ROM's to Android

A happy Monday blog readers! While doing an application review last Friday I spoke about ROM's, I was currently playing Pokémon Ruby on my Android device. There were many comments and messages about what program I used and how to go about obtaining ROM's for game play. So today I figured why not make a blog and explain how to obtain these games. ROM’s are games from older video game systems such as Nintendo, Game boy Advanced, Playstation and Sega Genesis these games are all playable on android phones. 

Every game system has a different player just like if you had a Nintendo game you would need a system to play it on; in this case you need an application from the Android market called SNESoid or NESoid.  Some of the systems need a file to run such as the Game boy advanced need’s the file Bios to run the games or roms with the program.  You can find Rom’s all over the internet but I have one website that I find the best.  http://www.roms4droid.com this page is amazing because of the amount of game’s and support there is, let’s go over how to add these too you’re phone. 

Game boy Advanced..

Download the Game boy Advanced Bios you can find this here http://www.roms4droid.com/r/gbabios.rar  you must unRAR this file to add it to your phone if you don’t know how to unRAR look on yahoo for a free program to do that there’s many. 

Download the game’s you want. 

All the game’s you have downloaded unzip all of the files in most cases you’re able to open the folders and remove the file without unzipping but if you’re pc is running a older windows, I recommend using WinZip to unzip files. 

Connect you’re USB Cord to your Android Device make sure to mount the phone so that it will be properly connected. 

Make a clean file folder in your phone name it ROMS in cap letters. 

Drag and drop you’re games and bios into the folder. 

When you’re finished adding all you’re games and you’re bios unmount you’re android phone and unplug

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Go to the Android market and look for the Emulator there is two versions free and pay I use the free and it works fine the file name is GameBOID. 

After installing GameBOID turn on the program.. Click the little blue SD card, find you’re ROMS folder Click that and you will see you GBA BIOS when starting up the GameBOID it will ask for that this is how you find it. You will also see all you’re games listed you downloaded. 

You’re ready to play feel free to add games anytime you like but don’t remove the BIOS or you will have to go over the steps again.

See it’s quite a simple process to play these games on your phone it just takes a little getting used to setting everything up. There are many system’s I didn’t even cover in this blog, Feel free to check out roms4droid.com there’s also instructions on their website for each game system. I hope this helped you out. Feel free to ask questions or drop a line in the comment box and thank you again for reading my blog.  Enjoy the week..    

                      

                                                                         All the best, 

                                                                             Sassy Tech Girl (http://www.youtube.com/sassygirl8324)

                                                                              

                                                                                  Rebecca Marie

SassyTechGirl's Everyday Apps!

Hello fellow blog readers! Happy Tuesday, before I get started on this blog I just wanted to give a quick shout out to are American Soldiers for the hard work they do. Thank god Osama Bin Laden has been put to justice.  Today I will be writing about my top most used Android applications, these are apps that I use at least once a week and I would recommend them to anyone. Some of these apps are common sense but you would be surprised how many people either don’t know about them or they don’t use them because there unsure of what they do.  So let’s get started! Feel free to post a comment telling me what you use on an everyday bases. 

Gmail: Gmail is my main e-mail client, every android user has a Gmail account because when buying a phone you must have or sign up with Gmail to use the phone properly. Over the past few months of having Android OS, I have really come to love this e-mail program. The e-mails come in fast and the alerts work very well. 

eBuddy Messenger: A lot of people are looking for a great client for messaging with aol, yahoo, hotmail, facebook, Icq pretty much any messenger services is available. I like this client because it’s reliable, Loads fast and you’re able to manage all you’re accounts easily. The only down fall for some people would be that you have to sign up for a free eBuddy Messenger ID. 

 

Best Buy: I am a huge electronic fan so this application is a must for me. Best Buy is one of my favorite stores so I love to have this to be able to find out what’s on sale, Browse the weekly advertisement, Scan QR codes in stores and browse products. I like how fast this application loads and you’re able to check you’re reward zone points and status. Plus a search bar for finding items. 

Applanet: This is an application store other then the market where you can get games and apps for free of charge many applications/games are not available in the Android market and some are but are free on Applanet. This application cannot be installed from the Android market you can find it at http://applanet.net/ this is easy to install and fun. 

Beautiful Widget HTC Flip Clock:  I love this widget it gives the feel of a HTC phone and tells the latest weather with a picture it’s very pretty. You can find this application by going to your browser on your phone and typing in 4shared.com in the search engine on 4shared type in Beautiful.apk and download the file that say’s Beautiful HTC Flip clock! I’ve had lots of questions about this Widget and where I have got it at I love it and haven’t experienced any issues with it. 

QR Droid: This application is great to scan QR Codes or make free QR Codes you can also make you’re contact, Calendar or URL a QR Code.  If you find a QR Code anywhere this phone will scan it with ease. 

ShopSavvy: Is my preferred Barcode scanner.  This application allows you to scan a barcode and find the cheapest prices and reviews on the products it also tells what other people are scanning and searching for its by far the easiest quickest scanner application. 

Note Everything: I use this application to make notes!  I love the fact that you can make file folders and calendar notes plus sticky notes if you need them. This really goes beyond a notepad there is so much more you can do with it. 

Cardio Trainer: I love this application if you like to take walks or a run or any type of exercise this is the application.  I like to take my dog for a walk and the gps will show everywhere you are walking it will tell the distance how much you have walked and how many calories you have burned as you go it also lets you make playlist with your music player and it will play you’re songs and frequently tell you what speed you’re moving and how far you have went.  It also tells you, you’re history and has some amazing settings this application even goes beyond everything I’ve said it has so much to offer you can get it free in the market. 

TV Guide: I like this application because I always want to know what’s on TV. With this application you can search for TV listings find out the news search for programs and favorite programs. Another cool application.

Flikie Wallpaper: I did a review of this application on my YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/sassygirl8324 I love this app for high def. wallpaper for any android phone. It’s free at the android market.

Facebook: A must have application if you’re a facebook fan.

SuperBox: Review coming on my YouTube channel another great settings application I use this one every day I like it better then the Android OS settings. 

Mr. Number: Are you sick of people calling you and bothering you? This application can block unwanted calls. It also allows you to block those unwanted unrestricted callers! This is a must have for me.

Twitter: This is just the standard twitter client works just as good as any other.

Well guy’s here are my top applications! What do you enjoy!? I hope you all enjoyed this and you’re having a fabulous week. Thanks for taking the time to read... Until next time God bless... 

                                              All the best,

                                                   SassyTechGirl

                                                   Rebecca Marie 

Http://www.youtube.com/sassygirl8324