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Bluetooth, GSM, and Gameboy

Posted by Hemos on from the advancing-the-boy dept.

brnsurgon1 writes ""The aim of the project was to investigate mobile gaming over GSM- and Bluetooth- networks, by developing a concept prototype, connecting a Gameboy to a mobile phone over Bluetooth. The results show that it is possible to connect two Gameboy Color over a GSM network by connecting to the phone using the Bluetooth plugin we developed for the Gameboy."" A couple other have submitted this story - it looks interesting. But, heck, I'm still trying to finish Golden Sun on my GBA.

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  1. Re:GPRS gaming by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    GPRS is based on [how] much traffic (in MB) you transfer so a game of Naval Fleet shouldn't cost that much.

    It looks like some phone companies have decided to charge for GPRS access based on time, not on volume of traffic. This is not very wise, but that's a fact that some users have to live with. So for them, the costs of a game would probably be quite high.

  2. So whats the point again? by yatest5 · · Score: 0, Insightful

    That they can connect via Bluetooth or GSM? Er, aren't these connection methods - you'd have to hope this'd work, eh?

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    • Mod parent up! [a] by Anonymous Coward (Score:5) Thurs, June 31, @13:37
  3. Re:So where's the Nintendo phone? by n_jed · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Call me old fashion but I want my phone to hold phone numbers and allow me to make calls. Nokia are release some game hybrid phone (N-Gauge?). It looks rubbish and I had a laugh when a Nokia spokesperson said that the it is a games machine first and that if you wanted to play multi player games he'd rather be playing poker with then than a non-multiplayer system. Me thinks I'd rather be playing Metroid Fusion on the train every morning on the way to work. Because when I am on a train in the morning, I don't have anyone there I want to talk to...

  4. I want my phone smaller not bigger by n_jed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Call me old fashion but I want my phone to hold phone numbers and allow me to make calls. Nokia are release some game hybrid phone (N-Gauge?). It looks rubbish and I had a laugh when a Nokia spokesperson said that the it is a games machine first and that if you wanted to play multi player games he'd rather be playing poker with then than a non-multiplayer system. Me thinks I'd rather be playing Metroid Fusion on the train every morning on the way to work. Because when I am on a train in the morning, I don't have anyone there I want to talk to let alone play games with/against ...