Homebrew [Request] AoE port app?

[Pandaxclone2]

I'm wondering if it is possible to make a homebrew port of the PC game Age of Empires that would work (Not run flawlessly mind you, just run) on the 3DS? Could the 3DS even handle a game like that?

It *should* be possible to bypass legal technicalities by making it so that you can drop a copy of the game (That you would own) into the homebrew folder for it to read. That way the port is only a translator from PC files to 3DS. Maybe even just having it call up graphics and sound files only.

I guess you could call that an emulator though.

 

[olshrimpeyes]

I'm wondering if it is possible to make a port of the PC game Age of Empires that would work (Not run flawlessly mind you, just run) on the 3DS? Could the 3DS even handle a game like that?

It *should* be possible to bypass legal technicalities by making it so that you can drop a copy of the game (That you would own) into the homebrew folder for it to read. That way the port is only a translator from PC files to 3DS. Maybe even just having it call up graphics and sound files only.

I guess you could call that an emulator though.

I guess it could be possible to make an open source implementation of the engine that you could drop an executable into. Similar to NXEngine does for Cave Story.

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Though it would be a big undertaking.

 

[farias0]

I believe it would be awful to play, wouldn't it? The input, the small screen, everything.

 

[Pandaxclone2]

It would be better than what AoE titles we currently have for handhelds. I assume a bit of tweaking with the interface to scale the size would help.