Thanks to Joe for bringing this one up. For all of you that would enjoy having NES on your Shadow or other Windows Mobile device, prepare to be thrilled. You can be up and running your favorite game in no time. Just follow these instructions.
- On your Shadow go to mobile.surrealnetworks.com
- Click on Applications for Dash
- Scroll down to Pocket Nester Plus and download it
- Run the cab file if it doesn’t automatically
- Go to Start > PocketNesterPlus > Options > Controllers > and assign the keys to your liking. Don’t forget to assign a key to Menu
- Go back to Internet Explorer, from the same page you downloaded PNP from is a link (in the same paragraph) that lists a directory of NES roms/games.
- Download the game you want and start playing!
- The mega packs don’t work so we’re creating one for you. Should be up in the within a day.
Enjoy!
For another source of ROMs see our page on NES Pocket Nester Plus
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July 17th, 2008 at 2:23 am
it doesn’t work for me I downloaded it and it says that it is meant for a previous version and when I change the controls nothing works the game goes by itself and I’ve tried with multiple game only button that works is menu
any ideas?
July 17th, 2008 at 3:07 am
tito, once you have found the menu button, make sure you go to the controller setting and change the keys. one thing to point out is that when you are changing the key setting, delete them all and then go one by one and add in the keys. this way you know that they all have been switched. also I doesn’t say ” button a = 6″, it has it on some sort of button layout system.
July 17th, 2008 at 9:57 am
tito, did you skip a step in the instructions?
July 17th, 2008 at 10:16 am
i found this little gem on the shadow forums a while ago.. it’s awesome! definitely a must have! most of the games run at full speed too.. i just turn off the sound to get the more troublesome games running better..
July 17th, 2008 at 10:34 am
the only thing about this is device is known to freeze on apps like this installed, so make sure this is what you want to download and is it worth having to master reset the phone and having it crash… i work on these i should know
July 17th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
I didn’t do step 5 when I download the pnp and install it I go to start and I can’t find it so I download a game and when it pops up I hit the menu key and then reset the controllers but it still doesn’t work and I deleted all the keys and put them in separately
July 17th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
@kenneth
at times i’ll be playing a game, for example metroid, and pause it to go to the main screen to check a text message i just recieved.. i’ve had it running in the background while doing other things, and the worst that’s ever happened to me is that it slows down windows mobile and locks up the task manager so i have to turn my phone off then on again.. i’ve never had it completely freeze or lock up my phone where i had to do a master reset.. but that’s just my experience
July 17th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
hey thanks guys I just re downloaded it and restarted my phone and now it works
July 17th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
i try to play wrestlemania and it freezes, wtf is up with that?
July 17th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
tito, I would suggest uninstalling it completely and starting back at step one.
derrick, yeah some of the FREE games don’t work I had a problem with one or two so far but nothing that breaks me heart. I even found some new ones. Star Trek the Next Generation is difficult to ‘lock the transporter’
July 17th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
can anyone gimme any ideas on the key setting for the controllers..i tried everything..and it just doesn’t work i reinstalled it tried resetting the controllers and nada. what whoaday said it’s true it has some sort of button layout system . like if i go 1 for the A buttton it’ll say 0×31 if i go 3 for the B button it’ll say 0×33  can somebody help me ??
July 17th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
To the people who had troubles with getting the controls to work. When you go to Options > Controllers. You first set up your controls, then check that last setting that says (Alternative Key Scanning). I had that same problem, but when I check that key, it works fine. Love this emulator.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
tito, the Nester is in the Games section/folder. So Start > Games > Pocket NesTer
July 17th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
thanks vlad, I missed what he meant
July 18th, 2008 at 9:05 am
I don’t understand where you have to go to set the controls…everything downloaded fine but I can’t do anything cuz I have no controls
July 18th, 2008 at 10:00 am
can someone list all the games that freezes like wrestlemania for example?
July 18th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
this would be the first app i have wanted to try 4 my shadow, but just wanted to know if there r alot of problems w/ the fone crashing …
July 18th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
i honestly think that the snes is better, it has better games, lol. (that’s in my opinion), even though it runs a little slow its still cool!!
July 18th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
where to get games for nes
July 19th, 2008 at 2:26 am
derrick, let’s just list them here as they show up.
law the games are available from the same place as the program
July 19th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
I have had this for a couple of days now and I love it!! So far none of the games have crashed on me and they all run great. Wish i could play Duck Hunt though lol.
July 19th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
This is awesome! Thanks for the post!
July 19th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
what games won’t crash? cause i tried playing wwf wrestlemania and super mario bros 3 and couldnt
July 19th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
so far, my phone crashed when I tried Ninja Gaiden and Metal Gear. I went ahead and deleted the program because it didn’t really work for my phone. I don’t know what everyone who says it works for the did to their phone to make it work, but my shadow doesn’t like this program!
July 19th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
I didn’t tweak the phone at all i just downloaded the games and played them. I haven’t tried WWF yet but super mario three and ninja gaiden worked fine for me.
July 19th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
never mind, i got it working, it seems i hadnt assigned the controls, lmfao, silly me
July 20th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
it doesnt work to change the the controlls, it wont let i
July 21st, 2008 at 6:52 pm
can someone site wat website to get games
July 21st, 2008 at 7:22 pm
i downloadesd everything according to the directiions and nothing is working not even the menu button somone plz help
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:16 am
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July 23rd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
what should i do if the game is playing in slow motion? it was working fine yesterday and i haven’t installed any new apps since.
July 23rd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
I have Mario 3 for regular nintendo on my shadow and it works well but how do i save a game? One of the options is load state or save state but i get lost after that.
August 2nd, 2008 at 2:19 am
So i followed all the steps but, the screen is blank. I try to open up my ROM but nothing happens, the screen remains black. Maybe i skipped a step or something? have any ideas to help me out. Thanks
August 2nd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I’ve tried assigning the controls; however when I start the game, it does not respond to any of them.
August 2nd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Never mind I reset the controlls and it’s working!
August 4th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
i’ve downloaded the game as instructed and when i go to open rom under pocket nester nothing is there no games or anything. i just have a black screen. i downloaded to my pc and transferred the file over…
August 5th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
OK I FIGURED IT OUT. ONCE YOU DOWNLOAD THE GAME PACKAGE GO BACK TO INTERNET EXPLORER PAGE WHERE YOU DOWNLOADED THE PACKAGE AND READ TO THE END OF THAT PASSAGE IT SHOULD SAY NES ROM FILES CLICK ON THAT AND YOU’LL SEE A LIST OF THE GAMES. PICK THE ONES YOU WANT AND DOWNLOAD THEM THEN WHEN YOU BACK IN GAME MODE THE BLACK SCREEN GO TO FILE OPEN ROM AND YOU’LL SEE THE GAMES YOU DOWNLOADED IN YOUR MY DOCUMENTS FOLDER AT THE END OF THE LIST… NOW I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE CONTROLLERS TO STICK WITH ALL THE GAMES. SEEMS LIKE I’M RESETING IT EACH TIME I PLAY….
September 17th, 2008 at 12:50 am
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September 17th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
every time i try to download a game it says error cant view item on screen. does anyone know how to get pass this