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Favorite Market Apps & Games

Hey I know this has already been done. I am trying to find a "NEW" list of everyone's favorite apps and games from the android market. Feel free to join in and leave a list of your favorites, or even a general description of the app would be nice as well.
I will start it out:
1. Cestos (a very addictive marble game-play against others online)
2. Barcode Scanner (a must for scanning just about anything shopping or apps)
3. Gmote (want to use your android phone as a keyboard and mouse for your pc, operates everything on your computer via your phone)
4. Google Translate (even speaks the different language for you)
5. PicSay Pro (its really crazy what you can do to your pictures with this app)
6. Police Light (use with caution)
7. Wave Secure (very nice security, nice options)
This is only the beginning, I would like to see what other people are finding as their favorites.

tommyarmour said:
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4. Google Translate (even speaks the different language for you)
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Thanx for this..sometimes it´s soo funny, when this guy speaks the words

Life Stories - MLIA/FML/IMMD.. haha awesome collection of these sites
Math Alarm Clock - Nothing wakes you up better than having to solve math
Bloo - Best Facebook App
iMusic tao - Not sure how its legal.. but you can get any songs you want for free.
Shuffletone - Shuffle your ringtones, set it to a music directory and it'll play different songs every ring

Google Goggles
Parallel Kingdom - Age of Emergence
Internal Memory Widget
SD Card Widget
vizBattery widget
Advanced Task Manager
Calorie Counter by FatSecret
Shazam
Twitdroid

+1 for gmote
google goggles : use your camera to find things on the web
google listen : audio rss feed
key ring : eliminates the need for key rings full of upc codes (like the grocery store. just scan it in and carry it on your phone
wikitude : uses your gps and camera to show you local points of interest
pandora (of course) : set up your channels online then listen to whatever you want
shopsavvy : looks for best prices of things on web and locally by scanning upc codes
the weather channel : nice video app for getting the weather

Gotta love Trapster(notifies you of Speed traps and cameras)

I love Android Roulette - probably not that popular but fun as hell with the fellas around
gameboid
IM+
Shadyface - Record withought peoples knowledge
UNO
Trap!

Friction Mobile (most addictive game ever)
Pandora
Shazam
Barcode Scanner
Android Agenda Widget
Torch
Mobile Defense (absolute must have security app)

GDE
Touiteur
Beautiful Widgets
Applications Dock (inside GDE)
1 Cast
WordMate
Should this be in the apps section?

APPs
DriodLive - Online Stream
Shazam - Music Tagging (from driodlive)
iMusic - Agreed i dunno how this is legal but a nice lil app
Dolphin Browser - Tab Browsing, Gestures, Multi-Touch...better than default IMO
GAMEs
Family Guy Uncensored - Surprisingly amusing.
Armored Strike - Nice steps in to better gaming for Android
Robo Defence - Can I call this old school now? Been playing this since the G1

Games
Gem Miner - quick fun dunno why..
Age of conquest - I love strategy style games and this one takes the cake for me, they also have a pc version which is even more challenging.
Apps
Well I just downloaded a ton of stuff recommended so I'll let everyone know how that goes
-Charlie

This is a very good thread too keep going. Of course everyone really wants to know what apps and games everyone else is enjoying. Of course in all reality it is going to be very hard to actually test everything out there so finding different ideas from others is absolutely essential.
Beautiful Widgets
Key Ring Rewards
Baseball Superstars 2009
ilightr
Im just keeping it going.

My Apps (Currently)
Nexus One Torch
PhoneMyPc
gStrings
Grooveshark
Linda
SetCPU
AK Notepad
Barcode Scanner
VoiceRecorder
SMS Popup
Quickboot
Advanced Task Killer

