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Games/emulator news (02/01/08): some GREAT, new FPSEce 0.010 videos; Dark Street etc.

1. Some GREAT, new FPSEce 0.010 videos released!
I’ve long been waiting for the long-announced, 0.010 version of FPSEce, the one and only PlayStation emulator for Windows Mobile, which will deliver MASSIVE optimizations and GREAT speed enhancements, especially with PDA’s with the Intel 2700G 3D graphics accelerator. This, unfortunately, means only the Dell Axim x50v and x51v are supported (if you need SPEED, that is).
For long, the project seemed to be completely abandoned, until, in early December, the developer announced there would be an imminent release of the brand new and heavily enhanced version. Unfortunately, he still hasn’t managed to get it released; however, in addition to the old demos already available HERE, he’s (more precisely, Damien of PocketPlayers Reloaded) posted five brand new videos showing the capabilities of the new engine:
Ridge Racer
Pandemonium
Tekken
Motortoon
Check them out if interested. Again, note that the videos have been shot on the hardware-accelerated Dell Axim x51v. A non-hardware-accelerated device will behave far worse (see for example THIS non-accelerated Tekken video to see the difference).
2. A cheap Final Fight / Streets of Rage clone, Dark Street, released
The just-released Dark Street is a cheap, very simple but, if you’re a fan of the genre, quite entertaining bash’m up game, pretty much similar (but still inferior to) the console beat 'em up classics like Capcom’s Final Fight and Sega’s Streets of Rage.
It is compatible with both Pocket PC’s and Smartphones. With the latter, even the lower-resolution 176*220 models are supported.
Currently, it’s only available from mobile2day.de. Click the Download link there. Note that it loads VERY slow.
Unfortunately, it, as of the current, 1.0.1 version, has MAJOR problems on both Pocket PC’s and Smartphones.
a. On Pocket PC’s, if you touch the touch screen to either fire or activate one of the super skills (the small icons in the upper left corner), the game will start stuttering. For example, on my HTC Wizard, it has just stopped and I had to entirely reset the phone. On my old, WM2003 HP iPAQ h2210, it behaved better; so did on my WM5 AKU2.3 Dell Axim x51v. Still, this bug made the game almost unplayable on the latter two devices too.
Unfortunately, as you can’t reassign the action key (kicking etc.), controlling the game becomes REALLY hard because you can only do any action by pressing the Action button in the D-pad. This alone renders this game useless.
b.On MS Smartphones (tested on both the QVGA WM6 Vox and the 176*220 WM5 Oxygen), the situation is decidedly better because, there, you can also use the “5” dialpad key to kick / shoot (as opposed to, say, how Amiga Inc.’s Invasion, where, on a Smartphone, you can’t use any of the dialpad buttons.) However, as there aren’t any dialpad shortcuts to activate the super weapons, there is little point in playing the game on the Smartphone platform either.
The (mono) music is pretty OK at first; later, however, becomes really repetitive.
All in all, before these problems are fixed, I cannot recommend this game at all. If you’re REALLY into the genre, go the SNES / NeoGeo / etc. emulation route instead. The better emulators (please see my related Bibles HERE) all have redefinable buttons; the original games are far better too (much better music, animation, sprites, backgrounds etc.)
(Source & another, German language thread on the game: PocketPlayers Reloaded)
3. SmartGear news
The folks at BitBank Software, developers of the award-winning SmartGear emulator, have, two days ago, announced they would add SNES and/or GBA support for SmartGear. Also, they have asked whether anyone needs a pre-WM2003 build of SmartGear. You can “vote” for these in the dedicated MoDaCo thread.
4. An excellent Java platform game released & reviewed
There is a brand new and pretty nice MIDlet game, Sola Rola. It received a stellar review over at All About N-Gage. While I haven’t tested it, you might still want to give it a try to see whether it’s compatible with Windows Mobile MIDlet managers and/or it’s a good game by Windows Mobile standards as well.

About FPSEce i follow this emulator this the first beta some years ago.
Games like Xenogear, or Parasite Eve works good even if little bit slow on My dell axim x30 Perf.
I don't know if this new version will be changed something for this device.
About Darkstreet, there is a programming problem. With my HTC Touch, sometimes the game freeze during the intro and often i when i touch the screen to fight an opponent.
I think that from a bad programming sheet with touch screen, because the game freeze but after continue to work. I never need to restart the HTC Touch. Once time the game worked very good.
On my Dell Axim, the game has the same problem. It isn't normal, specially with a pocketpc who turn 624MHz.
I will hope they release a best version.
Something is funny, all characters from all games of Huike are the same specials skill to fight

thanks for the update...will def try this one out. Tried out spyro the dragon with the initial release but was a bit too slow for my liking. Eager to see how this new release compares to the last version.
cheers

Want to see what version 1.0 will be?
Watch my videos
http://www.youtube.com/?gl=FR&hl=fr
Runs on Samsung omnia (with bluetooth gamepad to controll)

i900frenchaddict said:
Want to see what version 1.0 will be?
Watch my videos
http://www.youtube.com/?gl=FR&hl=fr
Runs on Samsung omnia (with bluetooth gamepad to controll)
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Your URL is messed up and takes to the French collection only.

