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Revision as of 18:36, 1 November 2012
Android is the 'other' handheld operating system, after iPhone. There aren't as many games for the Android as iPhone, because (a) people who buy Apple have proven they got more money to blow, (b) asshole phone companies lock their phones to their exclusive app stores, and make devs jump through hoops to get in, and (c) there's more variety of hardware that runs Android (i.e.: more than two), so testing is a bitch. Jailbreaking an Android smartphone is called "rooting."
- Google Play Store - Default "app store" that every 'droid phone should have
- AppBrain - The app store that gamers tend to install on their smartphones
- SlideME marketplace - Download emulation apps from here
Some emulation apps are available at the SlideME marketplace, some are on the Google Play Store!
The List
Free Games
If a game is free to install, but pay-for-play, it goes in the other list. If the game has a free version or demo that's good enough you'd play it without ever buying the full version, it goes here.
Paid Games
Stuff that you pay to download, or subscribe to play online.
Screenshot | Title | Genre | Description |
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Battleheart | RPG | Recruit heroes, level up with skill trees, combat is entirely click-and-drag and ISN'T annoying about it, with bosses that need strategies. | |
Chu Chu Rocket | Puzzle |
Good ole Chu Chu Rocket in your Android Phone for only 0.99$/€. Hundreds of puzzles, challenge maps and classic battle mode. Good touchscreen controls, though people with big fingers may struggle a bit for precision. | |
Game Dev Story | Time Management | Time management game where you create and manage your own video game company. The most addictive game on Android. Guaranteed to suck your life away. Similar games by Kairosoft like Hot Springs Story and Pocket League Story (soccer) are great as well. | |
O2JAM Analog | Rhythm |
Oh shit nigger! Do you remember O2Jam? Of course you don't. It was a rhythm game MMO, similar to DJMAX and of course beatmania, that closed down. Now it's back on your phone! Contains most of the songs from the MMO, including everyone's favorite. The game is free, but songs are bought individually. | |
Samurai II: Vengeance | Hack 'n' Slash | Play as a samurai that swings a sword around and kills bad guys. Beautiful graphics reminiscent of Okami. Pretty smooth controls. | |
Sonic 4: Episode I | Platformer |
Decent Sonic game that got good reviews. Physics are shit and music is decent, but sadly it's one of the best Sonic games made recently, now on your Android phone. | |
Sonic CD | Platformer |
Best port ever done in recent years of one of the best Sonic games from the Genesis era. It's a great port because it's not emulated, rather it was recreated in a new engine that made it possible for it to run smoothly and add many extras. Contains both soundtracks, the ability to play as Tails, smooth Special Stages, leaderboards, achievements and almost everything you want from a good port. However, because of this it doesn't play exactly like its Sega CD counterpart, with minimal but noticeable physics differences. Regardless, it's too good of a deal to pass up. | |
Tap Sonic | Rhythm |
Fun and challenging rhythm game by Neowiz. Uses the DJMAX soundtrack (since Neowiz is Pentavision's publisher), so it's the closest thing to a DJMAX on your phone. Available for free, but you have to buy song packs or some shit like that and it feels like they're ripping you off. Despite that, it's pretty hard to turn down on a good rhythm game. | |
Plants vs. Zombies | Tower Defense |
Simple and fun CASUAAAAAAAAAAAL game known from PC. You plant plants on your lawn to protect thyself from zombies. The game includes 50 levels in story mode, 49 plants, various zombies, and multiple minigames. The game also has very nice soundtrack. |
Emulators
On the Google Play Store, head to the page for Robert Broglia. Buy his line of emulating apps. They're fast, reliable, and very authentic to the original systems.
For the rest of the good stuff, download the apps by Yongzh. You'll notice that some of his apps emulate the exact same systems that some Robert apps emulate. I'm telling you this to save you dosh, don't buy the mirror Yongzh apps. Robert is a faster developer. Anyways, buy all the other Yongzh apps. With that, you will have all the best apps this /v/irgin could find after months of wasting money and looking around. Also, did I mention that there's no rooting required for these apps to work? Just install and play!
Play the games of yesteryear directly on your phone!
Note: Snes9x EX is free and pretty much kicks the ass of Snesoid.
Title | Type | Developer |
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FPse | PSX | |
Snes9x EX | SNES | |
N64 | Yongzh | |
SNES | Yongzh | |
Sega Genesis / Megadrive | Yongzh | |
NES | Yongzh | |
Atari 2600 | Yongzh | |
Gameboy Advance | Yongzh | |
Gameboy Color | Yongzh | |
Sega Game Gear / Master System | Yongzh | |
Gameboy Advance | Robert Broglia | |
Sega Genesis / Megadrive | Robert Broglia | |
NES | Robert Broglia | |
PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 | Robert Broglia | |
Atari 2600 | Robert Broglia | |
Gameboy Color | Robert Broglia | |
Neogeo Pocket | Robert Broglia | |
Neogeo | Robert Broglia | |
MSX computer / Colecovision | Robert Broglia |
Useful apps and software
Replace the fucking 3D gallery RIGHT NOW!