Apps / games
Heres a few of my favorites not mentioned on previous posts:
WEATHER WIDGET DONATE VERSION - Although I think its having problems right after the most recent update, its a great weather and clock app.
WEATHER CHANNEL - Works great with the weather widget. Gives you weather forecast, and satellite view of the weather.
STAR TRANSLATE / GOOGLE TRANSLATE - Torn between the two translators, they both work great, slightly different features.
VOICE RECORDER - I like it coz of the widget.
COLORNOTE NOTEPAD - Its basically just a notepad, but more features than the AK notepad.
MOVIES - I use it to check out movies all the time, and check out previews, ratings, and show times before going to the theaters.
PLACES DIRECTORY - Self explanatory. Works great.
TMOBILE VISUAL VOICEMAIL - Check out your voice msgs without dialing a number
CAR DAR - Never loose your car again in a crowded parking space. lol.
WHERES MY DROID - You guys must have this
WAVE SECURE MOBILE - Track your lost phone, remotely lock, delete all your files in your phone, and make the phone scream. Yah literally SCREAM! lol
GOOGLE SKY MAP - Impress someone with this app... Show them exactly where URANUS is at. haha!
APP TO QR - Works great with Barcode Scanner.
MY COUPONS - Discounts baby! Everyone can use some extra savings these days.
3D WALLPAPERS by: jackeey.wu - Wallpapers galore.
Here are some interesting games not mentioned on previous posts:
- IRON SIGHT
- BASKETBALL
- HOMERUN BATTLE 3D
- ARMAGEDDON SQUADRON
- BEATDOWN BOXING
- POKE A MOLE
- SHOOT U
- SPIRADEFENCE
- POKE A MOLE
- REAL BLACKJACK
- TIGHT ROPE HERO
- SPACE PHYSICS
- LIGHT RACER 3D
- SPEED FORGE 3D
- MYSTIQUE
- SKY FORCE
- FLIGHT DIRECTOR
Hope this helped out a little Let me know what you guys think. ENJOY!!!!!!!!

Here some of my favourite apps, some of you already post it
APNdroid - To enable/disable APN
Astro - File manager
Astrid - To do list
Bluetooth File - easy to send file thru bluetooth
Compass - as the name, compass
Fishing 2 Go - Fishing game
Jewellust - Jewel Game
Google Sky Map - Sky map
Labyrinth - Very addictive game
Mybackup Pro - Backup data/apps
N1 Torch - Best ever Torch light software with Strobe
Picsay - Picsay
Quick Boot - easy to boot to bootloader,recovery,reboot
Soccer Livescore - Soccer update
Trap - An addictive game
Wifinder / Wifi Analyzer - Wifi apps

mVideoPlayer - Awesome video player that has bookmarking features, a beautiful UI and auto-bookmark (SO USEFUL)
NewsRob - best Google Reader app on the market
AnyPost - Simple Ping.fm so I can post to ANYWHERE
Swype - no keyboard stands a chance against Swype
ShootMe - simple screenshots done right...and freeWaveSecure - security at its best
Quick Boot - good for booting into recovery
AdFree Android - self-explanatory
3banana notes - good notetaking program that syncs online
SU File Manager - best file manager I've used. Built-in terminal, simple mounting and SU access, and customization out the wazoo...sure helps a lot
Droid Comic Viewer - excellent comic reader. Reading Transmetropolitan #29, Batman: Year 100 #3, and Why the Last Man #1 right now
RepliGo Reader - PDF/Ebook reader with ACTUAL reading mode, zoom, and remembers where you were last
Quick Settings - tried all the simple, fast switchers out there. This has the most features, is the least intrusive, and loads fastest
Silent Time Pro - auto-silences my phone for sleeping. Like locale, but a lot simpler

I just installed Mobile Defense...can someone explain to me how to do this though?
In the description it says:
"** Root Users ** Install as system app to auto-enable GPS and prevent uninstall"
How do I do this? I have root, but it auto installed the app after I downloaded it from the market, so I'm not sure how to make it a system app.

tic tac toe browser for those with a wife and kids but like the ladies pure genius the way the hide it!

