UPDATE (11/24/2007): At last: an M3G-capable, much more gaming-friendly
Jbed version is out!
As is stated in the Bible (as can also be seen in the
main game compliance chart), the recommended, current version of Jbed has very limited game compatibility. If you do want to use it and do need to run for example M3G titles, so far, you needed to turn to alternative and, in many respects, inferior MIDlet managers. Now, this has changed: thanks to XDA-Devs forum members
viperj and defcomg, a brand new and really great version has been posted.
This is version 070524.2.1 - that is, slightly older than the current, 070802.2.2 version. The major disadvantage of this version, compared to the 2.2 one, is the complete lack of sound emulation.
It runs all the games running under the old, M3G-capable Jeodek (see their list
HERE) and is very fast. Furthermore, it isn’t affected by the locale bug of version 2.2 – that is, the inability to run under any locales using a language with a non-Western alphabet (for example, most East-European languages).
I’ve tested it with I-Play’s
FIA World Rally Championship 3D, Namco’s
Arcade Golf and High Speed 3D. All these worked flawlessly (except for, of course, the complete lack of sound), unlike under 2.2. Under 2.2, they didn't even start or crashed later.
If you really need sound emulation and it’s indeed able to run the given title, you will still want to version 2.2 of Jbed, though. For example, it runs
Simcity Societies with great sound.
Installation
To install it, just grab
THIS file, unRAR it to, preferably, the “
J” subdirectory on your storage card (so that
jbed.exe is right in the “J” subdirectory) and import
THIS Registry import file (change all occurrences of "Storage Card" to the name of your card if it has another name). You might also want to copy a link to the main executable,
jbed.exe, to
\Windows\Start Menu\Programs (or, just
\Windows\Start Menu\ on MS Smartphones). I’ve created the link file
HERE.