Pandora Elite running on Maemo - needs some work
 

Elite running native on the N900 :)

Bored, at work waiting for some tables to build and fidding with my N900. This very recent Elite beta built for Pandora is running on the N900:

http://www.adamcolley.co.uk/2011/07/...available.html

Mount the .pnd from the link as a loop device on your favourite OS (couldn't do this directly on the N900 for some reason?), extract, copy over to N900, change runme.sh to invoke /bin/sh rather than bash (or install bash I suppose), install libvorbisfile (apt-get install libvorbisfile3) and launch runme.sh from inside a terminal.

Note - only just done this and can't seem to quit (even power-button -> kill current task failed) ; so have openssh-server + connection running on your phone to log in remotely to kill the process.

ObDisclaimer: If you need to ask any questions about the above, then don't try it!

Dare say we're needing someone experience in Pandora porting to have a look at this and sort-out the keystrokes, launch in full screen etc ; but it's deffo a project worth looking at.

Re: Pandora Elite running on Maemo - needs some work
 

Does the .pnd contain source? Recompiling would be best option and if I remember this game (was too young to handle its complicated/intricate UI) all the buttons on sides of screen are from the author of port. Quite a lot of work went into them and it wouldn't make sense to repeat the effort. With source this could happen much faster

Re: Pandora Elite running on Maemo - needs some work
 

@szopin - no source I'm afraid. Had another look at the author's blog and it appears to be WIP. I might contact him and ask him how he's getting on. Last few entries had him grumbling about his Pandora, so it could be he's given it up - in which case it might be worth requesting he pushes his work here for someone to take over?

Re: Pandora Elite running on Maemo - needs some work
 

Getting Elite from scratch to the tablet-friendly-state it seems to be in in his port is a lot of work. If he would share his source this would be just a matter of tunning controls/keys. It was always a game I wished I mastered so I would welcome it very warmly on maemo.

Re: Pandora Elite running on Maemo - needs some work
 

It seems the pandora elite was based on Elite TNK. The project is dead since David Bradbane requested removal of binaries and source.

I wonder how did they got source code.

The other option is to port oolite (depends on OpenGL).

Elite TNK is better suited for N8x0.

Re: Pandora Elite running on Maemo - needs some work
 

OpenGL is no way suited for N900/N8x0. Hope the source leaks some way or another...

Re: Pandora Elite running on Maemo - needs some work
 

If we get the source, I am willing to handle N8x0 (I am waiting for some spare parts).

Who will ask for the source?

EDIT: So far I could not find download-able source. The latest binary for PC is 1.0.