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| 11 JUN 2004 at 5:52pm |
plswdthSpace Cadet
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Joined: 21 JUL 2003
Status : Online | I wish I could make it work!
My phone (Treo 600) is also a fairly high spec PalmOS 5 device. Unforunately, apparently for battery life issuses, they didn't put a 320x320 screen on it, instead going with 160x160. ScummVM for Palm requires 320x320 so I'm out of luck.
How brilliant would it be to play adventure games on your phone if it worked?
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| 12 JUN 2004 at 12:18pm |
The Terror of the Wolf part 3Schattenjger
Posts : 2391
Joined: 11 OCT 2002
Status : Online | All I can really say is that the GBA version of BS1 was excellent. Although it did include the ominous syria bug.
[url=http://www.justadventure.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1136331866/0#0]GAMES FOR TRADE!![/url]
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| 13 JUN 2004 at 3:22am |
GreatPumpkinSpace Cadet
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Joined: 19 OCT 2003
Status : Online | I agree. I wish they would port more adventure games to gba. SCUMM games seem like particulary good candidates.
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| 13 JUN 2004 at 3:53am |
SirDaveGuild Master
Posts : 4941
Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By GreatPumpkin (13 JUN 2004 3:22am)
I agree. I wish they would port more adventure games to gba. SCUMM games seem like particulary good candidates.
Yes, it would be nice, if only to spread adventure gaming to the masses. However, as far as quality goes, just place PocketScumm BS1 on a pocketpc beside the GBA BS1 and there is no comparison. The pocketpc version blows the GBA away.
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 13 JUN 2004 at 2:58pm |
ConMolSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 396
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | The graphics are amazingly crisp. I played part of Beneath a Steel Sky on my pc using ScummVM and it was great, but the graphics showed their age. On the pocketpc they look much better.
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| 14 JUN 2004 at 6:56pm |
STooGE4444, EastCoastDoom...Schattenjger
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Status : Online | SCUMM on a pocketPC!!!!!!!!
THat would be baddass......I didn't even know they made a version for pocketPC.....that's so neeto.....
ONe that I've been trying to find is the Fish Files for GBA......
I don't have a GBA but I will get one when I find this game (funny huh...)
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| 14 JUN 2004 at 9:18pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Electric Wizard Stooge4444 (14 JUN 2004 6:55pm)
SCUMM on a pocketPC!!!!!!!!
THat would be baddass......I didn't even know they made a version for pocketPC.....that's so neeto.....
ONe that I've been trying to find is the Fish Files for GBA......
I don't have a GBA but I will get one when I find this game (funny huh...)
Stooge-
Check out the article ConMol talks about above. All your questions are answered there, including where to find Fish Files.
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 15 JUN 2004 at 12:52am |
mszvPrivate Detective
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Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Online | The problem with playing adventure games on a handheld portable device is that the device is, well, portable. If I need to take notes while playing a game on my Palm Tungsten T3 (excellent little device, great screen) there's no great way for me to do it. Sure I could get in and out of the game to jot a note in wordsmith (the text editor I use on my Palm), but that breaks the flow. I use my Palm T3 when I'm not as my desk, when I'm "on the go". That doesn't mean I don't play games, but I tend to play little games where I don't have to take any notes.
Of course, that's a similar issue to the one I have with taking notes in general. If I need to take notes to solve the puzzles in an adventure game, and I need drawings or screenshots, then the game should provide me with a place to put that stuff, in game.
Regards, mszv
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| 15 JUN 2004 at 12:21pm |
ConMolSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 396
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | The article is in the JA archive...
Dell's Axim X30 is $250 right now, and it has wireless and bluetooth connectivity, and 64MB storage.
I am playing FADE which is a great game! The only thing is that the writing is very small but I'm managing.
My favorite is Day of The Tentacle. Laverne is the best! The graphics are so good on pocketpc and the sound clear.
Fish Files is a great adventure game - Dave lists some others for GBA and I have to add The Sims, Harvest Moon and Golden Sun1&2 off the top of my head.
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| 15 JUN 2004 at 12:23pm |
ConMolSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 396
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Oh and MSZV, I have a mind like a steel trap...I remember everything and don't need a notebook. NOT!