1.0 is SOOO much faster for me than .96 and .95. I dont even really need the frameskip mode as i can get 30fps easy on many games (as opposed to 15 that i got before) which is great for a touch pro. I can't wait for the official one to come out and i hope it's being continued. The last news on the page is from January ad it says that there's only a small problem. All i can really think now is that the developers must really be working to create a perfect version or that problem led to a couple more and they are developing a fix. I only wish they would release more betas because waiting for the official is murder!

where can i download isos for this?

jrodizzkool01 said:
The last news on the page is from January ad it says that there's only a small problem.
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they're been saying this for two years

jrodizzkool01 said:
1.0 is SOOO much faster for me than .96 and .95. I dont even really need the frameskip mode as i can get 30fps easy on many games (as opposed to 15 that i got before) which is great for a touch pro. I can't wait for the official one to come out and i hope it's being continued. The last news on the page is from January ad it says that there's only a small problem. All i can really think now is that the developers must really be working to create a perfect version or that problem led to a couple more and they are developing a fix. I only wish they would release more betas because waiting for the official is murder!
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and where did you get version 1.0?

josefcrist said:
and where did you get version 1.0?
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found it by accident on some forum in a different language (looked either german or russian) but i dont remember the name. I couldnt read a word they said but i saw 1.0 and clicked on it so it downloaded. Its very, very buggy so i think it might be an alpha copy. Schtruck, the developer said about a week ago that the official release of 1.0 will (hopefully) come out very soon. ive been following the fpsece 1.0 forum practically everyday

bstylz911 said:
where can i download isos for this?
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sorry but it's illegal to discuss places to download isos and psx but i can suggest google. Took me about a second to search for and find a rom website

Menneisyys said:
Your URL is messed up and takes to the French collection only.
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What an idiot I am!
Here is the good link
http://www.youtube.com/user/i900frenchaddict
(32 videos of FpseCE 1.0 here, and some older of 0.9.5 and 0.9.6)
Here you'll see the real 1.0 beta tests, updated many times by Schtruck since I have been testing it, and now very close the the coming official release
Sorry for the bad link, and the time it took me to realize...
All the videos on my youtube channel were made on my Samsung Omnia, and of course with Schtruck's agreement

i900frenchaddict said:
What an idiot I am!
Here is the good link
http://www.youtube.com/user/i900frenchaddict
(32 videos of FpseCE 1.0 here, and some older of 0.9.5 and 0.9.6)
Here you'll see the real 1.0 beta tests, updated many times by Schtruck since I have been testing it, and now very close the the coming official release
Sorry for the bad link, and the time it took me to realize...
All the videos on my youtube channel were made on my Samsung Omnia, and of course with Schtruck's agreement
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just wondering, do you find the bluetooth keyboard to increase the performance of the emulator (like speed or fps)? Im on the fence on whether i should get one for my touch pro because though i can map the keyboard, it slows down gameplay when using it

No, I use a bluetooth gamepad only for 2 reasons:
-the omnia has no real hardware buttons
-its screen is not multitouch
So it's the only solution for me to really play.

PocketIso 3.2 released on FPsece forum:
http://fpsece.e3b.org/forum2/download/file.php?id=22&sid=42047c6714a49a07b24906a2aa7b1da7
It makes smaller compressed iso than before (for games using XAstreams)

i900frenchaddict said:
What an idiot I am!
Here is the good link
http://www.youtube.com/user/i900frenchaddict
(32 videos of FpseCE 1.0 here, and some older of 0.9.5 and 0.9.6)
Here you'll see the real 1.0 beta tests, updated many times by Schtruck since I have been testing it, and now very close the the coming official release
Sorry for the bad link, and the time it took me to realize...
All the videos on my youtube channel were made on my Samsung Omnia, and of course with Schtruck's agreement
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so what is the agreement that you have with him?
how soon is soon for official release?

josefcrist said:
so what is the agreement that you have with him?
how soon is soon for official release?
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That’s something a LOT of WinMo users are waiting for

Menneisyys said:
That’s something a LOT of WinMo users are waiting for
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har har yeah i figured it was worth a try though because it seems like this guy knows the developer.

