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App Review: GENSOID

I just thought I would post a review of my recently favorite app: GENSOID.
Gensoid is an Sega Genesis console emulator for Android.
I use the free version, but with the paid version you can do things like save the game state, etc. (the free version saves wherever the ROM game can save, but the paid version lets you save anywhere/anytime, which can be useful for some, but I prefer the original gameplay)
Features:
on-screen, fully-customizable controller
fast-forward option (for those slow-scrolling games)
auto-rotate capable
decent battery utilization (played 4 hours straight once on a plane, still had some battery left)
Full Sound/Mute options
Fast responding emulator
I must say I really miss playing on the Genesis, and when I saw this in the market I had to get it. So far I have played:
Phantasy Star
Phantasy Star II
Phantasy Star III
Phantasy Star IV
Sonic the Hedgehog
Master of Monsters
Herzog Zwei
ToeJam and Earl
My list to try next are:
Shadowrun
Beyond Oasis
Shining Force
Shining Force 2
Land Stalker
I have not experienced any problems with it, other than the fact that the control takes a little getting used to.
ROMs are readily available on the net. Even though all Genesis games are out of production downloading them without owning the original cart may be of questionable legality, so I won't recommend any particular method of acquiring ROMs.
Overall I give it 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Try FPse... its a playstation emulator... currently playing chrono cross and its working flawlessly. I really like the controls too.
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I will have to give that a try.
Thanks.

It runs great...Tekken 3 at 60fps on my phone...quite a sight!

Where do you get the games at?

Wrong question mate...that goes into piracy if you do not own the games to rip them so we do not talk about that stuff here.

Hondo209 said:
Where do you get the games at?
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You can see my disclaimer at the bottom:
"ROMs are readily available on the net. Even though all Genesis games are out of production downloading them without owning the original cart may be of questionable legality, so I won't recommend any particular method of acquiring ROMs"
The last thing we need is this site shut down over legal issues... no need to point to or recommend a source of ROMs, you can find them on your own (and it is pretty easy).

lol ok, talking about emulators should be piracy also, because it's the same thing. even if you own the game for a different system and make it work on a emulator is against the EULA anyways.

Hondo209 said:
lol ok, talking about emulators should be piracy also, because it's the same thing. even if you own the game for a different system and make it work on a emulator is against the EULA anyways.
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Not really...depends on the case and game plus that goes into a whole new territory.
Much different from just downloading a game I never paid for.

Hondo209 said:
lol ok, talking about emulators should be piracy also, because it's the same thing. even if you own the game for a different system and make it work on a emulator is against the EULA anyways.
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An emulator is a program. It is not written with its main purpose to be piracy. However the writer cannot be held responsible for what users do with the app.

Hondo209 said:
lol ok, talking about emulators should be piracy also, because it's the same thing. even if you own the game for a different system and make it work on a emulator is against the EULA anyways.
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I would think Android and AT&T would disagree, given the fact that they both give it the OK by letting it be in the market...

SmartBench 2011 is out, supports multi-core procs

Does it really? We'll find out, as my G2 whooped the GTabs ass thoroughly in SmartBench 2010.

I just saw that someone just benched their viewsonic gtablet.. beating out the stock motorola xoom by quite a bit.
My 1996MHz G2 got 2093/1730 - but it was really variable.. 1.8GHz losing to 1.5GHz.. and so on. I suspect the usual pain in the ass shenannigans (also my biggest annoyance with Android) - apps do whatever the **** they please. Have an important process? No.. vvm or whatever needs to gobble some resources. Everything behaves as if the command 'ps' didn't exist. Does this environment even respect ionice and renice? It should.. but it probably doesn't..
Ok, I don't want to get off topic ranting about (which I would if I mentioned the ****ed up key mappings for usb keyboards - doh)..

Smartbench 2010 was a single-threaded app after all, so that second core in the tablet would not have been very useful.
Smartbench 2011 uses 4 symetrical cores for CPU tests, hence it will take advantage of up to 4 cores if they exist.
And you are right, with the multi-core support, the results are a bit less consistent simply because a lot is going on within your phone all the time. One of the reason I decided to collect massive number of results is to take average values. As you can see, more test results we have, more accurate the number becomes. I suspect this tablet number will become more accurate as more people run tests on it.
Oh, and currently, 2011 only returns the most popular 150 entries. This does mean at some point down the road (probably in few days), some device/configuration with only 1 run will not show. I need to figure out a better way to show all this data...