Ha Ha just tuned 40
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| 18 JUN 2004 at 3:24pm |
ConMolSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 396
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | SirDave - have you ever tried one of these? They are 'Choose Your Adventure' ebooks.....I came across a really good review of one at pdarcade:
http://www.pdarcade.com/modules.php?name=Reviews2&rop=showcontent&id=210
Theres a bunch to check out here -
http://www.inebooks.com/AllTitle.htm
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| 18 JUN 2004 at 3:38pm |
ConMolSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 396
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | And by the way pdarcade has a great section of reviews. If anyone has any more recommendations for web pages for pocketpc gaming, let me know.....
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| 18 JUN 2004 at 5:15pm |
Mike_ASorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 292
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By mszv (15 JUN 2004 12:52am)
The problem with playing adventure games on a handheld portable device is that the device is, well, portable. If I need to take notes while playing a game on my Palm Tungsten T3 (excellent little device, great screen) there's no great way for me to do it. Sure I could get in and out of the game to jot a note in wordsmith (the text editor I use on my Palm), but that breaks the flow. I use my Palm T3 when I'm not as my desk, when I'm "on the go". That doesn't mean I don't play games, but I tend to play little games where I don't have to take any notes.
Of course, that's a similar issue to the one I have with taking notes in general. If I need to take notes to solve the puzzles in an adventure game, and I need drawings or screenshots, then the game should provide me with a place to put that stuff, in game.
I like to play text adventure games on my old Palm IIIe and that is my main issue as well. It is harder to take notes at the same time. Some games I just play on the PC for that very reason. If I really, really want to play one on my Palm that requires extensive notes, I use the McPhling hack so I can switch to the last application with a swipe across the home spot next to the Grafitti area. Once I've switched to the notepad or whatever I just do that over and over to switch back and forth between the notepad and Frotz. It works out okay.
Now mapping is a more serious issue. I tried an adventure mapping utility for the Palm developed for this very purpose once, but it was a bit buggy and would crash at times.
Or go fishing. [i]- MI2 [/i]&&Okay. [i]- Me[/i]
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| 18 JUN 2004 at 5:31pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
Posts : 4941
Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By ConMol (18 JUN 2004 3:24pm)
SirDave - have you ever tried one of these? They are 'Choose Your Adventure' ebooks.....I came across a really good review of one at pdarcade:
http://www.pdarcade.com/modules.php?name=Reviews2&rop=showcontent&id=210
Theres a bunch to check out here -
http://www.inebooks.com/AllTitle.htm
ConMol:
No, haven't tried them, but they look like something that text adventure/interactive adventure fans might enjoy. Thanks for lettting us know about them.
On another matter: personally, I don't see the problem with the note-taking business when playing an adventure on a PDA. With a desktop, in order to take good notes and draw pictures, you still need a pad and pencil. Likewise, with a PDA you can have a small pad and pencil in your coat pocket. The big difference is that you can play a top adventure game in the doctor's office, airport or on the airplane etc- try doing that with your desktop. Even then, sometimes you don't need to take a lot of notes because you may just be playing for 10-15 minutes at a time.
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 18 JUN 2004 at 7:45pm |
ConMolSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 396
Joined: 10 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I'd like to know what games you guys are playing that require taking notes.....Do you take notes when playing the Lucasarts games?
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| 18 JUN 2004 at 8:08pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
Posts : 4941
Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By ConMol (18 JUN 2004 7:45pm)
I'd like to know what games you guys are playing that require taking notes.....Do you take notes when playing the Lucasarts games?
I guess everyone has there own note-taking needs all the way from none (eg. those that use walkthrus all the time) to a lot. For puzzle-laden games, I take a lot of notes eg. the Myst, Timelapse, Obsidian type of games. But I don't find that the Lucasarts games require as much note-taking. IMHO, you can play a fair amount of the Monkey Island games, Indiana Jones FOA and Sam 'n Max without any note-taking which is why they work especially well on PDAs!
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 19 JUN 2004 at 7:25am |
KazmijIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 52
Joined: 4 MAY 2004
Status : Online | Getting jealous of all the gadgetry. I just found out that Scott Adams text adventures are available to play on my whiz-bang TI-89 calculator, and I thought I was cool!
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| 19 JUN 2004 at 10:34pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
Posts : 4941
Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | FWIW: SirDave's PocketScumm Mini-Manual now contains full instructions on setting up Broken Sword 1&2 on the PocketPC. However, while BS1 is considered completable, BS2 is still considered experimental (though it does start up and run initially okay.).
http://www.pocketmatrix.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8606
The future ain't what it used to be!
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