What about a Java games?

zunebro · 05-30-2008, 08:32 AM

is there any way to get java games on the zune or a way to convert them. also what is it about the ip touch that can have gba and nes emulators?

Manticore-X · 05-30-2008, 08:51 AM

No you cannot get java games on the zune. The zune will only run C# programs using XNA. Luckilly (well if you are talking because you can program in java) C# is REALLY close to java. If you can program java, you can program in C# pretty easy.

zunebro · 05-30-2008, 09:20 AM

no only thing i've done was website stuff html,css,php

tenritsu · 05-30-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Manticore-X

No you cannot get java games on the zune. The zune will only run C# programs using XNA. Luckilly (well if you are talking because you can program in java) C# is REALLY close to java. If you can program java, you can program in C# pretty easy.

That's good to hear. I'm pretty proficient in Java, and I'm looking forward to doing some C# over the summer!

cable729 · 05-30-2008, 11:59 AM

if there was some way to emulate it, wouldn't it run REALLY slow?

DaDillsta · 05-30-2008, 12:32 PM

I have been programming in Java for the past year but C# is still a very weird language, although the syntax is fairly close to Java.

Manticore-X · 05-30-2008, 01:47 PM

What do you find weird about it? I had only really used java before, but after looking at 1or 2 basic tutorials I was able to build a decent game. There might be little quips that are different, but on the whole it seems more like microsoft java than anything else.

And also to address the OP's 2nd question. Part of the reason that the touch has emulators (only in the jailbroken form) is because the coders have much more control of the hardware than we do. We are restricted to use C# instead of C++ or other more powerful languages. Give it time, I have no doubt at some point we will get some form of emulator (how playable it will be is questionable).

zunebro · 05-30-2008, 02:37 PM

microsoft really should have thought about games from the beginning. i mean why should cell phones have better stuff than the zune. whats suprising is they could have easily just used winmobile.

i.e. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobi...golf-game.mspx

zunebro · 05-30-2008, 02:40 PM

oh btw microsoft has a java to c# converter

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...15jlca2pr.mspx

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05-30-2008, 08:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Manticore-X Zuner Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 53 Reputation: 31 $zB: 53 Donate	No you cannot get java games on the zune. The zune will only run C# programs using XNA. Luckilly (well if you are talking because you can program in java) C# is REALLY close to java. If you can program java, you can program in C# pretty easy.

05-30-2008, 09:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
zunebro Experienced Zuner Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 187 Reputation: 16 $zB: 161 Donate	no only thing i've done was website stuff html,css,php

05-30-2008, 11:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
cable729 Experienced Zuner Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 207 Reputation: 12 $zB: 170 Donate	if there was some way to emulate it, wouldn't it run REALLY slow?

05-30-2008, 12:32 PM	#6 (permalink)
DaDillsta Zuner Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 52 Reputation: 12 $zB: 35 Donate	I have been programming in Java for the past year but C# is still a very weird language, although the syntax is fairly close to Java.

05-30-2008, 01:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
Manticore-X Zuner Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 53 Reputation: 31 $zB: 53 Donate	What do you find weird about it? I had only really used java before, but after looking at 1or 2 basic tutorials I was able to build a decent game. There might be little quips that are different, but on the whole it seems more like microsoft java than anything else. And also to address the OP's 2nd question. Part of the reason that the touch has emulators (only in the jailbroken form) is because the coders have much more control of the hardware than we do. We are restricted to use C# instead of C++ or other more powerful languages. Give it time, I have no doubt at some point we will get some form of emulator (how playable it will be is questionable).

05-30-2008, 02:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
zunebro Experienced Zuner Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 187 Reputation: 16 $zB: 161 Donate	microsoft really should have thought about games from the beginning. i mean why should cell phones have better stuff than the zune. whats suprising is they could have easily just used winmobile. i.e. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobi...golf-game.mspx

05-30-2008, 02:40 PM	#9 (permalink)
zunebro Experienced Zuner Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 187 Reputation: 16 $zB: 161 Donate	oh btw microsoft has a java to c# converter http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...15jlca2pr.mspx

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