There is this hubbub around Polaris 3D graphics. I agree this is a major step forward, but what games do we realy have to use our phone's full potential?
I have only played Tomb Rider without the 3D drivers and it had very low FPS. The whole experience must be a lot better with the drivers.
KevTris or Sudoku don't benefit from the 3D video acceleration. What else is there?
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kids, list all pocket pc games you know that utilizes the camera in the gameplay. sort of like concrete software's 3d lawn darts. some other games are know are the "mosquito" games from the symbian series 60 os where you aim and "zap" mosquitoes by moving the camera of the phone
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kids, list all pocket pc games you know that utilizes the camera in the gameplay. sort of like concrete software's 3d lawn darts. some other games are know are the "mosquito" games from the symbian series 60 os where you aim and "zap" mosquitoes by moving the camera of the phone
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also Fishopolis by Rivia; see http://www.modaco.com/Motion-controller-cursor-t258954.html
Yip, I loved that Mozzies game.
I've even saved my high scores from years ago in case someone re-made them for the Pocket PC.
I second that request, especially after playing that 3d space invaders game on palm where they were all around your room. Awesome times...
1. Yesterday, I reported on the new FPSEce 0.010 videos. The Pocketplayers.info folks have just uploaded two, brand new FPSEce 0.010 videos well worth checking out:
Rayman
Wipeout XL
It seems FPSEce 0.010 will indeed be a BIG hit, particularly for 3D game fans with a Dell Axim x50v / x51v: it’ll really be able to run the well-known PlayStation classics without any problems. Make sure you donate to the developer (I’ve already done so)
2. A quick overview of Prowler Studios' games
Prowler Studios is a newcomer to the Windows Mobile gaming scene but has already released several titles. Of these, I review the three most expensive ($12.95 each) one (assuming most expensive means the best). Note that they're all Pocket PC only (not compatible with MS Smartphones - I've tested) and support all operating systems starting with WM2003.
a. Toe 2 Toe Boxing Championship is (or, at least, tries to be) a 3D boxing game. I don’t recommend this title. While it tries to be 3D, it in no way utilizes existing 3D acceleration hardware (tested this on the Dell Axim x51v). The in-game sprite animation is also VERY bad: it only has TWO phases. Taken the high price of the title into account, I in no way can recommend this game even for a quick try. I know there aren’t any boxing games for Windows Mobile (quickly checked this at Clickgamer in addition to the Sports category of the PPCMag encyclopedia). Therefore, I recommend going for emulation. The home computers / home consoles had WAY better boxing games; for example, Boxing Legends of the Ring for Mega Drive/Genesis and SNES; George Foreman's KO Boxing for the same two consoles; Riddick Bowe Boxing (which is very similar to Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing for Genesis and GG) for SNES, Gameboy and GG. Make sure you check out my emulation-related articles / Bibles in the Emulators category of my blog. Or, if you don’t necessarily want boxing, just a very similar arcade game, give a try to, for example, Garou (Fatal Fury): Mark of the Wolves under the excellent NeoGeo emulator FinalBurn Alpha. (Note that I haven’t tested the title under FinalBurn. It may NOT work. If it doesn’t, you can still look for another action game to run.)
b. Shuffleboard Unlimited: Unfortunately, this title is in no way as entertaining as for example 4Pockets’ Air Hockey Challenge reviewed HERE. If you’re absolutely sure you want a simple shuffleboard simulator, you might want to check it out. However, if you want a REAL air hockey title, go for the 4Pockets game instead - it’s way better.
c. Pocket Bass Angler 2007 1.1. Probably this fishing simulator is the only game you might want to give a try – if you’re into the genre, that is. (I am not at least.)
All in all, I couldn’t find anything of real interest among Prowler Studios’ current games. Hope their future games become much better.