Are you the developer? If so, pretty damn cool!! Thanks for making this app.. I was wondering about whether or not multi-core was just only dual core.. but its good to know that its quad core.. I suppose this is best seen in the 4x mandrelbot..i kinda missed that one. Perhaps a good test would be tar cjf -- isn't that a pretty stable (results wise) benchmark.. The only problem is that you'd have to bundle the file to compress.. or perhaps download it afterwards.. I think that would be over-reaching the perms of the app tho.. My gtab is sometimes getting Android null as my version.. but its on par with the other gtabs.. which makes me a little angry.. heh.

Blades said:
Are you the developer? If so, pretty damn cool!! Thanks for making this app.. I was wondering about whether or not multi-core was just only dual core.. but its good to know that its quad core.. I suppose this is best seen in the 4x mandrelbot..i kinda missed that one. Perhaps a good test would be tar cjf -- isn't that a pretty stable (results wise) benchmark.. The only problem is that you'd have to bundle the file to compress.. or perhaps download it afterwards.. I think that would be over-reaching the perms of the app tho.. My gtab is sometimes getting Android null as my version.. but its on par with the other gtabs.. which makes me a little angry.. heh.
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Yes, I am the developer of smartbench.
Ive been experimenting on various algorithms for a while now, but many of them just aren't very consistent, especially when ran using 4 parallel threads. Gets worse when file IO is invoiced. And as you mentioned already, I'll have to include a file which will significantly increase the apk size which could be an issue for some people. I'll have to experiment further, thanks for the suggestion though.

Nice. Ran it on my Droid and my Gtablet...
Droid (800mhz) scored 655
Gtablet scored a 3081 (beating the Xoom at 2914)
For grins I ran it in the SDK emulator running a Honeycomb image...scored an awesome 65 ! LOL

It's not available from the Market to download to the GTablet. The web version of Market claims the app is incompatible with my GTablet. I can never figure out why things aren't compatible.
Perhaps it's because the permissions is checking phone state and GPS?
The SmartBench Donate is compatible though - lol.

tcrews said:
Nice. Ran it on my Droid and my Gtablet...
Droid (800mhz) scored 655
Gtablet scored a 3081 (beating the Xoom at 2914)
For grins I ran it in the SDK emulator running a Honeycomb image...scored an awesome 65 ! LOL
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Ouch.
Do you get any screen artifacts when you run Smartbench 2011 on your GTablet? (Is it based on Honeycomb?) I've received a report that this is the case with Motorola Xoom, although tests do run ok.
Thanks.

gksmith said:
It's not available from the Market to download to the GTablet. The web version of Market claims the app is incompatible with my GTablet. I can never figure out why things aren't compatible.
Perhaps it's because the permissions is checking phone state and GPS?
The SmartBench Donate is compatible though - lol.
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Yeah, I need to check for the phone state to prevent any cheat while the program is running. The GPS thing was the requirement for the ads - I actually don't use it.
And yes, the Donate is just a key, its a very simple app so I would be very surprised if it ever breaks on any devices.

It's not available in the market for the gtab. Can someone tell me where to get it?
Thanks.

I've got the donate app, I just can't get the other part unless I use my wife's phone. As I mentioned, Google market says it's incompatble with my GTablet for some reason.

Nah...vegan Rom based on froyo. Had to download it on my phone and transfer it to my tablet as it wouldn't show in the market on the gtablet.
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Ouch.
Do you get any screen artifacts when you run Smartbench 2011 on your GTablet? (Is it based on Honeycomb?) I've received a report that this is the case with Motorola Xoom, although tests do run ok.
Thanks.
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Sent from my Viewsonic 10" GTab...

Acei said:
Ouch.
Do you get any screen artifacts when you run Smartbench 2011 on your GTablet? (Is it based on Honeycomb?) I've received a report that this is the case with Motorola Xoom, although tests do run ok.
Thanks.
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Vegan on the Gtablet scored 3095/1989 saw a little bit of artifact and work only in portrait
Nice to be able to compare score a bit
App doesn't show up on the market but the donations does

Acei said:
Yes, I am the developer of smartbench.
Ive been experimenting on various algorithms for a while now, but many of them just aren't very consistent, especially when ran using 4 parallel threads. Gets worse when file IO is invoiced. And as you mentioned already, I'll have to include a file which will significantly increase the apk size which could be an issue for some people. I'll have to experiment further, thanks for the suggestion though.
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Is it possible to truncate all post cm7_rc1 nightlies and group them together (per device)? Once the cm7 nightlies start back up you'll have a lot separate groups for each rom version/build.
Do you think the viewsonic scores lower in games because of its 512mb ram? Almost got beat by the G2 in that category.

gksmith said:
I've got the donate app, I just can't get the other part unless I use my wife's phone. As I mentioned, Google market says it's incompatble with my GTablet for some reason.
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Here you go, this is the same binary as the one you will find in the Android Market:
Smartbench2011.apk

