psx4droid experiences - Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini

Happily I got the update to 2.1 for my X10 Mini Pro last night (on O2 in the UK).
So today I installed psx4droid (it doesn't work on Donut ...right?) and I've had a go at some games.
As we all know, the X10 Mini Pro's defining feature over the X10 Mini is that it has a hardware keyboard, which works quite nicely as a gamepad if you set the key mapping properly.
Weirdly enough there's no D-Pad, so I've been using the layout:
Q W E R T Y U I O P
A S D F G H J K L ⇦
Z X C V B N M , . ⏎
▢ ⇪ ? ◂ ⊂ ⎵ ⊃ ▸ ' ℠
D-Pad
Shapes
Triggers
Select/Start
You can also map the camera key as a trigger, but obviously you can only pick one button, which would be useful for some sort of aim function where you need to hold down a trigger whilst using the D-Pad and shapes.
Firstly, don't expect to be playing the highest quality real time 3D PSX games on an X10 Mini Pro, they work but it's just not fast enough to be properly playable.
I noticed that the games ran a little more quickly if you set the scaling to Original.
You'll want a decent sized SD card for storing more than two or so of these games, they're around the 500MB mark each.
I don't have many games, but perhaps a list of compatible titles for our diminutive 'droids would be useful?
007 Racing
Works but it's far too slow.
5 Star Racing
Works but it's far too slow.
Casper
Seems to work fine.
Circuit Breakers
I found this one to be borderline playable, if you have patience you might be ok.
Crash Bandicoot
work ok but not full speed - liamguest
Driver 2
Works but a tad slow spoils the fun - Manny-
Final Fantasy VII
Works BASICALLY full speed - liamguest
Works perfectly (a tiny bit slow but still playable) - Manny-
Rayman
Just hangs at the Ubisoft logo, unplayable.
Use the GBA version (Rayman Advance) in the Gameboid emulator instead - liamguest
Ridge Racer
It all seems to work ok, but it's just too slow. I did manage to complete a few laps but it wasn't much fun.
Spyro the Dragon
Works "full speed..ish" - liamguest
I had less success, it was too slow for me - but my phone is completely stock with the official 2.1 update.
Street Racer
Really daft kart racer, doesn't actually involve street racing; works perfectly - if I didn't know better I'd think it was straight from the Marketplace.
Theme Park
Seems perfect, except the videos are silent. The first person 3D park view works really surprisingly fast, oddly enough.
Wipeout 3
Works very slowly - liamguest
Worms
Videos stop after the first few frames and I didn't hear any music, but the game is playable; I didn't play for long but it seemed otherwise perfect.
Worms Armageddon
Works at full speed - liamguest

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havent tried it yet, but being a big emu fan I have used psx emus on regulay computers. The game that always worked was Tekken... give it a go mabey
( if I find my ISO i might fire up psx4droid myself )
the x10 does support OGL tho, unlike a Samsung Spica i5700 that I use for testing at work...

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SirronTM said:
Happily I got the update to 2.1 for my X10 Mini Pro last night (on O2 in the UK).
So today I installed psx4droid (it doesn't work on Donut ...right?) and I've had a go at some games.
As we all know, the X10 Mini Pro's defining feature over the X10 Mini is that it has a hardware keyboard, which works quite nicely as a gamepad if you set the key mapping properly.
Weirdly enough there's no D-Pad, so I've been using the layout:
Q W E R T Y U I O P
A S D F G H J K L ⇦
Z X C V B N M , . ⏎
▢ ⇪ ? ◂ ⊂ ⎵ ⊃ ▸ ' ℠
D-Pad
Shapes
Triggers
Select/Start
You can also map the camera key as a trigger, but obviously you can only pick one button, which would be useful for some sort of aim function where you need to hold down a trigger whilst using the D-Pad and shapes.
Firstly, don't expect to be playing the highest quality real time 3D PSX games on an X10 Mini Pro, they work but it's just not fast enough to be properly playable.
I noticed that the games ran a little more quickly if you set the scaling to Original.
You'll want a decent sized SD card for storing more than two or so of these games, they're around the 500MB mark each.
I don't have many games, but perhaps a list of compatible titles for our diminutive 'droids would be useful?
007 Racing
Works but it's far too slow.
5 Star Racing
Works but it's far too slow.
Casper
Seems to work fine.
Circuit Breakers
I found this one to be borderline playable, if you have patience you might be ok.
Rayman
Just hangs at the Ubisoft logo, unplayable.
Ridge Racer
It all seems to work ok, but it's just too slow. I did manage to complete a few laps but it wasn't much fun.
Street Racer
Really daft kart racer, doesn't actually involve street racing; works perfectly - if I didn't know better I'd think it was straight from the Marketplace.
Theme Park
Seems perfect, except the videos are silent. The first person 3D park view works really surprisingly fast, oddly enough.
Worms
Videos stop after the first few frames and I didn't hear any music, but the game is playable; I didn't play for long but it seemed otherwise perfect.
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Here i found a nice work around for rayman 1 ( best game ever )
i used the gameboy advance emulator download
Rayman advance its the same but updated with new levels LOVE IT works full speed
also for GBA alien hominid i loved that game for xbox original
turns out it came out for gba and the games almost exactly the same so i was happy with that
Worms armageddon works full speed FF7 works BASICALLY full speed
and my fav game for ps1 wipeout 3 works very slowly ( not happy )
but exactly that its alll good
also crash bandicoots work ok but not full speed
and spyro games as far as ive used them work full speed..ish i now have my phone overclocked well more like permanently clocked at 600mhz for min and max and ive deleted most my processes now i have rooted it so i will retest and get back to you with all this tho.
I have tested wipeout on my device now it works a little faster but not full speed...
FF7 seems the same but it works perfectly anyway.
PLEASE NOTE i havnt used sound on these so when i say good or perfect thats without knows what the sound is like.

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FF7 - works perfectly (a tiny bit slow but still playable)
Driver 2 - works but a tad slow spoils the fun
Abe's Odysee - doesn't work background messes up

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Manny- said:
FF7 - works perfectly (a tiny bit slow but still playable)
Driver 2 - works but a tad slow spoils the fun
Abe's Odysee - doesn't work background messes up
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activate the abes fix in settings.

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oh thanks for that!

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Configurations
So guys, is there any specific configurations for playing at a decent speed FF VII?
thanks

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Been a bit busy, finally got round to checking this thread.
I hadn't thought of using the GBA version of rayman, thanks that's smart solution.
I didn't even bother testing Spyro! Great to hear it works, I'll try it when I get a chance.

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if you actually want to get this working at a better speed, install something called JIT. its not an app its a java applicaiton.
it will speed up your phone when doing things such as playing games. there is a thread on here somewhere about it