Yes, I'm in touch with Schtruck with MSN.
He asked me in March if I wanted to test the beta 1.0 version of FpseCE because he had seen my youtube videos with the bluetooth gamepad and my omnia on version 0.9.5 and 0.9.6 (and appreciated the result I think), and he wanted to test FpseCE both with the Marvell cpu of the Omnia, and the WQVGA display.
I accepted of course, I was really honnored!
So I started to test FpseCE 1.0, new fix after new fix, Schtruck allowing me to make some videos to show improvements in real time.
For the official release, it was delayed because LDchen had to deal with difficult and important times in his job, so he had few time to work on fpsece.
Now, Schtruck and LDchen are merging their works and working together on the last fixes.

Fresh new vids:
-Bloody Roar 2 using new settings (in fact the same settings and fixes that were made for tekken 3, they seem to work well for many other games)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53-XDLtjVSk
-Simpsons Wrestling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_vKgb024D0

Games for the HTC Advantage X7510

This would be my day 4 of testing applications for the X7510. I am amazed by how stable this ROM is. I had thrown numerous games on it and suffered no hang ups. I had not done any hard resets up to this point. The uninstall setting in the ROM works flawlessly unlike in my Universal.
I am running these games using the Real VGA hack at 92 dpi.
PORTRAIT GAMES:
1.....Resco Brain Games: http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/braingames/
2.....Sky Force Reloaded: http://idreams.pl/product.php?idProduct=6
3.....Impossible Sudoku: http://www.umobilegame.com/sudoku.htm
4.....Crazy Spot: http://umobilegame.com/spot.htm
5.....My Little Tank: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/mlt/
6.....Brain Evolution: http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/brainevolution/?en
7.....Siberian Strike X: http://pocketpc.pdablast.com/articles/2002/11/2002117-Siberian-Strike-X-Blast.html
8.....Robo: http://www.clickgamer.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=14631&section=PPC
9.....Golden Tee Golf: http://store.handmark.com/products/detail.php?id=2729
I would like to say that although My Little Tank, Siberian Strike X, and Sky Force Reloaded are supposed to be played portrait mode, you can reassign the keys and use the keyboard to play it in landscape mode.
LANDSCAPE GAMES:
1.....Astraware Casino: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/casino/
2.....Astraware Sudoku: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/sudoku/
3.....Bejeweled 2: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/bejeweled2/
4.....Hammer Heads: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/hammerheads/
5.....Plantastic: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/plantastic/
6.....Tetris: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/tetris/
7.....Trade Winds 2: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/tradewinds2/
8.....Atomic Canon: http://www.isotope244.com/atomic_cannon_pocket.html
9.....Machines At War: http://www.isotope244.com/machines-at-war.html
10....Chess Genius: http://www.chessgenius.com/wm/index.html
11....Ore Explorer: http://www.umobilegame.com/ore.htm
12....Snails Reloaded: http://www.pdamill.com/prod_sn.shtml
13....Tank Ace: http://www.resetgame.com/tank/wm/
14....Tilelander: http://www.ludimate.com/products/tilelander/index.php
15....Warring Nations: http://www.clickgamer.com/download.htm?pvid=280
16....Dungeoned: http://www.redshift.hu/
17....Snow Rally Canada: http://www.omnigsoft.com/products/2006/SnowRallyCanada/SnowRally.html
18....PDAMill Game Box Solitaire II version 5 (their latest version will hang your device): http://www.gameboxsolitaire.com/index.shtml
19....Acky's XP Breakout: http://www.isotope244.com/games/ab/ackys-xp-breakout.html
20....Archibald's Adventures: http://archibald.rakeingrass.com/index.php
21....Platypus: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/action/platypus/?skucode=0088-000-0570
22....Astraware Board Games: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/board/boardgames/?skucode=0084-000-0529
23....Call Of Duty 2: http://www.aspyr.com/product/info/62
24....Pocket Pool: http://www.megasoft2000.com/product.php?division=ppc&product=PocketPool
25....Leisure Larry: http://www.winplay.com/item/LeisureSuitLarryLoveForSail
26....Virtual Pool: http://www.celeris.com/games/VPMobile/main.html
27....Ancient Evil: http://www.clickgamer.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=2672&section=PPC
28....Pocket Uno: http://programaro.ru/en/pocket-pc/pocket-uno
29....Resco Bubbles: http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/bubbles/default.asp
30....Pocket Grandmaster: http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com/english/index.html
31....War of Two Cities: http://www.oasysmobile.com/products/civilization.html
32....PDAMill Game Box Boards: http://www.pdamill.com/prod_gb.shtml#ss
33....Bookworm: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/wm5/bookworm/?skucode=0058-000-0045
34....Dynomite: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/wm5/dynomite/?skucode=0052-000-0053
35....Pocket Fritz 3: http://www.chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=403
36....Sudoku Addict: http://www.tealpoint.com/softsudo.htm
37....Resco Bubbles: http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/bubbles/default.asp
38....Across Lite Mobile (Crossword Puzzles): http://www.binaryfish.com/WinCE/Software/PocketPC/AcrossLiteMobile/index.php
39....Cubis: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/wm5/cubis/?skucode=0074-000-0052
40....Chuzzle: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/wm5/chuzzle/?skucode=0060-000-0399
41....Glyph: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/wm5/glyph/?skucode=0073-000-0455
42....Broken Sword: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/wm5/brokensword1/?skucode=0211-000-0466
43....Zuma: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/wm5/zuma/?skucode=0078-000-0129
44....Big Box Of Blox: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/action/bigboxofblox/?skucode=0064-000-0432
45....Pac-Man: http://www.clubic.com/telecharger-fiche11317-pac-man-pour-pocket-pc.html
46....Rats: http://www.pdamill.com/prod_ra.shtml?ref=panel#buy
47....Scrabble (can't find the link for PPC): http://www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=7080&award=xx&from=Handmark, Inc.
48....Bowling For Burgers: http://www.pdamill.com/prod_bo.shtml?ref=prboxs
49....Medieval Heroes: http://www.medievalheroes.com/overview.htm
50....Dominoes: http://www.omegaone.com/games/ppc/dominoes.htm
51....All-In Hold 'Em: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/card/allinholdem/?skucode=0464-000-0383&page=description
52....Arvale II: http://pdamill.com/prod_ot.shtml
53....Pachinko: http://pdamill.com/prod_pg.shtml#ss
54....Dinner Dash: http://www.glu.com/noram/pages/product.aspx?pr=Diner+Dash+2
55....Meltdown: http://www.momentumgames.com/asp/webpage.asp?PageId=36
56....Super-G Stunts: http://www.clickgamer.com/moreinfo.htm?b=POCKETGAMER&pid=15189
57....PBA Bowling: http://store.handmark.com/p/2608/Wi...g-for-Windows-Mobile-Pocket-PC/Palm-Treo-700w
58....Rayman Ultimate: http://www.handango.com/catalog/Pro...ormId=30&productId=44418&WT.mc_Id=programId11
59....Transformers: http://store.handmark.com/products/detail.php?id=108476
60....Watchmen: http://store.handmark.com/p/116872/...The-Mobile-Game-for-Windows-Mobile-Pocket-PC/
61....Simpsons 2: http://store.handmark.com/products/detail.php?id=119870
Rayman is playable eventhough the direction arrows are inverted. Aside from getting use to that, it is a very nice game.
Astraware's Bookworm and Dynomite can also be played in portrait mode.
Another note for ASTRAWARE games, most of them are scaled to work in landscape, but still plays smooth without any slowing down.
Pac-Man shows up portrait but since you can assign the buttons to function, you can play it in Landscape.
So far, these are all the games I have tested and they work really well on my X7510 with the Real VGA hack at 96 dpi. Enjoy everyone.

