transform a netbook into a mobile arcade

you may think that netbooks and games don't mix well, but they do.

NOTE:ALL OF THE TOOLS REQUIRE NO INSTALLATION, THERE ARE BETTER ONES THAT NEED INSTALLATION, THEY ARE ALSO FREE!!

non-free prerequisites

1. internet

2. netbook

3. usb mouse

4. usb keyboard, external monitor(optional)

5. some time

Section 1, Windows games

1. go to crsplace.blogspot.com, games and download angry birds, need for speed underground 2, and plants vs zombies

2. find the portableapps.com thread that holds the Warsow portable launcher and download it,  run it, and the go to the Warsow website to download "Warsow unified.zip" and extract the containing files to /app/warsow/

3. use peazip from portableapps.com to extract the three .rar files

4. swf opener portable, and use Firefox's tools-->page info trick to download.swf files from online games to play them offline

Section 2, Emulators to play nintendo games

1. download JNES(for online play) or FCE ultra(for big monitors) these are to play the original Nintendo

2. DOWnload Zsnes this is for the second Nintendo

3. download project64k(for the N64)

4. get virtualboy portable(for GBA, GB, GBC) at mediafire
5. Get NO$GBA this is a DS emulator that also supports gameboy, so virtualboy is not needed if you get this

5. use peazip to extract everything into it's own folder

6. find a good ROM site for your games, try www.emuparadise.org, www.coolroms.com, etc.(for games)

We used a acer aspire one with intel atom n450 prosessor at 1.66ghz, 1gb of RAM, windows 7 professional, and intel intergrated graphics. all our games ran at full speed and at 1024 X 600 resolution this should work with almost and windows version. 

Alternatives to products

1. angrybirds-none

2. plants vs zombies- none

3. Jnes, FCE ultra- google "NES emulator"

4. ZSNES- google "SNES emulator"

5. Project64k- project64(need install), 1964, google "N64 emulator" or "Nintendo 64 emulator"

6. Virtualboy advance- virtualboy-M, google "gameboy (insert color, advance here optionally) emulator"

7. warsow- red eclipse, open arena, urban terror, alien arena, halo franchise