Bluetooth, GSM, and Gameboy

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.

Comments

GPRS gaming

[nordicfrost]

I love my Ericsson T68i (i is for "Intercooler"...) It has the classic game Naval Fleet, where you try to sink the opponents boats by guessing where they are. This game can be played by one player, vs the computer, two players on the same phone, or with another player connected vi IR or Bluetooth. Now, this is cool and all, but why not connect players via GPRS? GPRS is based on who much traffic (in MB) you transfer so a game of Naval Fleet shouldn't cost that much. Too bad Ericsson didn't include GPRS gameing instead of just posting the highscores via GPRS.

gameboy advance sp

[Hank Chinaski]

can i connect a gb advance sp (picture) with a normal gb advance or a gb color? can it be done using gsm? can i use the bluetooth thingie to connect it to the pc and play over internet w/ flatrate to play with friends around the world? TETRIS!

Nintendo and Motorola

[borgdows]

Motorola works on an 802.11 wireless gaming system, developed with input from Nintendo, that will serve for future wireless gaming systems.

I can't wait for the GBA/net .. wow

Nokia and Sega

[horcy]

I cant wait for Nokia's/Sega's N-Gage. This will be
a mobile phone where you can shove in tiny
cartridges with games developed by Sega.
That will own. They want to compete with Nintendo's
GBA. I hope this will end Nintendo's
monopoly on the handheld market.

Re:Nokia and Sega

[ThundaGaiden]

I have a GBA and just recently bought a few new
games , I now have Doom and a Diablo type LotR's
game which are both amamzing.

I really don't mind Nintendo having a
monopoly in the handheld market at the moment,
They haven't abused it , the games are reasonably
priced and the acutal unit is really cheap

But if the N-Gage has a backlight , I'll sign on
with it.

One problem I do have is that these multipurpose devices usually have a heavy premium and some of the functions are underpowered or missing to make space for the other stuff

Re:Nokia and Sega

[Aronymous Coward]

Sega has no hand in the design, manufacture, or sale of the yet-to-be-released N-gage hardware. All the PR you've been seeing is from the one press release that Sega sent out announcing that they would produce games for the thing. Talk about lending credibility.

Along that line of thinking, I will keep playing Nintendo's/Capcom's/Konami's/Namco's/Sega's Gameboy Advance for now. Nintendo may have a monopoly in handheld games, but the market thrives regardless. Current generation of GB hardware AND games are cheap, numerous, high-quality. Add a phone to the mix, and you create a more sophisticated phone, not a better game system (and definitely not an inexpensive or universally-accessible one). Bah, whatever. In the games industry it's always fun to watch what companies are willing to try what.

Re:Nokia and Sega

[Wuukie]

If N-Gage will compete with GBA I'll be really happy. Here in Finland GBA games seem to cost about 50-70 EUR which is about as much as PC games. And seeing that there are quite a few games from SNES, it really is depressing.

I actually don't have GBA, but I sure would like to. But games just cost too much for me.

We really need competition.

GBA wardriving?

[xpurple]

I'm just waiting for an 802.11 adapter for my GBA. It's got plenty of CPU power, and battery life shouldn't be an issue either.

So where's the Nintendo phone?

[Inflatable Hippo]

Nintendo have been pushed into 3rd place in the console market, how long before they start slipping in the handheld market too?

The majority of people demonstrably are willing to only carry one piece of electronics around with them, and the phone is clearly it. That's why over the last 18 months more and more of the functions that used to be separate have been folded into the phone.

Witness products from Nokia, Motorola and Ericsson that combine phone, camera, walkman, PDA etc. into their phones in various combinations.

I've long expected Nintendo to announce their own phone or establish an alliance with one of the big phone handset manufacturers, but I haven't heard anything as yet.

They'd better hurry if they don't want to miss the boat, assuming they haven't already.

And a slashdot story of another...

[Aronymous Coward]

GBA Getting Bluetooth

Story's about a year old, about a company trying to use bluetooth on GBA, with bluetooth hotspots in malls and other public areas.

Cool, but...

[mrselfdestrukt]

This is very clever and everything, but too messy for me. I want a phone with a proper PDA, a color screen for watching my portable 101x80 res pr0n ans decent bluetooth games like mobile doom or outrun or something like that. When will we have that? We have most of the technology available today. Why not combine it? I know some people will say that all they want is a phone that they can use to talk to someone, but some of us want something that we can use to organise our lives,send e-mail and play a game against a friend or alone sometimes..