Oh man.... There are so many great apps!
Pandora/iMusic/Listen - for in-car audio (Listen is more for Podcasts and such)
MortPlayer Audio - Best free Audiobook player on the market EASILY
ShopSavvy - I prefer it over Barcode Scanner (It does QR codes now)
aCar - Tracks my mileage, fill-ups, and overall car maintenance
EStrongs File Manager and Task Killer - EASILY the best at what they do. I prefer the EStrongs Task manager over Astro, and the Task Killer over the 2 most popular Killers. (And they're both free). Also has the best Task Killer Widget to date imo
N1 Torch - Just a good lil' flashlight.
Gmote - Perfect for streaming audio from my home PC
Google Sky Map - Who doesn't like to know what they're looking at in the sky :-D
Handcent SMS - Easily beats the stock messenger
OurGroceries - The wife and I use this to keep the shopping lists up to date (She uses a CLIQ)
TuneWiki - Overall my preferred media player for music.
Where - Gives me places to go when I'm out an about. Nice to have reviews while already doin' some running around.
Urbanspoon - Another nice program, though I'm still not 100% sold. Where gives me enough in reviews for restaraunts.
Swype, HTC_IME, and SwiftKey keyboards - Still testing them all. All 3 have things I prefer over stock, and all are worth a try at least.
There are certainly more, and I download more every day.

N1 torch
Abduction
Air control
backgrounds
I music
Light racer
My tracks
Note pad
Pandora
Root explorer
Robo defense
Weather Widgets

jnes emulator on android

Description
Jnes is a NES emulator that brings the console experience to your Android device. It is a port of the popular Jnes for Windows emulator, developed over many years, containing the same high quality emulation core and many of the same features. • Fast emulation, natively compiled, great battery life • Enjoyable user interface for phones and tablets • NTSC and PAL support • On screen multi-touch gamepad • Stereo Sound • Key remapping for builtin input devices such as the Sony Xperia or external USB gamepads • Save progress with instant save states with multiple slots • Touch screen zapper!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=jnes+android
This emu is pretty young on android, but it is good on windows, and not common fact, it s his own creator porting for android. On play we can configure controls, and there is NO FRAMESKIP ( if you ask, try to change to frameskip 0 for every .emu from broglia on the play and you will understand...soud become laggy every some secs).
This emu is still young so some roms won t load for now, as super mario 2 lost levels (i think it may be that fds is unsupported at the moment), but be patient, the dev is no other than jabo who worked on project64 long time ago.

Yeah, I like Jnes on XPlay, works pretty well except only game that I cant get to load is original Super Mario Bros 1 (or whatever it was called )

Ok, so i ve contacted the dev, really a nice guy. So fds is not supported by now, and maybe will but not in the near future. But great new, he also told me he wanted to makr a new n64 emu for android!!!! not just a port!!! That would be really great knowing that he s the marvellous plugin author of project64, which was my fav emu on pc!!!

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Yeah, I like Jnes on XPlay, works pretty well except only game that I cant get to load is original Super Mario Bros 1 (or whatever it was called )
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Working good for me (arcade mario bros, and platform super mario bros)
Maybe should you try another rom? This way i ve found a hack working for mario bros lost levels

New feature on jnes, that other nes emus don t have: cover artwork, it is a beta feature, but 70 percent of my games have a cover in the listing by now, and it is really cool!

jpstar said:
New feature on jnes, that other nes emus don t have: cover artwork, it is a beta feature, but 70 percent of my games have a cover in the listing by now, and it is really cool!
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I purchased it as well, I noticed this thread, it's a wonderful emulator, just like it is on the PC, the cover art continues to get better and the UI overall is the best I've seen on my tablet. Hope other people check it out.

[APP][2.2+] Nostalgia.NES (NES Emulator)

Hi,
we have released a NES Emulator for Android based on FCEUX.
It is ad-supported, but no ads are displayed during gameplay.
Features
- Modern, cool-looking & user friendly interface
- Game progress saving and loading - 8 manual slots with screenshots & an autosave slot. Share save states among your devices via BT, mail, skype etc. directly from the app.
- Rewinding! Got killed by a bad guy? Never mind! Just rewind the game a couple of seconds back and try again!
- Wi-Fi controller mode! This unique feature allows several devices to be connected with each other. Turn your phone into a wireless gamepad and play your favorite multiplayer NES games with your friends. We support up to 4 players!
- Zapper (light gun) emulation
- PAL (Europe)/NTSC (USA, Japan) video modes support
- Hardware accelerated graphics utilizing OpenGL ES
- 44100 Hz stereo sound
- Hardware keyboard support
- Screenshots - easily capture an image of the game any time during gameplay
- GameGenie - use special cheat codes to make NES games even more fun!
- NES and ZIP file support
Have a look, it is really cool
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nostalgiaemulators.neslite
youtube.com/watch?v=vVQwafFCiwU

