That’s really all there’s to it: grab a ROM, select it and start playing. Your Xbox 360 controller will henceforth behave just as if it was a Gamecube controller, and your Mac will behave as if it was a Gamecube (or Wii – although I haven’t figured out how to connect a Wii Remote yet. Watch this space).
So lately I’ve introduced my kids to the lovely world of games from the past, the games I grew up with, and in doing this I even reminded myself how freaking AMAZING those games were. TOP NOTCH GAMES. The best part? There are THOUSANDS of them. THOUSANDS OF TITLES.
All at your fingertips. Thanks, Technology! Emulators and ROMs on the web have finally matured and you can access them nearly everywhere and play them so flawlessly it makes you shed a tear.
We have come so far. I remember the days of spending hours trying to find an emulator that worked, and then being disappointed when I couldn’t find a working ROM to save my life, then when I did find working ones it wasn’t in english or it wasn’t even a game I wanted to play (this was well over 10 years ago, man that makes me feel old) on my struggling pentium III computer that could barely play SNES games (don’t even think about n64 or anything like that). These day’s it is different – SO DIFFERENT. You can now play most emulated games all the way up to the Wii era on a decent modern computer, and you can easily play n64 era games on your freaking android phone now (To me, this is the pinnacle of human achievement, it really is lol (kidding, but not really)). I will be following up this post soon with HOW I’ve got all this gaming goodness setup and what the quickest easiest way to get setup is, SO SUBSCRIBE or whatever it is you kids do these days – do it, and stay tuned!!
Step 2: Tick the 'External disks' option to show the WD Passport hard drive for Mac on the desktop. Erase my passport for mac.
Today however I’m going to be focusing on my latest bright idea, since the n64 and other emulators work so brilliantly on my Nexus 5 I said “Imagine how cool this would be if I hooked up some bluetooth controllers to this bad boy, and whenever me and my kids wanted to play some smash brothers all we’d have to do is fire it up and pull out some bluetooth controllers, instant fun, anywhere.”. So that’s what I did, and that is what this post is about:).
Do you want to play some mortal kombat trilogy from your android phone anywhere? OF COURSE YOU DO.
One of the biggest things that held bluetooth (and wireless) powered input devices (like keyboards, mice, and controllers of course) back for years was the rampant latency issues – they were just too laggy to use. Gaming is fast paced and any misstep in hitting the controls puts you at a major loss, not to mention the frustration! While this is still an issue in some controllers, for the most part the modern bluetooth controller doesn’t have any critical lag issues (unless it’s cheap, you get what you pay for). Brief History of Bluetooth Why Bluetooth?
Well, it came a long way, and it’s been around for a long time now – but it’s innovation and potential are only now becoming apparent, come with me on a brief journey. These days almost every Laptop and Mobile device is enabled – we even have bluetooth enabled cars now. It creeped in so gradually most of us were unsure of what it was and uninterested in finding out. Where did it all start? Cool story bro. It all started with danish, whose reign lasted from 958-986, he was known for bringing different factions together, in the now modern day Denmark, Norway & Sweden.
Which is fitting, because Bluetooth technology now brings together devices of all creeds (iOS, android, Windows, keyboards, mice, controllers, etc)! Fast forward about a thousand years give or take, and we utilized this radio technology in the military, but it wasn’t until 1994 that we could actually use it in it’s current form when engineers at Ericsson wanted a feasible radio interface with low cost and power to use it to connect different technologies. In 1998 another unification of factions took place – when Ericsson, Intel, IBM, Toshiba and Nokia Mobile Phones all worked together to create the first Bluetooth Specification which debuted in 1999. So as you can see, Bluetooth was a group effort – and it’s original purpose was just to connect little things, like keyboard and mice, now it connects big things – and lots of them! It wasn’t very useful at first, with a very short range, but that range, and it’s capability and potential grows every year – and now we have something awesome! Another fun fact from it’s history is that the logo comes from the H & B found on, which refer to Harald Bluetooth – how epic is that? You can think of Bluetooth as a magical wireless USB port that let’s us connect all of our devices – and I for one can’t wait to see what the future holds for this little technology (It’s already causing quite a disrupt with apps like Firechat and bluetooth enabled multiplayer!