Screenshot | Title | Type | Description |
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QuickPic | Gallery | I cannot stress this enough, if you have the 3D gallery and hate it as much as I did, go get this app. It runs great, no gimmicks, good overview of your photos, it just works. | |
Every Google app | All of them | Maps, street view, Earth, Google+, google talk, that one that lets you voice search. Just get all of them, Google made these, so you know they're good. | |
Youtube | Youtube | Youtube | |
Dolphin HD | Browser | Dolphin HD is a great browser, Opera Mobile is pretty cool too. I find the default browser perfectly acceptable though, it just lacks tabbed browsing worth a damn. | |
Chrome | Browser | Fuck the above, use chrome. | |
Chant | 4chan browser | You know you need this. Lets you browse 4chan on your phone with ease. Chan Explorer used to be pretty awesome as well, but it hasn't updated in a while, and thus the news boards aren't accessible. Chant is free, Chan Explorer is not. | |
Mimi | Mimi | The Best 4Chan viewer out there. Mimi can view GIFs and Images IN APP and not by using Gallery. Plus, you don't need to tap on a fucking BUTTON to change pages, all you have to do is scroll! Plus, it has favoriting, saving images to a folder (Default /sdcard/mimi/), and holy shit, the keyboard doesn't block the fucking CAPTCHA if you have a longphone (EVO 4G LTE) | |
Handcent SMS | Messaging | Replace your default messaging app with Handcent, it's pretty neat. Looks pretty iPhone-ish. Think other messaging apps have been catching up to it lately, so maybe your default is just as good. | |
Power Amp | Music player | Hands down the best music player on the market. Buy it and never look back. | |
SlideIT | Keyboard | This shit is amazing, just slide you finger around on the keyboard to write things hella fast. A bit expensive, try it out for 15 days and see for yourself. | |
MX Video Player | Video player | Great video player that suports hardware decoding, subtitles and what not. | |
Barcode Scanner | Scanner | Scan all those pesky QR codes to reveal the hidden message or go to a website or whatever. It's very handy. | |
ADW/Launcher GO/LauncherPro | Launcher | ADW launcher or Launcher GO are both good homescreen replacements, or LauncherPro if you have a low end device. These allow for tons of customization, such as resizing widgets, icon packs, dock background, gestures to do certain things, and so on. | |
Dropbox | File synchronization | Dropbox, who doesn't use dropbox. Save a file on your pc, get it on your phone seconds after. They kinda fucked it up recently when they made it so fucking difficult to save files to the sd card, but it still works. | |
IMO instant messager | Instant messaging | Client that works with pretty much any service imaginable, msn, facebook, skype, even steam. | |
WidgetLocker | Lockscreen replacement | For autists that absolutely must customize EVERYTHING, widgetlocker lets you add widgets, apps and custom unlocking mechanics to your lockscreen. Not free though. | |
Zeam Launcher | Launcher | If you're getting bored with rice shit or your default home screen just isn't that great, this could be a great launcher for you. Unlike 3 other launchers mentioned here, this app follows the KISS principle and so it's resource usage is the best out of the lot. | |
SwiftKey | Keyboard | SwiftKey X is a downright amazing keyboard replacement with astounding prediction accuracy. The only two (immediately) noticeable downsides are the pricetag ($5) and that the "learn from your messages/etc" menu is set to automagically post bullshit to your Facebook and Twitter pages. | |
Gmote | Media control | ||
Beautiful Widgets | Clock/weather widget | Paid app. Lets you download tons of skins to customize your widget all you want. | |
Screen filter | Other | Screen filter is awesome for making your display REALLY dark to the point that you can get away with texting in a movie theater or such. | |
Apex Launcher | Launcher | ICS style launcher with lots of customization. Nova Launcher works too, but certain features are removed from the free version (resizing widgets etc). | |
SiMi Clock Widget | Clock widget | A pretty and minimalist clock widget, and somewhat customizable too. | |
Solid Explorer | File manager | Probably the best file manager currently on the market, still in beta so it's free. Will most likely cost something once it's done. |
Root required
1337 hackers only
Screenshot | Title | Type | Description |
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Titanium Backup | Apps and settings backup | Lets you backup all your apps, along with app settings, phone settings and so on. It's a must have for any root user. | |
SetCPU | Overclocking | Paid app. Get some more juice out out of your shitty wildfire by overclocking it! Or alternatively underclock for less battery consumption. SetCPU lets you make profiles for when the screen is off, when the phone is charging, low battery etc. | |
AdAway/Adfree | Ad block | Neither seems to work for me, but now you're aware they exist. | |
ShootMe | Screenshots | Lets you take screenshots of your phone by shaking it/blocking the light sensor. There may be better apps for this by now, but it works. I can't find it on the market anymore, but your rom probably has it built in, so whatever. | |
Root Explorer | File browser | Paid app, and not for the average user. Lets you mess around in the system files. Can be used to remove THE FUCKING 3D GALLERY or other useless system apps, change the boot animation (download one from deviantART you pony-loving faggot), or just completely break your phone if you don't know what you're doing. | |
ES File Explorer | File browser | Said to do the same as Root Explorer, but I haven't tried. Free | |
LCDDensity | Fucking around | Change the density of your screen just for shits and giggles. Lower density makes everything tiny, high density makes everything huge. Too low density makes your phone crash if you're unlucky, so don't just tick off the set on boot option without testing first. | |
GameCIH | Cheat Engine |
Allows you to mess with game values, set 9001 p2p coins, get max everything, and shit like that. |