I love platformers. From metroidvanias to side-scrolling action RPGs, there's a lot to love in this classic gaming genre. In the spirit of platforming goodness, it's my pleasure to introduce our Android Game of the Week for this final week before Christmas: Limbo.
You've probably heard about it, and it features in both our best Android platformers and best Android games roundups. It's a delightfully creepy game, full of shadowy surrealism that leaves you wanting more. There are definitely good reasons why this game is liked.
Limbo is over ten years old now, which is almost impossible to believe. It tells the story of a young boy who ventures into limbo to find out what happened to his sister. His journey is fraught with danger as he wakes up in a dark forest, and you're left to figure out the context as you push forward.
It's more accurate to label Limbo as a puzzle-platformer since it features plenty of puzzles to challenge you. Death is a common thing in this game, but it avoids typical frustrations by loading you back before the trap that killed you. There is no starting over as you would in rogue-like or having the world respawn everything in the case of a Souls-like. While some deaths might feel cheap at times, I never got frustrated. Instead, I learned from my mistakes and pressed on.
The "plot" here is told via environmental storytelling. You've got nothing but the visuals, soundscape, and gameplay to tell you what's going on, and I absolutely love that. I like lore-heavy games, don't get me wrong, but it's fun to either figure things out for yourself via contextual clues or just be left wondering what's up with no explanation given. Limbo doesn't hand you anything. There are no cutscenes or loading screen hints to give you any idea about what's going on.
When you sit down and really think about what's happening in this game, you realize it's really disturbing. Our boy hero dies frequently and often in gruesome or horrifying ways. That triggers a momentary visceral response without the game being overly violent. Even so, you and he press on into the depths of limbo itself.
It's really non-stop, whether the game is surprising you or being downright weird. You'll encounter strange creatures and other lost souls in addition to the clever puzzles. Once you get to the end, though... wow. All these years later, I'm still amazed by it. I won't spoil anything for you; just go play Limbo!
There's also a free demo available if you want to try out the game before you buy. I hope you're thoroughly creeped out by this game, but that's all she wrote. Be sure you stop by our best Android games list, where Limbo has a proud spot, and check out previous Games of the Week! I'll see you all next week.
Being a kali linux user, this very topic caught my eye when I read the tweet by Nicolas Ibrahim saying that he was able to install kali linux on his android phone using limbo PC emulator, unrooted. So I looked on the web to find if there is any write up about the same and having found nothing elaborate and useful, I accomplished it myself and here it is, the detailed walk-through for your perusal. Have fun folks!
The very first step to this project is to have an Android phone running OS 4.1 +, although I have read that android 2.1+ is sufficient, I have used a Samsung Note 3 with the latest kitkat OS. It does not need to be rooted. Yes you heard me right, not root required.
Moving on, we have to remember that the majority of the android phones available now in the market are not 64 bit supportive they are all meant for 32 bit OS. hence, the OS needs to be 32 bit. period.
We begin by downloading the appropriate ISO image from the official kali linux website which you can find here- please make sure you download the 32 bit version which states Kali Linux 1.0.6 32 Bit Mini ISO as shown below-
Next, we need a PC emulator for Android and we choose to install the limbo PC emulator, it is interesting to note that it has been removed from Google play store so you will have to search for other alternatives like sourceforge. Once downloaded and installed on your mobile device, you are ready for the real deal.
Limbo does not need any root permissions and the path for HDD A will usually point to the *.qcow2 file in a sub folder in the primary limbo directory. Looks like this storage/emulated/0/limbo/machines/foldername/*.qcow2
Qmobile Noir A30 has 256MB RAM and a robust processor, yes you can install it however, performance will be an issue so make sure you reserve ample space for SWAP.
Yes you can also install kali linux on a PC with 512MB RAM provided it is atleast an i386 processor.
No, for the most part the phone doesnt need to be connected to the computer. It depends on how you transfer images to the phone, You might need connect the mobile to a PC to copy the OS image onto it.
Thank you for the fast reply.
If i allocate more ram there is the same error. But i dont have the 32x mini ISO because it not available to download any more. (or i dont find it) Can this cause the error? If yes, is there a way to download the Kali Linux 32x mini ISO?
