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[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
I tried it...controls don't work correctly and has a weird scaling issue that makes buttons not work as well.

Edit: No post after me, so I'll just put this in an edit... Looks like Big Bang Racing and Galaxy on Fire 2 both missed the April 2011 release indicated in the Tegra Zone app. I hope we get them soon!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] TWiG420:
Crazy Snowboard and Drift Mania are both working nicely.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] EliaAlberti:
great list

Thanks for the list guys!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
We have official Gameloft Support!

http://wapshop.gameloft.com/php5/us...&sv5551=9103200476d6b5335749&from=ADID-147084
[Xoom Themes and Apps] SquareBare:
Damn you are quick legion!

I just was logging on myself to tell you, haha.

Edit: I downloaded my copy of spider man with opera mobile and it is telling me that my copy is not original! Go figure.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MRCANNADY:
I had the same download issue, I had to put the Xoom in airplane mode an then click on the game again...tried it twice an it finally worked. Hopefully Gameloft will correct this
[Xoom Themes and Apps] TWiG420:
reporting working...

Enzo's Pinball (FCs launching in landscape, launch in portrait then works perfectly fine)

My first TRAINZ Set (looks awesome)

Pyxidis (looks and plays nice)

Shadow Era (slight visual glitches that bother nothing)

Trial Xtream (nice and addictive)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Anunakin:
No Gravity, works here on XooM wifi, brazilian model MZ604, with Tiamat Kernel 1.4.1 :D, no crashs

My "No Gravity" was installed from Android Market...
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mhausig:
No luck whatsoever for me. Customer service is on weekend break :P
[Xoom Themes and Apps] p-slim:
That new tegra pinball game is beautiful, I love it
[Xoom Themes and Apps] lp_stealth:
hey, im going out of town for a week and am looking to get a few games to pass the time and was wondering what some good games to show off the power of the xoom would be.

Thanks, Ken
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
In my opinion, these are the best-looking AND funnest games so far:

Jet Car Stunts

Speedx 3D

AirAttack HD

Gun Bros

Guerilla Bob THD

PewPew 2

And then there are some that look fantastic but I haven't played them enough to say whether they are really fun:

Pinball HD for Tegra

Cordy

Samurai II: Vengeance THD

X-Formula

Rocket Bunnies

And finally there are the games that I consider to be really fun but I don't really think of them being graphical showoff games first (even though they still look good):

They Need to be Fed

Buka

Chalk Ball

Death Worm

Evac

Flight Control

Galcon

Hex Defense

Must.Eat.Birds

Reckless Racing (if it scaled better, I would put it up at the top with the big boys)

Return Zero

Sky Diver HD

Tales of Pocoro

Zenonia (1 and 2)

I hope this helps! Oh, and of course the NES, SNES, GBA, N64, and PSX emulators should be in that list somewhere but I didn't include them because they are only as good as the games you emulate!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] matrix2004:
I got a cracked version of Shadow Guardian working on Xoom. :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] DJ_Jedi:
What version? I've bought the 2X version but no luck, so i changed my download for Desire, but i still want to play it on my Iconia.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
looks fantastic! I thought I had tried all the different versions but apparently not! Thanks man! Downloading now.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
Ok so I did some testing. Bad news. My earlier fears are correct. Gameloft has added a model check to its games that artificially restrict them from running on non-approved devices. When I run the version I download from the gameloft site, even with all the data downloaded, it says, "this download cannot be completed, do you wish to restart the download?" and goes like that in a loop. The version me and matrix tried works flawlessly.......
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
After the sheer awesomeness of a Tegra version of Shadow Guardian, I have been re-retrying many games.