cktlcmd said:
This would be my day 4 of testing applications for the X7510. I am amazed by how stable this ROM is. I had thrown numerous games on it and suffered no hang ups. I had not done any hard resets up to this point. The uninstall setting in the ROM works flawlessly unlike in my Universal.
I am running these games using the Real VGA hack at 92 dpi.
PORTRAIT GAMES:
1.....Resco Brain Games: http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/braingames/
2.....Sky Force Reloaded: http://idreams.pl/product.php?idProduct=6
3.....Impossible Sudoku: http://www.umobilegame.com/sudoku.htm
4.....Crazy Spot: http://umobilegame.com/spot.htm
5.....My Little Tank: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/mlt/
I would like to say that although My Little Tank and Sky Force Reloaded are supposed to be played portrait mode, you can reassign the keys and use the keyboard to play it in landscape mode.
LANDSCAPE GAMES:
1.....Astraware Casino: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/casino/
2.....Astraware Sudoku: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/sudoku/
3.....Bejeweled 2: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/bejeweled2/
4.....Hammer Heads: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/hammerheads/
5.....Plantastic: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/plantastic/
6.....Tetris: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/tetris/
7.....Trade Winds 2: http://www.astraware.com/ppc/tradewinds2/
8.....Atomic Canon: http://www.isotope244.com/atomic_cannon_pocket.html
9.....Machines At War: http://www.isotope244.com/machines-at-war.html
10....Chess Genius: http://www.chessgenius.com/wm/index.html
11....Ore Explorer: http://www.umobilegame.com/ore.htm
12....Snails Reloaded: http://www.pdamill.com/prod_sn.shtml
13....Tank Ace: http://www.resetgame.com/tank/wm/
So far, these are all the games I have tested and they work really well on my X7510. Enjoy everyone.
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PLEASE CAN YOU TEST IF IGO 2006 PLUS WORKS ON YOUR DEVICE ?

