explain it further.

You did update to the ICS BETA?
How great does it run? Would you advice me to update too?

I did, I was able to get it to run, but it's a pretty convoluted process to get everything running correctly. It does run almost as well as stock gingerbread, some slow downs, havn't benchmarked it yet, but it feels faster in some areas and slower in others... it's a beta

given you have a unlocked bootloader, a summary of what I had to do

-flash the boot, system, userdata images via fastboot
-flash a custom boot image with a custom recovery built in (fastboot booting didn't work for me, had to flash)
-install latest ICS google bits (market, gmail, gtalk etc)
-install wifi modules
-modify build.prop to support wifi
-reflash stock boot image due to custom boot only being quite hacky and not getting as good performance due to it being based off another device

now like I said it's quite a pain in the ass to get it functional, but it works.

If you aren't much of a tinker'er then I would just wait for the offiical ICS OTA or wait untill a version comes out on wotan server and flash it that way.

www.wotanserver.com