Hi,
checkout the latest update of the app!
New features include:
- highly customizable layout of the controller (all the buttons are movable & resizeable)
- support for raw cheats (like E01D:B5)
- turbo buttons & A+B button
- Wiimote support via Wiimote Controller app

I have started a site/service that lists well designed and honest Android games.

I have started an ad free site/service that lists well designed and honest Android games. Every game that is listed on this site is either completely free with no advertising, has a one time up front cost or one time IAP to unlock the full content ad free.
For each game posted on the site I have a brief bullet point list. This list consists of information like the up front price or the price of a one time IAP that unlocks the full game or removes ads on an already full game. Also listed is the info on if the game has multiplayer, if so what kind of multiplayer (online, local wifi, pass and play). There is also a description of whether the game supports Google Play Services or whether the game supports immersive mode from Android 4.4. Gamepad support and if the game plays in landscape, portrait or both is also included in the description along with whether the Play store or Amazon offer a demo. All of these things I verify myself by playing the game. I also include the permissions of each game so everyone has an upfront idea of what the game has access to. So after the brief bulletpoints and permissions there will also be the devs description of the game from Google Play/Amazon Appstore.
There is a certain criteria I hold of all of the games I post.
- Upfront priced games with full content.
- There will not be any games listed that have pay walls or wait times.
- IAPs will only be allowed if they unlock the full game with a single purchase or removes ads in an already full versioned game.
- No ports of games that were heavily controller designed (SNK ports, Sega ports, Rockstar Games ports and DotEmu ports).
- Ports of touch based games from DS and PS Vita will be allowed as well as ports such as World of Goo or Chu Chu Rocket that happen to lend themselves quite nicely to touchscreen play. There is also a new trend of games being designed at the same time for consoles/pc as Android (such as Leisure Suit Larry or Shadowrun Returns), games designed like these (with touch controls in mind at the start of developing) will be included on the site as well.
- Games must be designed for Android and look correct on all of it's screen resolutions. That means no letter-boxing or low res graphics. This way bad iPhone ports that don't fit on our screens or games that don't bother to support HD devices like tablets will be weeded out.
- Games must look good. Some games out there have great gameplay but their graphics sometimes look like they were designed on Linux in the nineties. Games that fit this description will most likely not be listed as I am trying to encourage well designed pleasing to the eye kind of games. Of course the new trend of retro pixel art games are perfectly fine.
- Developer ethics also come into play. While Square Enix do not have IAPs their crazy online DRM schemes and complete lack of support (Chrono Trigger sound familiar) makes their games more than likely to not be listed. Gameloft, Glu and EA fit in this category pretty well too.
For me personally I feel it has been difficult at best if not almost impossible to navigate the Play Store to find truly well made games that aren't designed from the ground up to nickel and dime you. With most Android gaming review sites lacking any good list of games and most Android blogs publishing mainly articles about the newest Glu games (looking at you Android Central and Android Police) I feel a site like the one I have created will hopefully provide a much needed service for the Android gamer.
Basically this site lists games that look great on phones and tablets alike while also playing great on touchscreens all while ignoring the nickel and diming slum of Android gaming. So if any of this sounds good to you please check it out.
http://honestandroidgames.com
p.s. The site is still growing and new functions will be added. I am also open to ideas so if you guys have any please let me know.