patratel said:
PLEASE CAN YOU TEST IF IGO 2006 PLUS WORKS ON YOUR DEVICE ?
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if you use morphgear and use the gamepad dll file then its a pretty sweet setup. i can confirm that the dll file works for x7500 and with morphgear playing snes and nes games

patratel said:
PLEASE CAN YOU TEST IF IGO 2006 PLUS WORKS ON YOUR DEVICE ?
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I am sorry that I missed your post. I already performed a hard reset and installed all the apps I want to keep. I'm done with the application testing and ready to enjoy my device. Perhaps someboby out there can help you out with this request. Good luck.

cktlcmd said:
I am sorry that I missed your post. I already performed a hard reset and installed all the apps I want to keep. I'm done with the application testing and ready to enjoy my device. Perhaps someboby out there can help you out with this request. Good luck.
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What applications did you saved ?
Make a list.

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Please help me, I downloaded the latest My Little Tank from Astraware, but it doesn't work on my Athena. It's very slow... I tried the 1.05 and the 1.1 also, with an original T-Mobile WM6 rom, and Irus Ultra Vanilla. Any idea? Thanks!

klz said:
Please help me, I downloaded the latest My Little Tank from Astraware, but it doesn't work on my Athena. It's very slow... I tried the 1.05 and the 1.1 also, with an original T-Mobile WM6 rom, and Irus Ultra Vanilla. Any idea? Thanks!
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I am using 1.05 version. It plays fine on my X7510. I don't know why it plays that way on yours. Probably something in the ROM or a conflict with one of your applications.
I prefer version 1.05 as opposed to the latest version 1.1 because the old version allows the user to configure the button settings wherein the latest version does not. So to me the older version is more versatile as you can play it using the keyboard flat on the table or use it tablet mode, the new version only allows you to play it in tablet mode.

Best Game yet !!!
If you guys have not tried Archibald's Adventures: http://archibald.rakeingrass.com/index.php
I suggest you do!!!

Ok, it's work now, with HTC WM6 Rom. But, I don't know how can I put it in landscape mode?
Archibald's Adventures

Tried these 3 with Real VGA at 96 dpi and works 100%.
Call Of Duty 2: http://www.aspyr.com/product/info/62
Pocket Pool: http://www.megasoft2000.com/product.php?division=ppc&product=PocketPool
Ancient Evil: http://www.clickgamer.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=2672&section=PPC
You won't regret it.
I have to add that one of my favorite games from Palm is Warfare Incorporated: http://www.warfareincorporated.com/
Unfortunately, Warfare Inc is not compatible with Real VGA at 96 dpi. Luckily, it is compatible and runs really well at 192 dpi original resolution. So if you want to play it, you have to revert back to 192 dpi first then run Warfare Inc.
Another game that can only be played at 192 dpi is Atlantic Redux: http://www.clickgamer.com/moreinfo.htm?pid=1191
This role playing game is excellent in quality and graphics.
Here is another role playing game only for 192 dpi: http://pocketland.net/38866/The_Final_Battle_for_Pocket_PC.html
It is funny as hell and has nice graphics and interaction.

Updated...
I am wondering if this is helpful to anyone...???

cktlcmd said:
Updated...
I am wondering if this is helpful to anyone...???
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do you mean the thread? Of course man it is helpful. Why do u ask such a thing?

theseas said:
do you mean the thread? Of course man it is helpful. Why do u ask such a thing?
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I guess you are right. I just noticed the view points and it is 2229.
I was wondering because only a few people commented. Thanks for your encouragement.

you r welcome. and i would like to thank you for your help and response to a few questions i have asked you in pm.

theseas said:
you r welcome. and i would like to thank you for your help and response to a few questions i have asked you in pm.
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My pleasure.

I just discovered a free game: Pac-Man (link is on the first post).
Pac-Man shows up portrait but since you can assign the buttons to function, you can play it in Landscape at 92 dpi.