3. Yeah, I know it’s self-promotion like linking to frontpages of my articles, but still… in the last (Feb/Mar 2008) issue of Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine, my Orions: The Second Age Strategy Guide was quickly summarized. Also, in his farewell message, Allen Gall recommended the articles of you-surely-won’t-guess-who
The Only Good Racing Graphics Wise Games are Raging Thunder and PGR with devices like i900 Diamond Toshiba G900 LG KS20 you would expect to have Games that have good graphics and sfx the only games are java graphics are okay but sfx crap are there no game developers that want to make games for windows mobile ?
RPG Game Number 1 hands put down is ASPyre Call of Duty but thats pretty old and most Windows mobile dont have multiplayer either via bt or wifi expect for mophun emulated games i Tried it on HTC Gene vs HP Ipaq on Carmegeddon that was pretty cool Graphics are a bit rough so are the details but hay its fun and isnt that the point of playing a game ?
Any windows mobile game using Direct3D?
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Is there any game for windows mobile which runs on ARM processor and which uses Direct3D? I have been searching for one for quite a while. I couldn't find one yet. All the ones i saw use GAPI. Please help me to have one D3D game (demo version)
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Does anyone know of a good 3d Pool game?
Been looking for one quite some time but best I get is 2d which is just crap.
Give "Virtual Pool Mobile" a look and see if that does it for you.
it is not really a 3d pool game, but pool rebel is the best pool game i ever played on a mobile phone (and i played a lot of them...). nice looking graphics, wvga resolution and easy to control on a hd2 - except some small menue buttons!
also tried virtual pool mobile before, but after a few minutes i deinstalled it. i prefer a nice 2d pool game much more...
Virtual pool mobile is not what I am looking for it is not proper 3D view with easy movement control.
So when using the FPS meter on the Shield , as well as trying out different emulators that I have, I've noticed a few things
1. At the top left when the FPS meter is enabled , the max I have ever seen was 29FPS for an emulator(PPSSPP).
2. I seem to have different issues with streaming, when it comes to emulators
a. When streaming PPSSPP, games run pretty much perfectly. Though i've noticed menu's being slower, in terms of gameplay it seems perfect. Shows 29 FPS for the games I've tried out.
B. When streaming a game like DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3, I get framedrops. This is for Dolphin and PCSX2.
-For the Dolphin version, it'll show 28 FPS at first, and then drop to 25-26 FPS at many points.
-For the PCSX2 version, it'll show between 19-20 FPS. But have framedrops in the gameplay
- FOR PCSX2, when I stream a game like Infinite World, and SMT Nocturne it seems to run great however(they both show 20FPS on the meter, but for some reason I can't notice a huge performance hit when it comes to those games). For anyone who isn't aware, IW is a DBZ 2d fighting game, and SMT is an RPG.
3. The basic thing is this. Are certain games from emulators subject to not having perfect or good experiences for streaming? Is it normal to not see anything past 29-30FPS when it comes to streaming emulators? Because if I stream PC games, I can see higher than 30FPS. But when I set the option for 60FPS and the bitrate, for emulators I've never seen it go higher than 29-30FPS
Or could this be some type of bug I only have? Any Shield Owners here who stream emulators, can put in their input? For anyone who doesn't know how the FPS meter shows, I believe you just press the Shield screen twice with 2 fingers, when Gamestreaming.
My set up is a laptop with a GTX660m. Using ethernet.5ghz. No slowdowns on the laptop when gamestreaming, only on the Shield.
The emulator is at fault. All emulators are slow even when played directly on a PC. There are so many computations being done not just for the game but to emulate the device the game is played on that it is almost mind boggling. Emulation has always been faulty and iffy at best on even the highest end PC's now add to that you are pushing that across a wireless stream and you compound the issue even more.
Having no problems here streaming PCSX2 to Shield with a GTX770,
streaming Final Fantasy XII and even God of War 2 at constant 60fps with no probs.
Your mobile GPU might be the problem that bottlenecks the Emulator while streaming.