Nokia N-Gage Working! (somewhat)

[Ronsnk]

On 4/14/2022 at 10:17 PM, Rogerooo said:

Not sure how long it's been a feature has I just found about the emulator but looks like we can also mount zip files without the need to install them to the system drives. We can run the game with the following parameters:
 

--mount <name of the zip> --run <name of the application> --fullscreen

I'm currently testing with this method, it might be helpful for rom management and possibly import the games as a regular emulator.

 

EDIT: Looks like we can import and initialize the roms via the zip files, using "--fullscreen --mount" as the emulator parameters however this won't automatically start the game, it will load the emulator's gui and when clicking the game icon it will then launch it in fullscreen.

The additional parameter --run <name of the application> seems to be working via cmd (game launches automatically) however it must be specified AFTER the --mount parameter, so in Launchbox we need to specify parameters after the roms path, is that possible? It would also need to be set per game.

 

EDIT2: It seems that %romfile% is the variable to use in Launchbox in order to be able to set additional parameters after the rom path.

Here's what I did:

- Create an emulator pointing it to EKA2L1 executable (no need to declare parameters as we need to specify them per game) and associate with Nokia N-Gage platform (don't extract the rom).

- Import romset as zip files for platform Nokia N-Gage

- Edit game -> Launching -> Emulation settings (make sure you are using the emulator), enable Use Custom Command-Line Parameters and set them like so:

--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "<name of the application/game>"

(we must know what's the name of the application, to do that we need to mount the zip file and look for the game's name in the icons drawer, we can do this by launching the emulator and going to File -> Mount game card dump -> Zip, the game will appear, take note of it's name and insert it into the launchbox command)

ex: Asphalt: Urban GT

--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Asphalt"

Still a bit cumbersome but a little more intuitive I think. Not sure about save games though but looks like some data is persisted on the c drive of the emulator. Controls are also kinda clunky, it would be nice to be able to set a per game configuration as well.

 

EDIT3: And to finish off my already extensive post I'll share the command line parameters for the games I've imported. For the most part it's just the name of the game, but there are some odd ones here and there. I should mention that the names are case sensitive, this is especially relevant for the game Colin McRae, where for some reason it creates 2 shortcuts, colin mcrae rally 2005 and Colin McRae Rally 2005, the lowercase works the other doesn't. To be safe just copy the command parameters line for the relevant game and try it out. It's also worth mentioning that I haven't actually run every game, however their shortcut name should be working.
 

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Ashen
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Ashen"

Asphalt: Urban GT 2
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Asphalt 2"

Asphalt: Urban GT
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Asphalt"

Atari Masterpieces Vol. 1
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Atari MP Vol I"

Atari Masterpieces Vol. II
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Atari MP Vol II"

Bomberman
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Bomberman"

Call of Duty
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "CallofDuty"

Catan
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Catan"

Civilization
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Civilization"

Colin McRae Rally 2005
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "colin mcrae rally 2005"

Crash Nitro Kart
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "CrashNitroKart"

FIFA Football 2005
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "FIFA 2005"

FIFA Soccer 2004
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "FIFA 2004"

Glimmerati
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Glimmerati"

High Seize
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "High Seize"

MLB Slam!
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "MLB Slam!"

Marcel Desailly Pro Soccer
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "MarcelDesaillyProSoccer"

Mile High Pinball
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Mile High"

MotoGP
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "MotoGP"

NCAA Football 2004
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "NCAA®"

ONE
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "ONE"

Operation Shadow
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Operation Shadow"

Pandemonium!
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Pandemonium"

Pathway to Glory
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Pathway to Glory"

Pathway to Glory: Ikusa Islands
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Ikusa Islands"

Payload
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Payload"

Pocket Kingdom: Own the World
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "PKingdom"

Puyo Pop
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Puyo Pop"

Puzzle Bobble VS
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "PuzzleBobbleVS"

Rayman 3
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Rayman 3"

Red Faction
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "RedFaction"

Requiem of Hell
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Requiem of Hell"

Rifts: Promise of Power
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "RIFTS"

SSX: Out of Bounds
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "SSX"

Sega Rally Championship
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "SegaRally"

Snakes
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Snakes"

SonicN
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "SonicN"

Spider-Man 2
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "SM 2"

Super Monkey Ball
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "supermonkeyball"

System Rush
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "System Rush"

The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Elder Scrolls"

The King of Fighters: Extreme
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "KOF EXTREME"

The Roots: Gates of Chaos
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "The Roots"

The Sims: Bustin' Out
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "The Sims Bustin' Out"

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "TW 2004"

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "GhostRecon"

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "SplinterCell"

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Team Stealth Action
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Splinter Cell"

Tomb Raider: Starring Lara Croft
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Tomb Raider"

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater"

Virtua Cop
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "Virtua Cop"

Virtua Tennis
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "virtuatennis"

WWE: Aftershock
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "WWE"

Warhammer 40,000: Glory in Death
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "WH40K"

Worms: World Party
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "WWP"

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "XMLII"

X-Men Legends
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "XMen™"

Xanadu Next
--fullscreen --mount %romfile% --run "XanaduNEXT"

 

First of all, sorry for reviving this thread but I wanted to share my experience just in case someone is google searching as I was a couple hours ago. 
Thank you so much to all the people that helped in this forum, specially you, Rogerooo, because this was the option that actually worked for me but I had to make a modification in the order of the commands. Taking as an example Ashen:

--app %romfile%--mount --run "Ashen" --fullscreen

Hope this helps.
Thank you all again.

Edited 5 hours ago by Ronsnk
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