I just added Meltdown. It is worth to look into it. Very nice game.
I am bumping this up. Hard to look for this thread to update it.

Updated.

Great work!!
Thank you very much for this list of VGA games.
I have started trying them on my HTC Raphael/Touch Pro/Fuze: they are great!!!
All that i tryed is working without problems.
Resco Snake is another great game not listed here (you need G sensor, like Resco Bubbles)
PDAmill Gamebox Classics, Asphalt 4HD, SimCity Metropolis, and Xtrakt are other good games too.
I don't know if they are playable also on Athena, but since it is a VGA device, i think they will run ok.

Games/Applications that you're running on Touch Pro

Just thought it would be interesting to see which products you are running on your Touch Pro and how you are finding it?
UI
TouchFlo 3d - works fine am prepared to wait for later ROM releases for speed increases.
SPB Mobile Shell 2.1.1 - running in background for better navigation to all programs/games.
Apps
Resco Explorer 2008 v7.03
SPB Weather 1.7.4 Trial - though not liking it as much as the TouchFlo 3d version.
Google Maps updated to 2.2.0.16 (www.google.com/gmm in IE on your phone)
AvantGo - been using this for years great offline news service.
Games
SPB AirIslands Trial - not played
Resco Sodoku Touch v1 - nice Sodoku game
SPB Brain Evolution Trial - nice set of simple games to while away a train journey.
Tested Apps/Games
Winterface 1.1.1 - like the Unlock Slider, but preferred the current set-up otherwise.
TouchCommander - found it buggy and not as good as SPM Mobile Shell.
SPB Pocket Plus - superseded by Mobile Shell.
What games/apps do you have running and should I maybe try and purchase if that great??
I like the TouchFlo 3d Music and Picture Apps, is there anything else I should try that could remove this from my UI?

Hey guys... First time with a hardware keyboard. Could anyone reccommend any good game or emulator that works with the keyboard on Touch Pro?

UI
TouchFlo 3d - All form and no function for me. replaced with
SPB Mobile Shell.
Apps
Resco Explorer 2008 v7.03
SPB Weather
SPB Backup
Schapps Advanced config
IGO8
IM Plus
Games
Resco BrainTraining to keep me amused
Resco Sodoku
trying to find some simple games that amuse me, but not been successful yet. Or some classic adventure stuff. Will probably get round to installing Monkey Island using SCUMMVM at some point though

If you like Monkey Island, you could always install the original Broken Sword, that was ported to PPC by Astraware, was great fun to replay that game again!

UI
TouchFlow3D
Programs
Resco Explorer 2008
Gsensor Screenlock (installed it 2 minutes ago)
Google Maps
Games
None, i dont know why but i have never played a game seriously on a ppc.

Is there a scumm emulator for PPC?
ooo there is:
http://forum.scummvm.org/viewforum.php?f=6

UI
TouchFlo
Programs i use all the time
CorePlayer
CradleAlarm
FlashLight
GoogleMaps
Resco File Explorer / Registry
SlingPlayer
TomTom
WmWiFiRouter

You have to try snails!
It's like worms (for those who remember the old worms 2), but with snails instead. Can be played on 1 machine by many users (so it allows to have fun with friends) and brings back a lot of good childhood memories

Flippy_TK said:
You have to try snails!
It's like worms (for those who remember the old worms 2), but with snails instead. Can be played on 1 machine by many users (so it allows to have fun with friends) and brings back a lot of good childhood memories
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Why not the real thing? I used to have worms world party on my Eten X500+... It worked great!

in case u guys like rpg's i used to play legacy on my pocket pc back in the time
now i play on my touch pro and they made some new games like quest, check out there site
http://www.redshift.hu/

marios96 said:
Why not the real thing? I used to have worms world party on my Eten X500+... It worked great!
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I saw there is worms. The problem is that I tried it but doesn't work because of the buttons mapping...

Kurdminator said:
UI
TouchFlow3D
Programs
Resco Explorer 2008
Gsensor Screenlock (installed it 2 minutes ago)
Google Maps
Games
None, i dont know why but i have never played a game seriously on a ppc.
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Gsensor Screenlock? Can you provide a link to some info? Can't find it on google nor xda-devs.com

NetRipper said:
Gsensor Screenlock? Can you provide a link to some info? Can't find it on google nor xda-devs.com
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It's actually called SensorLock...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=422871&page=3

I haven't found a decent game that uses the Keyboard on my Pro...
Any suggestions please?

Not even one suggestion? Come on you guys... Please?

