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The Wireless Arcade

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the waitin-in-line dept.

KeelSpawn writes "Techreiview has an article on Wireless gaming through handhelds. Quoted from article: "They don't have fancy 3-D graphics, but video games for handheld devices stand poised to capture a huge U.S. market. Why? Because we all have to wait." There are a lot of "Small" games that could be great time killers in lines if ported to cel phones, and made multiplayer, and cheap. Perhaps something like the Game Boy's Pokemon Crystal, but with hooks to play perhaps the people within X miles of you ;)

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  1. Great, as long as it doesn't eat up minutes... by systmc · · Score: 4, Informative

    The particular Sprint phone I have doesn't have any games preloaded on it - you must use their wireless web to access games. Problem is, it's billed as a call the entire time you play. Not very fun.

  2. Re:So what the games are simple! by Fred+IV · · Score: 2, Informative

    Too bad it's only in Japan right now.

    Coming to the US faster than you think.
    Check it out

  3. Naval fleet on Ericsson T68 by tagevm · · Score: 1, Informative

    The Ericsson T68 includes a Naval Fleet game that can be played by two players over Bluetooth. It may not be that exciting, but it would kill time a little faster when standing in line, although it may be difficult to find an opponent in the same line, with a T68, which is also looking for a Bluetooth game partner...

  4. Been here for years. by Monthenor · · Score: 5, Informative
    I don't know about all you gee-whiz PDA users, but my number one game of ALL time on ANY system, the one I've spent the MOST time on in my 17 years of gaming, is ZTetris3.0 for the TI-85.

    It has everything this article mentioned except wireless: portability, cheap graphics, multiplayer, and the air of dignity from my sleek black calc. It is also (IMO) the greatest version of Tetris ever made.

    It has gotten me through the most boring classes and the longest waits. It doesn't eat batteries like some other TI games I could mention *coughbreakoutcough*, yet it is still endlessly fast and challenging. The two-player battle mode is perfectly balanced, with all sorts of different tactics my Chemistry buddies and I developed in high school. I would seriously consider teaching a class on Tetris Theory if someone would pay me.

    So I'll leave my phone in my pocket, thank you. TI has me covered.

    --
    Co-founder of GerbilMechs
  5. Re:Other things you could do with a palmtop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Download a text file from Project Gutentberg You can get a ton of great public domain books there.

    (I know the promo.net thing looks suspicious. If you don't trust my link search on Gutenberg in Google. it will come up in the first spot usually)