Blades said:
Is it possible to truncate all post cm7_rc1 nightlies and group them together (per device)? Once the cm7 nightlies start back up you'll have a lot separate groups for each rom version/build.
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Yes, I need to figure out a way to gracefully present all that data that is being amassed. I am currently looking for ways to group them together in some general ways so that it would work for most cases. I'll need to study the format of these ROM names a bit more before I can determine what I can do next...
Do you think the viewsonic scores lower in games because of its 512mb ram? Almost got beat by the G2 in that category.
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I doubt that is the case. These graphics test aren't THAT memory hungry.
Having said that, the Games score isn't that low - still lower than other Tegra 2 based tablets but that G2 you are comparing with is probably heavily overclocked. I have a regular G2, and Smartbench 2011 was baselined on G2 - both Index scores are 1000.

@Acei Thanks for the awesome app!
Everyone else, I see it in the Market.

TomorrowSpace said:
@Acei Thanks for the awesome app!
Everyone else, I see it in the Market.
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You're welcome.

cool app! running vegan 7 i got 2761 for productivity and 2408 games..

Thanks Acei for the app ....You are the Man !!

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Graphics glitch on the Xoom making it unplayable. Game appears to only play in portrait mode.

Let's keep this going to remind those of us who forget to check...thanks!

Good app and free is in my budget..

zone23 said:
Good app and free is in my budget..
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I have had this for a while and like it much better than Shazam and looks great on the Xoom.

rvt1000 said:
Let's keep this going to remind those of us who forget to check...thanks!
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I will make an honest effort to keep it updated daily. Also noting if the app works well with tablets or not.
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cool, thanks for the reminder and making me try new apps

thanks for this thread... great idea to use this as a reminder

dadoc04 said:
thanks for this thread... great idea to use this as a reminder
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sounds like a good idea to keep this as an ongoing thread... wonder if it would be better to have a separate one for each app or a single mega thread that keeps getting updated?

diaa08 said:
sounds like a good idea to keep this as an ongoing thread... wonder if it would be better to have a separate one for each app or a single mega thread that keeps getting updated?
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Probably just keep this going and update the original post so the board doesn't get full with crap. Only problem is the apps get released at 2:00am my time. I probably won't have the thread updated till about 6:00am CST.
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Always good to have as a reminder, and maybe reviews. I downloaded it on my N1 today, haven't had time to try on my Xoom. But free is good, so the worst that can happen is I don't like it and have to blow it away. My only complaint, after rooting tonight and having to reinstall the Amazon apps is that it only lets you download and install one at a time, quite the PITA since I had over a weeks worth of stuff to catch up on. 12 downloads, one at a time.

Today's app is Fruit Ninja but it does not appear to be the version designed for Tegra processors.

keitht said:
Today's app is Fruit Ninja but it does not appear to be the version designed for Tegra processors.
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Really wish it was the THD version. But free is free.

Weatherbug Elite today. Grab it for your phone and get the free tablet version from the market.

I wanted to try this app!
Thanks!

Flight control today. Tablet ready.

Thanks.... got flight control

Get it while you can. Ad free and looks fantastic on the tablet.

This version of Backbreaker Football will not play on the Xoom. However, there is a THD version out there if you really want to play the game.

sorry I missed flight control; I bet it looks great on the Xoom..

I have a hd backbreaker file. It seems like this forum doesn't accept .apk postings of actual files... if anybody wants me to upload it to rapidshare or something just let me know

Point of minecraft?

I hear alot about this game/thing... Whats the point of it? It looks like something that you building insanely pixelated. aated cities, lands etc... Just dont get it. There has to be more. What am I missing? I read there were like 200 million copies sold. And few million on phones
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Just try to play and you'll understand...
It's super addictive.

It's just basically making stuff and downloading other peoples levels they made that you have to do and like the other answer you got it is rather addictive!

Well, you're also missing stuff like crafting and survival. Depends on what difficulty you choose. Try for yourself.

I was wondering the same thing, because a bunch of guys I know love it. I tried it myself and I was bored within about 10 minutes. It's either you build something which isn't very impressive, or you sacrifice endless hours to make something awesome. But at the end of the day you don't really get anything for doing it... So I see no point either

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Well, you're also missing stuff like crafting and survival. Depends on what difficulty you choose. Try for yourself.
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Survival? How do you related survive and make objects?
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Fighting with mobs, crafting armors and weapons, surviving night and spending day to gather resources. That's what it looks like when you play on hardcore difficulty.
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Remember playing with legos when you were a kid?
Well some of us still want to play with legos when we grow up

I dont know what is so great about minecraft either, I played it and i did not really liked it, Im a real GTA fan so no big suprise.