RE
Can someone recommeds a working registry editor? Also, does sktools work properly?
Thanks

UI
Disabled TouchFlow3D and installed Spb Mobile Shell 2.1.2
Programs
phoneAlarm
Total Commander
Opera
Spb Bckup
Memmaid
Games
None

UI
Mobile Shell
(shut off TF3D, while i found it too unstable and MS is a lot faster and more usefull)
Programs
Spb Phone suite (extended phone profiles, white lists, blacklists, etc)
Spb Backup (backup every day)
Spb Wallet (keeping all my passwords and pins)
Core Player (music, movies, audiobooks)
Onecalc (best calculator out there, use it daily)
SKSchema (keeps the screen locked when the phone rings)
Torchbutton (helps me finding my bed when i get home late and drunk)
MS Business Contact Manager (syncs trough active sync over 1000 business contacts and history)
IGO 8 (best navigation out there i guess)
Registry Editor (apply some tweaks)
Advanced Configuration 3.0 (apply some tweaks)
All working great together, no crashing or hanging.
Games
None

FOSA said:
Can someone recommeds a working registry editor? Also, does sktools work properly?
Thanks
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This one is free and works great: http://www.touchxperience.com/

marios96 said:
I haven't found a decent game that uses the Keyboard on my Pro...
Any suggestions please?
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hi marios96, try frotzce or pocketfrotz with all the various interactive fiction files (hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, zork etc.). if you are bored with that you can try the nethack port. if you are bored with that you can install pocketconsole and pocketcmd and compile all those unix console games (mastermind, hangman etc).

Worms World Party Works! :)

hello guys, i was very sad that worms world party is not working on my Topaz device. that's why i 've decided to make simple application - keyboard - to emulate hardware keyboard my keyboard is very simple and it shows in the bottom of the screen (worms are 640*480 so there is free space on the bottom). it was made in 2 hours or something so take it as very alpha build but it works fine for me and i want to share my app with all worms fans
Install notes:
1. put keypad.exe to your topaz.
2. run keypad.exe
3. run worms world party from jamdat.. google for it
4. go to options and assign buttons to fire, jump and flip (X button is used to exit keypad at the moment).
5. play and enjoy!!
there is some flickering window title when pressing buttons. i will fix it later.
awaiting your feedback guys.
2009/08/19 EDIT: changed keypad skin and some bugs fixed.

ok, the pad with the arrow keys and stuff works fine for blackstone. However, it seems that worms does not work with wm6.5. And correct my if i'm wrong, what your app does is to 'simulate' a dpad with buttons right? so could you make one which can be configured to run alongside other games? That way we'll get more vga games running on our wvga devices.

now it's sending fake keyboard messages to worms application. but it's not a problem to make it for any other application. also i'm working on better skin and bigger buttons to make it more finger friendly. if you know a game which needs virtual keypad, tell me and i can make it. and back to worms - i'm using WM6.1 so dunno if it runs on WM6.5

i've got one, erm.. skyforce.

it works for me too - thx

what program language did u use for this? and plz make a bigger screen this is hard to use

Virtual d-pad is really good idea for games. have a nice develop.

hello again. i have updated keypad a little. new design and little bugs fixed. link is in first post.
TeDeV: i'm using c++.. it's all about winapi..
info5i2002: i've tried skyforce and it's not working good. game recieves only some of messages that keypad is sending. i need to investigate why... maybe it will be better to just let user enter name of the window to keypad application and it will send messages to that window. to play any game. i'm busy these days so be patient play worms in the meantime

Hey. If it isn't too much trouble (it isn't), can you compile a Windows CE 5.0 version? You have no idea how much this would help owners of other non-Pocket PC WinCE devices like the Mio C520 or other hacked portable nav units which lack the hardware buttons for games.
As you can see in the screenshot, the exe you posted doesn't currently run on plain Windows CE 5.0 devices. I've found that this is due to a bug/"feature" of the kernel related to buffer underrun protection and some sort of incompatablity with the compiler defaults in the WM5 SDK. It's an easy fix on your end. Just set /GS- in your projects compile settings.
see here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8dbf701c(VS.80).aspx for more information.
Also, I had to manually lower the Windows CE os version to even get it far enough for this screenshot. Can you please set /subsystem:windowsce,4.20 in the linker command line options for future builds? Hell, make it 3.0. This sort of app will probably still run on Pocket PC 2002 (CE 3.0) or at least CE 4.2. More info here: http://windowsmobilepro.blogspot.com/2006/04/trap-of-copying-project-settings-in.html
It's simple to do and it has the added benefit of exposing your app to many more devices. I'm sure the owners of "other" buttonless 800x480 devices like the Ipaq 310 will thank you.
Also, can you look into supporting other, lower resolutions like 320x240, 400x240, 640x480 or 480x272(most WinCE nav units) or just alow it to scale to anything? It seems offscreen on a VGA PPC. How about landscape/side buttons and the ability to remap buttons? Thanks.