Emulators: no-fuss options for Nexus Player

I'll maintain this thread so long as there's interest. In order for an emulator to be listed here, it needs to meet the following criteria
-must be able to open the app with the OFFICIAL Nexus Player gamepad (NPGP)
-must be able to exit the app with the official NPGP
-Must be able to configure all in-app options, to include gamepad button assignments, with the NPGP.
-Must be installable from the Nexus Player (waivable if installable from Play Store on PC)
-Must have a leanback launcher shortcut
Basically, if the emulator requires root, ADB, third party peripherals (for use or configuration), sideloading, etc., it won't be on this list.
NES:
NES.emu ($3.99)
Open the Play Store on your Nexus Player, and scroll up to search. Type or speak "Nintendo" or "emulator" and this will be one of the options that comes up. Alternatively, you can purchased and push install from the web-based Play Store. Open installation and first run, you should go to the settings and configure the gamepad for in-game actions (specifically, to exit the app).
SNES:
Snes9x EX+ (FREE)
Same as above (same developer and menu system).
I'd advise using the SNES emu first (as it's free) to learn how his menu/control setup works, then move on to his other paid emulators. You can see his other emulators at this page here - https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Robert Broglia&hl=en
Alternatively, you can open the Play Store on the Nexus Player, scroll up to search, and type/speak "emulator." Pretty much all of those are his. As I purchase his other emulators I'll add them to the above list when confirmed. If others wants to try them and report back, I'll also update the list based on that. If you find other emulators that meet the above criteria, please share.

Won't they get removed from the store soon? Emulators are banned quickly on Google Play, aren't they?

Magnesus said:
Won't they get removed from the store soon? Emulators are banned quickly on Google Play, aren't they?
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Most emulators on Google Play have been there for years. Nesoid and the other emulators made by that developer were removed for a specific violation. Here's a good article on the subject.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...nded-are-emulators-soon-to-be-banned-content/
Also, I'm going to go out on limb here. It's normally bad form to distribute links of ROM distribution website (and I won't post it here unless a moderator explicitly tells me that it's ok). However, there's one website that is actually legal (and as such, don't expect to find the best games here). Basically, the ESA has set up a way of protecting the rights of gaming companies and their work, while also offering some ROMs to gamers. Read more on the ESA here:
http://www.theesa.com/ (NOTE: Not a ROM distribution site)
Due to this, one website is completely ESA compliant and has, at the request of Nintendo (and other parties) intentionally set up dead links that will usually be at or near the top of Google results. If you search for a specific ROM on a Nintendo platform, and you click on the link for this specific website, all you get is a link that says "This page has been removed due to copyrights." What few ROMs are available on this website are legally freely distributed. Have at it.

The only problem I have with console emulators has always been the controller lag. This has been true even on my gaming PCs. Playing Super Mario 3 for example, on my SNES (bought one just for this game - lol) it's smooth and does what I expect it to. On my PCs, ADT-1, etc., there's always a minor lag that's just enough to throw timing off.
Mame for the most part on the PC has worked very well for fighting games. Chankast with MvsC2 was damn smooth for me. I'd love to see Android get to this level of emulation.