:DI think I am going quite mad.:D
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MRCANNADY:
Glad you're enjoying yourself man lol...which version of guardian did you download? I want to buy it too!! :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
So, two of my favorite PC games have been ported to android and are absolutely fantastic on the Xoom. They are Star Control II (open source version is named "The Ur-Quan Masters" which is what it's named) and Heroes of Might and Magic 2 . Heroes 2 requires you to have the original game files downloaded to the Xoom's storage, but works terrifically. You may have to play with the control settings a bit to find something that works well for you, but I am in heaven!!

Edit: The developer also has an emulation engine for GemRB, which would allow Baldur's Gate II and Planescape: Torment with the original game files. I'll go get my discs and give it a shot I guess!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] lp_stealth:
thanks vidriera for the great info. That should keep me occupied :-)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
I can't seem to get GemRB working with BG2...anyone have any luck? I sent a log to the dev.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] matrix2004:
Yeah, i think Shadow Guardian is hands down, the best game out there that plays on Xoom. Have you tried Asphalt 6? The controls don't work, can't steer.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Balboapark2000:
Anybody know what version of Shadow Guardian works?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] p-slim:
The new LG one. G2x version
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
I feel I should tell you that the one you download from gameloft will NOT WORK. We had to modify the apk for it to work.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
You should be able to use touchscreen controls like in gt racing.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nebenezer:
I'd be in xoom game heaven if I could find a decent simcity'ish game. I think we now have an android device capable of it :p
[Xoom Themes and Apps] matrix2004:
I was actually confusing GT with Asphalt...So on GT, i try to enable the on screen steering but there's a red circle with a bar across it like you can't choose that option???????
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
You have to change the tilt options and then it will let you pick it.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] chazam:
BangBangRacing Tegra HD has been released.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.playboxgames.bangbangracing

Screens:

Gameplay:

YouTube - BangBangRacing THD running on Motorola Xoom

Controls are kind of a letdown, the car drives towards your finger and accellerates/brakes based in its distance from your car. As you can see from the vid, this means your hand can and will get in the way.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] SquareBare:
I was really disappointed with the controls, especially after all that hype. It wound up actually being worse than reckless racing.

Luckily Battleheart came out today!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
Angry Viking works well.

And so does Contract Killer if noone mentioned it yet.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] chazam:
Battle heart looks great. Gonna have to give that a whirl! Thanks..
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
I never could get Baldur's Gate II working. The demo works flawlessly but nothing else, and I couldn't say about planescape, icewind dale, or BG1 because I don't own them. I exchanged emails with the developer (pelya) a couple times with no luck. Has anyone gotten this functional?

Seems strange that his heroes 2 port, the Star Control 2 port (which is not in the OP, it's called Ur-Quan in the market, named after the open source version) , Transport Tycoon, and Tyrian should work so well but that GemRB wouldn't. Oh well.

Anyway, Hyperlight looks fantastic but gets choppy when you run over an enemy or when one spawns. The controls are also a little clunky, but not so much as to make it unplayable. The game looks just like geometry wars, except you run into things at varying speeds as opposed to shooting them.

Thanks for maintaining this thread, man. I check it every day usually ;) .....I still need to try battleheart.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] spiderboyy:
Spider-Man Total Mayhem HD doesn't look like it plays nicely with the custom 3.1. Keeps crashing on the first level
[Xoom Themes and Apps] TWiG420:
Yeah, all my Gameloft games are doing that now after 3.1. Others are reporting the same as well.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
Asphalt 6 is awesome!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
it sounds like with Google's attempt to make Honeycomb faster, they may have broken a few things. I think Im going to stick with 3.0 for the conceivable future, keyboards and all are nice, but not something I use, and with a 50% overclock, Im not at a loss for raw speed.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] SquareBare:
I am tempted to downgrade to 3.0 after all this mess. I emailed the devs of Battleheart and they tell me it has to do with their engine (probably unity 3d or something) and that all of the other games running on 3.1 using that same engine are having trouble.