TFGBD: Hello. i agree with everything you wrote. sure, there is no problem to compile for CE and i also have C520. but application is not so smart at the moment to run in those resolutions. i'm afraid it works only for games that are not fullscreen and there is blank space on the screen for keypad. like worms on 480x800. but on device with 480*640 resolution i will have to overlap game window and that is the problem. when i was was writing this app it was only for worms because i love that game and it wasn't playable on TD2. i wasn't thinking about other games not even other devices and resolutions. but it is a good idea. i think i will have some time during weekend so maybe i will take a deeper look into the topic and find out something "portable". anyway, thank you for feedback if you know some mio C520 game that needs keyboard, tell me please. it may help

Heh, I didn't count on you already owning a WinCE PNA. Funny, that. Well, there's always Worms World Party... Granted, I never actually tried it on the Cx20 but I imagine its QVGA version has plenty of extra space on a 480x272 screen. That and like half of the other popular Pocket PC titles. Really, it sucks that so many of these games were hardcoded for 240x320(or upscaled VGA). It really makes them look crappy on higher resolution devices. But I guess it at least lets them leave space at the bottom of the screen for your d-pad. And yeah, you are probably right that it wouldn't be too useful on the more standard resolutions like QVGA/VGA. There are probably more widescreen devices without buttons than standard res ones anyway. Well, unless maybe you want to play 176x220 Smartphone games on a QVGA Pocket PC...

hehe, well, i'm working in mobile navigation software development company and i have around 30 different devices around i've just testet worms on GoClever 4390T device similar to C520 (480x272 @ winCE) and it runs great and there is really plenty of space left on side. ideal for my keypad.. and there is much more space than on my TD2 better for finger use. i'll give it a try on sathurday.

sused said:
hehe, well, i'm working in mobile navigation software development company and i have around 30 different devices around i've just testet worms on GoClever 4390T device similar to C520 (480x272 @ winCE) and it runs great and there is really plenty of space left on side. ideal for my keypad.. and there is much more space than on my TD2 better for finger use. i'll give it a try on sathurday.
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Oh, wonderful. Keep up the good work. I'm glad I could inspire you.
Hrm...you wouldn't happen to work for PDAMill/NavNgo, would you?

not iGO. well, it's agains forum law to make advertisment.. but if you are interested google for "aponia software" i hope admins won't kill me now. but it's not complete offtopic because you can get pretty good navigation for your device there

Not working for my HTC Fuze (WinMo 6.1)
i run keypad.exe.. nothing really happens. I only see keypad.exe on my title bar and and X button on the top right..
I run worms and I still can't select any button, either on teh touch screen, bottom or on the keyboard.. I do see some flickering though... pls help

hdaackda said:
Not working for my HTC Fuze (WinMo 6.1)
i run keypad.exe.. nothing really happens. I only see keypad.exe on my title bar and and X button on the top right..
I run worms and I still can't select any button, either on teh touch screen, bottom or on the keyboard.. I do see some flickering though... pls help
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Your device is VGA? This only works on WVGA screens, because there is empty space while running WWP (that is originally QVGA)

Not sure..
Btw, I dowload key config 1.0 from another thread and used that to save WWPSave.dat... Now I can Fire and Jump (i.e. use two buttons, volume up and down... no other is working)

Cute keypad but doesn t work with me... I don t know why i can see it in the game but it doesn t want to work ... but anyway nice to know that there are so much worms addicts

hdaackda said:
Not working for my HTC Fuze (WinMo 6.1)
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sure it doesn't work, your device is VGA not WVGA. and i think your device has a keyboard, i think you should play worms with no problem with your keyboard.

DJMEone said:
Cute keypad but doesn t work with me...
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do you have touch diamond 2? if yes, what version of worms do you use? keypad is looking for window with "Light" in its title. it's because my worms creates window with this title. if your worms window has different title, tell me, and i will add support for your worms window.

[APP] Leo's RC Simulator

I found this on the market, had it on my PC and it is a lot of fun if you ever tried flying an RC plane. Of course it is not the same but it gets close.
I am not the developer, just found it and wanted to share.
Works like a charm on my Desire.
https://market.android.com/details?id=leofs.android.free
Have fun

,,exist wm version for 6.5? thanks,

Just have a look at http://www.leobueno.net/, there's a version for the htc diamond, might aswell work on 6.5

Needed it Thanks