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I struggled a bit getting this to run on my Trimui so I thought this might be helpful for others.

Even though these instructions are based on my installation using a Trimui Sport Pro I hope that maybe they are universal enough to be useful for owners of other devices.

ABOUT UFO 50

Released in September this year, UFO 50 has been quite the sensation with players loving both the concept (50 games all created by a small fictitious studio that span RPG, shooters, jumping games, etc, etc) - it also sports a very competitive Achievement system where you try to get all 100 Stars from playing the games.

That - and the games are for the most part very enjoyable.

More here: 

Pre-Requisites:

1) You need to already have UFO 50 installed on your computer. These instructions also assume you are using a PC.

2) IMPORTANT: You need the LATEST build/version of UFO 50 this to work.

At the time of writing this, Oct 16, version 1.3.1 (or build 16002665) is, as far as I know, the only one that works.

INSTALLATION

Easier than you may think, once you follow some rather simple steps.

  1. Open up PortMaster on your device and make sure it updates to the latest version.

Then, open up “All Ports” and scroll to “UFO 50” and install it.

(This creates some required files and folders on your microSD card).

  1. Now, pop your microSD card into your computer.

Go to the folder on your computer where UFO 50 is installed and copy ALL the files in that folder (incl any subfolders)

See image:

(the library you want will look something like that - select it all)

  1. Go to the following folder on your microSD card: /Data/ports/ufo50/gamedata folder

Paste the files and subfolders into this folder.

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  1. Take your microSD card out and put it back in your device

Run the PORTS app in the Emulator section and magically you will now see UFO listed.

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  1. Run the game.

It will show you a screen telling you that it will patch the game. Click to proceed one or two screens and then the patching begins.

For the next 15-20 min you will see a screen showing a bunch of files that it’s updating.

(I baby-sat it and moved the joystick every 3-4 minutes to keep the device from falling asleep as I wasn’t sure what would happen if the device would go into sleep mode during the patching).

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THEN, after 15-20 sweaty minutes…you are rewarded with maybe the best/well curated set of retro-games playable on your handheld device! Good luck getting all the 50 gold medals by completing the game challenges!

TROUBLE-SHOOTING:

  • If the patching fails after a few seconds odds are that you are not using the latest build/version of UFO 50.

Launch the game on your computer and during the first screens the version number will be shown in the lower left corner.

It should be 1.3.1

Good luck!