Phoinix
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| Author: | Bodo Wenzel[1] |
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| Latest release: | 1.4 / 2007-03-17[2] |
| OS: | Palm OS |
| Available language(s): | American English, British English, German, Portuguese, Italian, French, Spanish, Japanese, Greek, Dutch[1] |
| Use: | Game Boy emulator |
| License: | GPL[1] |
| Website: | http://phoinix.sourceforge.net/ |
Phoinix (formerly known as PalmBoy) is a Game Boy emulator for Palm OS version 3.0 or greater.[1] Due to limitations in the Palm devices it was designed for, Phoinix renders games in black-and-white without sound or color.[3]
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[edit] History
Bodo Wenzel released PalmBoy version 1.0 in the summer of 2000. Since it only rendered the background of the game, most games could not be played. 1 year later, PalmBoy could play most games. Palm OS inc. did not like the use of their trademark "Palm" without permission, and PalmGear, where Phoinix was hosted, refused to host software that illegally used the Palm trademark. So, at the end of 2001, Bodo Wenzel redesigned PalmBoy's user interface and released it under the name Phoinix.[4]
[edit] Version 1.3 (June 26, 2005)
On June 26, 2005,[2] Bodo Wenzel released Phoinix version 1.3. It contained numerous improvements, including:[4]
- A frameskip algorithm to speed up games running too slow (while losing some quality) and a slowdown algorithm to slow down games running too fast.
- The user interface changed to be more like PalmBoy's listbox interface, instead of a drop-down list of games.
- A more flexible method to map Palm keys and screen buttons to emulated Game Boy buttons.
[edit] Screenshots
 The user interface for selecting a game |
 Playing a game, using the default screen buttons |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Wenzel, Bodo (2007-01-11). Phoinix by Bodo Wenzel. SourceForge.net. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
- ^ a b Phoinix, Gameboy Emulator for Palm OS Files. SourceForge.net (2007-01-11). Retrieved on 2007-01-15.
- ^ Wenzel, Bodo. About limits and extensions. SourceForge.net. Retrieved on 2007-01-04.
- ^ a b Wenzel, Bodo (January 2007). About the history. SourceForge.net. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
