This tutorial will show you how to put games on your 2.5 firmware Zune. Not that this is the game testing phase and not really any really great games yet.
First you need these 2 programs:
- Visual Studio 2008 C# Express Edition (Scroll down, the green box)
- XNA 3.0 CTP Release (Hit Download)
Install Visual Studio 2008 C# Express, then install XNA 3.0 CTP.
After this is done restart your computer and open Visual C# 2008 Express
When the program is open you need to add your Zune to the program. First hit View then Toolbars and add the XNA Device Manager 2.0. After this is done hit the Monitor button the the bar.
Make sure your Zune program is not open and your Zune is connected, and hit add device then Zune.
After this you need to open a game into the program, which one can be downloaded here.
After you have a game open the .snl file. When using the files please unzip them to your desktop because the file sometimes get displaced by the program if you open it straight from the zip file.
Sometimes the game will be in a windows version and in a Zune version, You need to deploy the Zune version to your Zune by right clicking the project (on the right side of the program) and hitting deploy. If the game has no different versions you can just hit Build > Deploy and it will add it to your Zune.
Your Zune will show it adding the files and after it is done to put another game on you will need to restart your Zune (Hold Play) to add another.
May 13, 2008 at 2:04 pm |
When i select deploy Microsoft C# says Illegel charecetrs in path !
what should i do ?
May 13, 2008 at 8:31 pm |
in the program or to install the program?
May 21, 2008 at 10:33 pm |
when i open the .snl file, it says the file has been moved or is not on my computer
?
May 22, 2008 at 6:24 am |
You need to unzip the file first then open it
June 30, 2008 at 6:56 pm |
Great read, thanks for sharing! I love my Zune so far, I have an iPod too but I find myself using my Zune more often.
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September 21, 2008 at 2:06 pm |
I don’t know how to open up Visual Studio 2008 C# Express after i install it! D=
September 21, 2008 at 8:15 pm |
Will this work with the new software(3.0) ?
September 22, 2008 at 9:31 pm |
i think XNA link is not up anymore…
September 24, 2008 at 3:24 pm |
When I open the .snl file it says “LIVE FROM NEW YORK IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT!”
…Sorry. Couldn’t help myself.
September 25, 2008 at 8:55 pm |
will it work on the 3.0 soft ware?
October 13, 2008 at 2:04 pm |
yeah the XNA link is not up anymore, someone just needs to post the file here on this website to be downloaded
October 13, 2008 at 5:56 pm |
My “Add Device” button is grayed out… help?
October 13, 2008 at 6:00 pm |
Never mind, I got it to work by going through the XNA application instead of the C# one.
October 27, 2008 at 8:24 pm |
ok i deployed several games but when i go to open it on my zune it starts to load then my zune shuts down and restarts. what do i do to fix it?
November 8, 2008 at 8:53 pm |
I save the files and unzip them but they arn’t savine as “.snl” files? Help
December 20, 2008 at 12:23 pm |
{Jeff Joseph Says:
May 13, 2008 at 2:04 pm
When i select deploy Microsoft C# says Illegel charecetrs in path !
what should i do ?}
this means that theres some kind of character that isnt compadible with zune. this could be altkeycodes, symbols, or some other thing. best thing i can tell you to do is remove any odd symbols … like if its “tetrazune_†3†r@Zun3″ or whatever, change it to just “tetrazune” because the title matters little.
March 20, 2009 at 3:23 am |
here is a link for the xna
March 20, 2009 at 3:24 am |
http://creators.xna.com/en-US/downloads