Well, hopefully Asphault won't fail me on 3.1. I still don't find the stock browser acceptable. It randomly stops loading some pages which drives me insane. I keep Opera mobile on hand for when it misbehaves.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
not to go off topic, but has anyone noticed that Monster Madness is no longer in the market and is listed in the Tegra Zone app as June 11?? A relaunch I presume, but counter-intuitive imo. I already have so Im good, but they will be missing some sales I bet.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
This is a bit in left field I guess, but worth mentioning for some hopefully. There is a new remote desktop app with high frame rates and good audio streaming called splashtop. Any games that are slow-paced and mostly mouse-based should be very playable. I have been playing Heroes 3 this way for a couple days now and it is F****ing fantastic!! The game was perfect on local wi-fi, and a bit laggy tethered to my 3g connection on the captivate. I have yet to try this on remote wi-fi, but I hope it's serviceable.

For anyone else that wants to try it, there is a demo of splashtop. For Heroes 3, you need to put your monitor into 16-bit color mode, then start the game and hit f4, then launch splashtop on your xoom. I haven't found a way to start the game in windowed mode, so if you want to play it away from your house, you'll just have to have heroes running in windows mode all day (lol).

I also tried this with dolphin and the datel controller, but it reads all of the buttons as the escape key...wtf? However, PCSX2 (ps2 emulator) totally works with the datel controller in splashtop and is "WTFLOLAWESOME" if you will so kindly pardon my expression. I'm not sure what kind of frame rates I'm getting, but it's probably around 15. Assuming the game plays well on your computer, it will probably stream just fine.

I know this (splashtop) isn't technically a game, but it makes me feel like an evil genius. :)))) Maybe I'll take some screenshots in a bit.

This is dragon quest 8. ps2 is great on xoom because you can match the aspect ratio and get fullscreen. I would have done that here, but wasn't sure how to do that while connected to the computer I was taking the screenshot from.

Heroes 3 also runs great :)

edit: nullDC works just fine too (dreamcast) I wonder why dolphin hates me... Sorry for the eyesore of a post, I was just a bit too excited!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mr_delphi:
I get a lot of fc for spiderman (gameloft) on my xoom. It crashes every several seconds!!!

Is it because I am using an overclock kernel?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mr_delphi:
I see, it is becuse it doesn't supprot 3.1
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
Okay, so I finally got Baldur's Gate 2 working with GemRB. It was weird because the gemrb files are hidden when using MTP (default) transfer. So, before installing gemrb from the market, this is what you do:

1. transfer the contents of your FULL "BGII - SOA" directory to "/mnt/sdcard/app-data/net.sourceforge.gemrb/ (GOG version should work, but I'm not sure)

("mnt/sdcard/" is the root of your xoom storage as it appears when connected via USB(with MTP) )

2. Install GemRB from the market, open it and hit "okay" at the bottom of the list.

3. Download the config file I attached to this post and put it into the directory where you put your bg2 files.

4. Open GemRB again, and the game should load just fine. There is a 3-second delay built into the splash screen for SDL, so you can change your settings if you want. The only setting that I changed is to disable "relative mouse movement" in the mouse emulation/advanced features section and I also did a touchscreen calibration there.

This works on 3.1, and I would assume it also works on 3.01 but I haven't tried it. One other thing: the volume buttons will not work in-game, but you can hit the recent tasks button and then change the volume while that little menu is up.

EDIT: forgot to mention, you should OMIT ALL OF THE EXE FILES when you transfer to your xoom.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] SquareBare:
Thanks a lot vidi you are a true mad scientist.

Going off topic here a bit, I have always been a big fan of HOMM games. I played the first one god knows how long ago and have not missed an iteration since (even the black sheep HOMM4).

I probably played 3 the most and it is thoroughly enjoyable but I hate to say that I prefer 5 the most now. The gameplay of HOMM5 is absolutely rock solid there are 8 races with 7 tiers of creatures and 2 possible upgrades for each one. The overall level of strategy is much higher than any I have experienced with any previous game, especially with the multiple upgrade types.

