From the moment that I got my Treo 600, I wanted to play Nintendo GameBoy Color games on it. The OMAP CPU should be more than strong enough for the average gameboy game, and the 3 MEGs of RAM should also suffice. Getting the games running was a bit tricky - here is how I did it:
Step one - get the emulator
In order to play Gameboy games on a Treo, you need an emulator. I chose LJP because it keeps most of its data on VFS - get the PSI installer here, and install it onto your Treo. Afterwards, run the program and wait while it installs all neccessary data to your SD card.
Step two - get the ROM’s
This is the difficult part - you need to download the contents of gameboy modules(called ROM’s) from somewhere(sometimes called a ROM world). Nintendo is very territorial about them, so don’t ask me where to get them from.
Step three - get the ROM’s onto the Treo
Stuff the Treo’s SD card into a card reader and copy the .gb or .gbc files into the following folder:
/palm/programs/ljp/gb/roms
Step four - launch LJP
After having stuffed the card back into the Treo, launch LJP. Switch to Gameboy mode(dropdown at the left, choose GB), set up the controls(Config button), choose the ROM and click Launch. Your Treo now becomes a Gameboy - enjoy!
In case you don’t believe me, look at the following Videos(at Google Video):
Tetris DX on Treo 600
1942 on Treo 600









[...] 2 posts today on how to get some cheap gaming onto the Symbian and Palm devices. Not every can shell out US 20 for games that’ll probably only hold interest for a week. Sure, there’s the occasional gem that’s worthy of buying, but most of the games out there are not. No, I’m not suggesting you pirate them, where the fun in that? Instead, we turn to emulators! With a proper emulator, a couple of ROMs, and plenty of RAM, you’ll be gaming for hours (where’s the charger?!). All About Symbian has a review of ScummVM, an emulator for Scumm - a game engine. ScummVM’s website even has a couple of free games to boot! In the Palm OS world, TamsPalm-the Palm OS Blog has a write up on how to get Gameboy games running on a Treo 600. [...]
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Oh, that is so cool. I miss those old Gameboy games….
Our list is up as well if you’d like to check it out!!
I love using emulators. I never thought of using one on a Treo. I have a bunch of games on my PC. My How To is up if you want to check it out. Have a great day!
i didn’t know you could do that…I’m going to have to try that! Here’s my How to..
jam a printer, etc..
I will eventually get a palm. Sweet that you can play emulators on it. Saw a segment on Attack of the Show in which they slammed the Treo.. guess I’ll have to do some home work.
Hi,
I write LOTS about the Treo 600 anyways…just stay tuned in!
A HiRes machine could probably also run NES games…they work on the Treo 600 too, but the screen is too lowres to see well!
Best regards and thanks for the cool comments
Tam Hanna
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[...] LJP - the Treo 600 Gameboy Emulator by Tam [...]
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[...] LJP - the Treo 600 <b>Gameboy</b> Emulator [...]
[...] LJP - the Treo 600 Gameboy Emulator by Tam [...]
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[...] LJP - the Treo 600 <b>Gameboy</b> Emulator [...]
[...] LJP - the Treo 600 Gameboy Emulator by Tam [...]
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[...] LJP - the Treo 600 <b>Gameboy</b> Emulator [...]
[...] LJP - the Treo 600 <b>Gameboy</b> Emulator [...]
[...] LJP - the Treo 600 <b>Gameboy</b> Emulator [...]
[...] LJP - the Treo 600 <b>Gameboy</b> Emulator [...]
[...] LJP - the Treo 600 <b>Gameboy</b> Emulator [...]
[...] LJP - the Treo 600 <b>Gameboy</b> Emulator [...]
[...] LJP - the Treo 600 <b>Gameboy</b> Emulator [...]
[...] LJP - the Treo 600 <b>Gameboy</b> Emulator [...]
Emulators work. I have a buddy who has a Treo know I have to see if I can borrow it and try this one out.
SPAAAM!
LJP also emulates snes, gg, ws, genesis, (more but can’t think) but tam didn’t mention that, did he
To run the higher level systems though, you need UDMH by Dmitry Grinberg.
Hi Phreaka,
I had NES running on Treo 600, but found it unplayable because of the lowres screen.
I wanted to make a full review of LJP; and thus left it out back then - if you are interested, I can kick out a full review!
Best regards
Tam Hanna
Tam, your voice is VERY annoying. Please have a woman do future reviews or something.
I am serious. I don’t know you or anything, I just following the link to the google video and you have the most annoying voice I’ve ever heard.