I am playing a game on my phone. The Internet Archive is once again launching a giant collection of software that you can play on any web browser, up to and including your phone. There are over 500 classic Palm apps, including games and free trials from both the grayscale and color eras.
If you reach out and touch a 1996 pocket computer, you'll get a pocket computer of your own.
The entire Palm OS is loaded with every launch, including its full selection of default apps like the calculator and memo pad. You can reach out and touch a 1996 pocket computer with a 2022 pocket computer, and it will work. There is an interactive window into the early days of the App Store.
When I played Space Trader and Flappy Bird, I showed off my tricorder to anyone who would bite, and occasionally even took valuable, it was like going back in time to high school. It's now possible for other generations to see what those were like.
It only took six months for the existing CloudPilot emulator to be ready to be embedded, thanks to Christian Speckner and the POSE emulator that came before, according to archives and historians.
Scott uses a gps app on his Palm III, but I don't want to spoil why. When you try it for yourself, you will get it.
Back when developers were trying to figure out what would make people pay for an app, he had a collection of Palm Pilot trialware. The calculator that says you can't do any math calculations with the number 7 seems to be in a certain circle of hell.
Scott is soft-launching the Palm Pilot emulator collection because he is tired of people finding that he missed a spot, and he still needs some work. He would like to add the instructions for the apps.
Shoot me an email if there is a game or app that got you through school or work and you can't find it. I will pass along requests if Scott adds a few more.
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