It's no Oregon Trail, that's for sure!
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bdfull3r said:
Remember playing with legos when you were a kid?
Well some of us still want to play with legos when we grow up
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My one friend modded his server and made everything look and act like star craft bw.
Pretty sweet achievement.. still has insane bugs..

If you're a call of duty type, then this game ain't for you.
Minecraft is more or less a creativity tool. If you aren't creative, then it's not for you.
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Its a fun and entertaining game. Time consuming though. However I only play the mobile version with some friends.
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I have the same question
I'm on mobile version,is there any enemy in this game?
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agent205 said:
I have the same question
I'm on mobile version,is there any enemy in this game?
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Not yet. Now its a free type of game.
They said there will be an update in February which brings the PC type of version.
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My 37 years old teacher' play minecraft too, is this normal? I can't believe it man..

shockem said:
Not yet. Now its a free type of game.
They said there will be an update in February which brings the PC type of version.
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Can't wait for that update man, February 8th!
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Right now it's the pseudo equivalent of creative mode only. In creative mode, there are no monsters, infinite resources, and your character can't die.
Survival mode is really what brings out the flavor in minecraft, if for no better reason than you have to "earn" what you build by harvesting everything and *not* dying.
Initially the dev team (Mojang) wanted the pocket edition to be like creative mode only. Now apparantly they're giving it some survival mode teeth, as that's what the community has been clamoring for.
Here's to hoping there wont be too many corners cut. If so, I may have to hunker down and actually buy this one.
There is a free demo version for anyone who's curious. The demo version doesn't let you save your worlds, so whatever you build is gone when you close thr game.
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I downloaded this pro version
It looks like a guide app
it showing some weapon,mob,block,etc, but there's no play button
Am i doing right?
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razorseal said:
I hear alot about this game/thing... Whats the point of it? It looks like something that you building insanely pixelated. aated cities, lands etc... Just dont get it. There has to be more. What am I missing? I read there were like 200 million copies sold. And few million on phones
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i simply find it grotesque, i can't fathom the ugliness of such game
it's like worse than going back to the computers from the 70s, just with color instead of monochrome
i still remember Atari games that looked exactly just like that

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TheDoolster said:
Hello,
I ordered a new Nexus 4 (woot!) and was looking around at some of the kernels with features like color control, overclocking, etc. I noticed that you need to have a kernel control app for the color tuning. So I looked up the control app and it was $4.99!
I have never seen a paid kernel control app before.
I looked around and the cheapest one was $3.69 for the trinity kernel app.
I personally feel this limits the user's choice of kernels by making them pay for the features that should be free. With the paid apps, I will not be able to test out kernels to see if I like them and want to use them without paying ~$5.00 for each one.
Thanks for listening to my opinion.
The Doolster
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Why should the features of the control app be free? If a developer chooses to charge a little for all the hard work they put into something what's wrong with that? The kernel itself is still free to use. Look at it as supporting a developer.
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Close this.
Seriously
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The kernels are free to use and the apps are just for tweaking some of the settings. And buying the apps is nice way to support the developers, they also have to pay bills too... like the servers to store the kernel.

TheDoolster said:
Hello,
I ordered a new Nexus 4 (woot!) and was looking around at some of the kernels with features like color control, overclocking, etc. I noticed that you need to have a kernel control app for the color tuning. So I looked up the control app and it was $4.99!
I have never seen a paid kernel control app before.
I looked around and the cheapest one was $3.69 for the trinity kernel app.
I personally feel this limits the user's choice of kernels by making them pay for the features that should be free. With the paid apps, I will not be able to test out kernels to see if I like them and want to use them without paying ~$5.00 for each one.
Thanks for listening to my opinion.
The Doolster
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cyanogenmod offers tweaks like color, overclocking, governors, schedulers etc.. as a part of their rom. in fact, a while ago there was a little "debate" between some kernel devs (including franco , ezekiel and others..) and cm devs about the support of some features in cm builds.
anyways, there's also a universal app called trickstermod , there's a free and a paid version.

While i do believe that kernel apps are a great way to support developers, they should only add convenience, not basic functionality.
For example, i should be able to change all necessary kernel settings, like fine tuning a scheduler or changing color profiles through config files.
The kernel app should just give you the convenience to do it with a nice GUI.
That said, if I'm not completely mistaken, you can do exactly that on all kernels.
Though, I've never checked for any color profile related config files on Franco's kernel. Are there any for that specific task?
Also, take a look at apps like Trickster Mod.
They basically offer most of the stuff you'd find in a kernel specific app.

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