That said I will still play HOMM3 anyday.

Ironically, I also run a PS2 emulator! Mostly for FFX. I matched my keybindings on my emulator and the standard bluetooth gamepad I used to the ones from the DATEL controller. This is a great solution because it lets me pick up a game wherever I left off from the PC or the tablet.

Thanks a lot for your contributions vidi and game on!

BTW: Who do you typically use in your BG2 party?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
I didn't try Heroes V for quite a while because I hated Heroes IV so much, but I too played 1-3 as they released and I do enjoy V now quite a bit as well. I remember getting Heroes 1 for christmas and playing it all day for two weeks, lol. Needless to say, I am a fan of the series too. :)

I haven't played BG2 enough to say which party members I prefer. I had the discs back in the day but only got to the beginning of disc two I think. Maybe I will actually play through it now.

Looks pretty good. How are the gameplay and controls?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] :
its an xperia play game, our market cant see it, took some trickery. Accelerometer doesnt work but touch controls work fine.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] gerald410:
Damn what a choice 3.1 or choice games lol.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] UserNameComesHere:
The two games featured in the market, evac hd & walkabout both work on the XOOM ... although i did face a couple of crashes for both the games but a reboot solved them...
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
I just realized that there is no mention of scummvm in this thread! Scummvm is a program that allows you to play some older dos/windows games that typically don't run very well on current systems and (assuming you aren't using the horribly outdated version on the market) it runs great! I use this one with the graphics mode at 2x. DON'T USE 3x, as it makes the application display incorrectly. Just put the files for the game you want to play wherever, and add the folder in ScummVM. Here is the list of games that you should be able to play, also with the list of files you will need. You will need the ORIGINAL GAME FILES for this. I have tested Monkey Island 1-3(I mapped "I" for inventory to volume down in monkey island 3 in the pregame SDL settings under "remap physical keys". This seems to be the easiest way to get it done) , Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle, and The Dig. They all work terrifically, although I have gotten a couple FCs. Make sure you save your game often!

There is a scumm release that is coming soon according to the scumm android port forum that will enable myst and riven, but everything is working great for me so far in the other version I linked. I also prefer long press for right click for these adventure games, but you can customize that all you want in the SDL settings.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jrezin:
scummvm is really nice, specially, i just hope somepne could implement a virtual mouse similar to pocket cloud's one! that would be awesome!

(maybe keyboard automatically on in portrait and off and landscape would be killer too!)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
yeah, you can do that in this version. in SDL settings before the game, choose mouse emulation --> advanced features --> check "relative mouse movement (laptop mode) " . There are a couple of ways to bring up a keyboard, but none are automatic. I haven't actually used pocket cloud, but I'm assuming it uses this sort of trackpad emulation?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jrezin:
not really, it's a normal mouse widget that you drag and click, but there are some buttons, like a radial menu that you can use to right click, bring keyboard up, and some other tasks, but in scummvm's case, right click alone together with left click would be a great feature, but maybe the radial menu similar to pocket cloud's could house some verbs themselves, maybe only the most used ones, bit the point is, make the games more tablet/phone friendly.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
Well, at least for monkey island three and full throttle, a right click brings up a little themed menu on top of the cursor with the three common verbs (look/examine, eat/drink/talk, and walk/use depending on the object)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jrezin:
yeah, those are native from these games. older games have more verbs usually and clicking with the right mouse will do a default action/verb only... but selecting them in the verb list and switching betwen left and right mouse buttons on the phone/tablet screen could be not that fun, but with some tweaks it cold be a lot more enjoyable :-)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] fondoo:
thanks for the thread. without it i wouldnt know there was so many awesome games and apps out there.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] myp3uk:
NEW

We just released our Honeycomb ready game Millionaire Free https://market.android.com/details?id=com.irafa.millionairefree

Check it out. Works really nice on android >3.0 HD
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mug2k:
Looks great, how many questions are there ?. The problem with games of this sort is you tend to start getting the same questions quite quickly.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] p-slim:
It kills me when they say its honeycomb ready and doesn't support lanscape *smh*
[Xoom Themes and Apps] myp3uk:
We're working on the questions database. We know about this situation:)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mug2k:
That's brilliant, if you update every so often with new questions I can see this being a big success.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] myp3uk:
Thank you, we hardly working on it. We just updated Millionaire Free in Android Market http://goo.gl/xVOYz added more questions etc.;)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] SquareBare:
Sorry for the lack of updates.