Mi|enko said:
The only problem I have with console emulators has always been the controller lag. This has been true even on my gaming PCs. Playing Super Mario 3 for example, on my SNES (bought one just for this game - lol) it's smooth and does what I expect it to. On my PCs, ADT-1, etc., there's always a minor lag that's just enough to throw timing off.
Mame for the most part on the PC has worked very well for fighting games. Chankast with MvsC2 was damn smooth for me. I'd love to see Android get to this level of emulation.
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There are two types of lag that you'll have to deal with here: system timing and input lag.
System timing - Each emulator developer takes their own approach to this. For the SNES, for example, SNES9X and ZSNES took two different approaches. ZSNES made the system timing more consistent, while SNES9X attempts to emulate the system timing of the SNES to a fault. As a result, playing a game on SNES9X will more closely mirror the actual SNES than ZSNES will. Basically, if you're playing a game that requires timing, you'll have to completely relearn your timing on ZSNES, whereas SNES9X will require less (if any) adjustment.
As for Sega 8/16-bit systems and the 32X, you should ONLY be using Kega Fusion on the desktop. This emulator is made by the same guy who has been hired by Sega numerous times to help them port their "Ages" collections to various platforms. He has inside knowledge of the hardware which is why his emulation is so spot on. There should be no noticeable difference in timing between an actual SMS/Genesis/SegaCD/32X and Kega Fusion. Unfortunately, the emulators available for Android aren't based on Fusion.
Input lag - All monitors/HDTVs have a degree of input lag. If you're gaming at 60fps, you want input lag to be <16.67ms, or 1 frame. This ensure that your button response is never more than 1 frame off. NOTE: This has NOTHING to do with pixel response time advertised by LCD manufacturers. Do NOT confuse these two specs. Here's a database of PC monitors and their associated input lag - http://www.displaylag.com/display-database/
HDTVs have an inherently high input lag due to all of the processing that they attempt to do. If you're going to game on these HDTVs, you want to disable as much as possible by using any built-in game mode that the HDTV has. For example, I use a Samsung L46A650. I bought this HDTV in 2008 because, at the time, it had the best input lag control. To date, no HDTV has bested it, so I'm keeping it until it dies. If I use HDMI input 2, set the source to 1080p (possible with Xbox 360, not with PS3), and set it at PC mode, it acts as a PC monitor. Input lag is <16.67 ms in this mode. For other inputs, enabling game mode has an input lag of 16.67ms to 33.33ms (1-2 frames). VGA (Dreamcast) is <16.67ms. If you dare use standard or movie mode, input lag is 3-4 frames. And if you have component hookups (like my PS2) and forget to enable game mode, it's a horrid 4-6 frames worth of delay. Here's an AVS thread on it - http://www.avsforum.com/forum/166-l...-results-your-lcd-display-here-reference.html
Bottom line is that you can greatly reduce the timing issues that you're having by ensuring that you're using the optimal emulator, and properly configuring your display.

^Thanks for all the detail man! I'm using a Samsung TV as well and had been using game mode for my ADT-1 input. Switching it from Game to PC, I saw a significant improvement in the input lag; however, I do see occasional screen hiccups (just a quick flash while navigating). The SNES games (Mario 3 in this case, for comparative purposes) plays almost flawless and as smooth as my SNES. Not perfect, but a helluva lot better than in game mode. It's comparable to my PC at this point, from the quick 10 minutes of testing I did.

Mi|enko said:
^Thanks for all the detail man! I'm using a Samsung TV as well and had been using game mode for my ADT-1 input. Switching it from Game to PC, I saw a significant improvement in the input lag; however, I do see occasional screen hiccups (just a quick flash while navigating). The SNES games (Mario 3 in this case, for comparative purposes) plays almost flawless and as smooth as my SNES. Not perfect, but a helluva lot better than in game mode. It's comparable to my PC at this point, from the quick 10 minutes of testing I did.
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I'm glad that you found it useful. I want to clarify something from my prior post that I was misleading on.
There are essentially 3 classes of "modern" emulators for the SNES, and there are many that fall in around or between these classes. For this example, I'm going to refer to Higan (formerly BSNES), SNES9X, and ZSNES.
Emulation is tricky. The more accurate you attempt to be, the higher the system specs that you need. Due to this, Higan stands alone as the most accurate emulator. It won't do any graphics filters. It won't speed up games. If a game had a scene with horrendous slowdown on a physical SNES, it will have the same horrendous slowdown on this emulator in the same spot. If you want to perfectly emulate an SNES, don't care about modernizing the graphics, and have the specs to run it (quad-core 3ghz+ Intel Core series CPU), then go for Higan. Note: There's no equivalent for Android, nor could there be at this point.
At the opposite end of the spectrum is ZNES (and there are far worse emulators, but I'm picking on them). Like all emulators not named Higan, this program takes shortcuts to mimic functionality. More shortcuts means better speed and lower system requirements, but also more compatibility issues. Try playing Earthworm Jim 2 and you won't hear most of the sound effects.
SNES9X is a compromise. It is far more accurate than ZSNES and therefore has higher system requirements. It takes more of a 95/5 approach. It won't have the accuracy as Higan, but it also won't have the slowdown found in Starefox to the degree that a real SNES or Higan would. It also allows you to enhance the graphics with filters and such. It's also ported to damn near every platform (including the Android TV app mentioned in the OP). It won't be exactly like playing on an actual SNES, but it will be closer than most emulators while offering enhancements, and consistency across multiple platforms.

I have installed these emulators and these are superb.