Same error, i dont have the mini iso too and it dont work with the normal iso i think. @theinfosecguru can you upload or send a url to download the mini iso please? this would be really really nice (for us and the next who visit this blog) ?
please help for bad archive mirror
when i follow up the instruction which you provided then it showing bad mirror archive and continue. What should I have do to escape out from this problem.
please help for that.
Helo sir .. trying to installl it on note 3 . Faceing an issue like Vm shutdown just after pressing start..changed the ram size..changed the nemmory size and everything but still same error ..hope you could find a solution
I just bought a game called Limbo in Humble Bundle V. The site says that all games are cross-platform but in my computer the game has no sound. I've searched in google and looked in the official FAQ, but none of them helped me.
A new version of Limbo is being uploaded to the download pages today that should fix the Linux sound issue. Please check back on your download page for the updated timestamp below the download buttons on that page and try out the new version.
From what I can tell, the bundled version tries to talk to ALSA directly and this doesn't work while you have PulseAudio running. Simple solution: pasuspender ./launch-limbo.sh. Complex solution: make Limbo use your system version of Wine.
Download Windows version (.exe) and run it under Wine (check for it on the Ubuntu Software Center), follow the wizard, answer yes when asking for directx install and everything will work fine, I'm playing it now :)
Limbo works fine for me with no special audio configurations mentioned in the other answers, but It (and wine in general) sometimes has issues with pulseaudio. In my case a restart of pulseaudio fixes it.
Emulation is a very difficult process, thankfully Windows 95 has very little requirements. On the phone it works perfectly like on a computer, if someone wants to have the operating system on the phone it's only Windows 95. You will need the limbo application to install windows on your phone.
Did you Wonder how to run versions of windows nt on android? If so,you can install it by downloading these emulators:Limbo x86 pc emulator,or bochs,in this tutorial,i will be using limbo for this,steps: 1.Download Limbo Pc emulator from the official website [DO NOT DOWLOAD LATEST VERSION SINCE IT HAS PROBLEMS]Just Download Version 3.0.0 On archived apk's, 2.Download the desired windows nt version [3.1, 3.5, 3.51, 4.0]. 3: Install And Open limbo and configure limbo using the following steps: cpu: 486 Or pentium [Pentium MMX]. Machine type:pc,pc-i440fx [you can find a driver for the i440fx online] ram:32mb hard disk: 5 gb [PARTITION IT TO 2GB] CDrom drive {OPTINAL IF YOU ARE INSTALING CD VERSION] Floopy disk a:yes floopy b: no sd card: no 4.insert disk 1 img image on to floppy disk a: and follow the install instructions 5.video card: std,cirrus [RECOMMENDED] VMWARE [FASTER] to install video drivers to get native performance,install vbe miniport driver or ciruus logic 5446 driver for cirrus. 6.sound card sb16 [Sound Blaster 16] GUS [ Gravis Ultrasond] pcspk [PC speaker] 6.enjoy windows nt installed on android without your android os replaced.
My accounts recently started requiring me to use authenticator app, but it was not working on the authenticator app itself (never got approve or deny, never got codes) so i deleted and reinstalled the app which means i needed to add all my accounts again, but to add an account I still need the approval of the authenticator app. So im stuck in limbo locked out of my email because I need the authenticator app to access the authenticator app.
You can recover your account credentials from your cloud account, but you must first make sure that the account you're recovering doesn't exist in the Microsoft Authenticator app. For example, if you're recovering your personal Microsoft account, you must make sure you don't have a personal Microsoft account already set up in the authenticator app. This check is important so we can be sure we're not overwriting or erasing an existing account by mistake.
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I just want to throw out there (since I found this while searching, and I wouldn't want to leave a DenverCoder situation) that the user may not realize their phone is not connected to the account properly, because the MS Auth app doesn't look particularly different in some cases.
I had a user that migrated to a new phone, and the MS Authenticator App picked up on the Office 365 account from the other apps on the phone, and the email showed up as a "Connected Account" when we tapped into the account but would not receive notifications or provide One-Time Passcodes for the account, even though it was listed.