Rather discouraged by the 3.1 update and the overall incompatibility of some games I was really looking forward to.

If it wasn't for the PSX emulator and Opera Mobile, I would probably not use the XOOM at all.

Plants vs Zombies comes out in 4 days and I am preparing myself for the worst...
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Riffer:
Does the actual or any nightly ScummVM 1.3 work on 3.1 for anyone?

It seems to find none of the plugins and so it does not find any game...

You could test it with flight of the amazon queen downloadable at scummvm.org
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Kippui:
Has anyone tried Sacred Odyssey: Rise of Ayden HD? or Ethernal Legacy HD?

I am wondering if anyone else has tried them out because I don't know if they are confirmed to work with the xoom. I don't want to drop $10 for them and go through the hassle of getting my money back.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Kippui:
**** ff crashed on me sorry about double post
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
I use the unofficial 1.3 SDL scumm that I talked about on the previous page. I just tested it with flight of the amazon queen and it worked with the queen plugin on the market. I have also tested with about ten other games--all worked fine.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Riffer:
Is your Xoom on 3.1?

I had a short test with the unofficial version and its a little bit stuttering especially in case of the mouse. Last official version of 1.3 that worked at my 3.0.1 xoom before was very smooth and usable.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] flukeSG2:
currently no version of either game works on xoom.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Kippui:
that sucks because they look really fun

for fpse - I can only get FF7 to work with HLE on but you have to disable Mdec accerlation
[Xoom Themes and Apps] vidriera:
Yes, this is 3.1. I haven't had any problems.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] SquareBare:
FF7 works well without HLE mode, you may have a bad rom or a bad bios. Try ripping a new copy and making sure your game region matches the region on the bios.

You can also try the pocket ISO tool from FPSE's website. It is good at condensing iso's down to a reasonable size.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Kippui:
I tried ripping my own disc but with a program(magic disk lol) I used and it didn't work so I downloaded some .img rip I found somewhere online.

Edit: How do you get the bios to stick? I have to reload it almost each time I try to play FPse. I have it on the root of /sdcard.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] JaredC01:
Plants vs Zombies for free today on Amazon's Appstore. Downloading now, will edit once I run it.

Edit: Game runs smooth on everything but level finishes. Background graphics aren't optimized for tablets, but the rest looks pretty decent.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] SquareBare:
Hey guys, I am outrageously busy at work. Like throw a chair at my boss busy. But I will keep the major updates coming.

Things are looking pretty good for Android and I am really pleased to see Battleheart fixed properly. Maybe they can teach Gameloft a thing or two about honeycomb.

Anyway, game on! I will add in SCUMMVM to the emulators section as soon as I have an hour to experiment with it. Would love to get some monkey island going.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Kippui:
ZzZz

I'm actually trying to pay for gameloft games but they dont accept paypal nor my visa gift card I received as a present.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] blooregard_q_kazoo:
not sure if this was posted or not, but looks like gameloft is finally starting to work on the 3.1 f/closes as of yesterday...
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Riffer:
Received yesterday a new copy of Asphalt 6 and it is stable now with 3.1!

Thats version has altered from 1.0.1 to 1.0.4 - time to redownload or contact GL for a new download adress!

I also got another copy of NOVA but its the same version I had and it crashed exactly the same second like the one before. Its version 1.0.7.