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There is a lot of Windows Mobile gaming news to report on:
After Ben Stanley’s excellent review, Just Another Mobile Monday has also published a review of probably the best and, what is more, TCP/IP multiplayer-enabled, turn-based strategy game even released for the Pocket PC, Orions: Legend of Wizards. It's available here and is highly recommended. Note that I'll also publish a Strategy Guide to the game (I'm also an author of several Starcraft Strategy Guides so the genre, the ideas of micromanagement etc. are pretty well-known to me) later, as soon as I have some free time (not in the next two weeks, I'm afraid). (News source: PPCT).
BTW, note that a new, 1.01 version of the game was released some days ago; it, among other things, fixed the multiplayer functionality, which was entirely useless in the initial version. Now, multiplayer is working just great and, as it's IP address entering-based, really flexible and even allows for playing people in another continent (that is, it's not local-only). (News source: I worked very closely with the excellent Moregames Entertainment folks to quickly iron out the bug.)
Pocket Fallout, the highly recommended, free (!) Fallout clone (review here) has just received a dedicated website. (New source: private e-mail from the developer.)
[email protected] is working on a real (!) Pirates! clone Caribbean Adventures 1600AD. Unlike the other two piracy-related games on the Pocket PC, High Seas and Tradewinds (please read the full story here), this is promised to bear much more similarities with the classic Pirates! (News source: have run into the announcement while checking out the following title.)
The same developer, [email protected], has just released a space shooter Space Prospector. I haven't tested it as yet; based on the screenshots, it doesn't seem to be as good as SkyForce Reloaded, the best vertical scroller game available for the Pocket PC. I may be mistaken, though. (News source: PocketGamer.org)
The excellent Doom port (which, as can also be seen based on its name, supports the 3D hardware built into Intel 2700G and GoForce-based Windows Mobile devices) DoomGLES has been updated to version 0.5. There are two main things of interest in here (among other things):
- music support (at last! Previous versions only offered sound effects)
- can be played in Portrait mode, which is certainly very good news for Dell Axim x50v/x51v users sensitive to the polarization problems of the cheapo Dell screen in Landscape mode.
All in all, checking out the new version is a MUST for all 3D hardware accelerated Windows Mobile device users. (News source: forum announcement over PocketGamer.)
Interactive E Books Ltd has released Jurassic Adventure. It's an interactive e-book where you play the role of a research physicist sent back in time one hundred and fifty million years into the past. Don't, however, expect anything like a "real" adventure game. In my opinion, Interactive E Books's games are far inferior to that of, say, Legend Entertainment on the PC or, on the Pocket PC / Palm, Fade Team (Fade on the PPC / Acedior on the Palm - do they ring a bell?). However, it's pretty cheap and, if you're into the genre, you may want to give it a try. (News source: PocketGamer)
The free, highly recommended Transport Tycoon Deluxe has also been updated; the new features are as follows:
- Now works on VGA devices
- Loads the PC version of OpenTTD's save game files!
- Right-click emulation via hard buttons.
- Fast landscape graphics via custom raw frame buffer drawing routines.
- Full threaded sound effects and music.
- Palm TTD provides full 480x320 Tapwave API accelerated graphics
(News source & related discussion: PocketGamer)
Tetraedge has released the long-anticipated multimedia (which is bad news for fans of the "traditional" textual or Lucasfilm/Sierra-like genre) adventure game Syberia 2 in both English and German (French, Spanish and Italian versions will follow later). Note that I can only provide you a ClickGamer link (and this one for the German version) because the official homepage of the developer still doesn't have any information on the new game. Note that, while originally there wasn't, now, a trial version is also available. (News source & related discussion: PocketGamer)
PocketGear offers a 20% rebate for all their products in March with the coupon code MARCH20 (News source: PocketGamer)
UPDATE (later the same day): as is announced at AximSite, DoomGLES V0.54 has just been released. Make sure you upgrade!
Whatever happened to Live Anywhere? I would love to unlock achievements while i play zuma on my WM device and be able to chat with my xbox live friends when i'm bored in class... or customize my car on Forza Motorsport as their developers showed in the "capabilities" of live anywhere.
Anyone tested psx4droid yet?
it works ok for me, however wiimote will not work on tnt. it will work on zpad however.
Plays a ton of games at full speed, but the v-pad sucks for most games. Gtablet plays the following games smoothly with sound. Please note that 1.5 and 1.6 are a LOT faster than 1.7 (current version in market).
Sound is fairly rough for a lot of games though: Some are ok.
Sample of more cpu killing games for other Android devices:
Dead or Alive
Bloody Roar 2
Crash Racing
Tekken 3
NFL Blitz 2001
NBA Live 2001
March Madness 2000
NBA Showtime
Tobal 2 (when in game)
Rival Schools
There are others, but Tegra 2 handles these very well. Of course, no current way to play the games decently, since no control options other then the virtual pad.
Games play rather well with the v-pad on the Incredible and Droid X, but smaller design (closer controls & lighter) and actual touch response & multi touch is better on those devices. Catch is those devices plays all the games noted above slow, except Crash Racing.
rushless said:
Plays a ton of games at full speed, but the v-pad sucks for most games. Gtablet plays the following games smoothly with sound. Please note that 1.5 and 1.6 are a LOT faster than 1.7 (current version in market).
Sound is fairly rough for a lot of games though: Some are ok.
Sample of more cpu killing games for other Android devices:
Dead or Alive
Bloody Roar 2
Crash Racing
Tekken 3
NFL Blitz 2001
NBA Live 2001
March Madness 2000
NBA Showtime
Tobal 2 (when in game)
Rival Schools
There are others, but Tegra 2 handles these very well. Of course, no current way to play the games decently, since no control options other then the virtual pad.
Games play rather well with the v-pad on the Incredible and Droid X, but smaller design (closer controls & lighter) and actual touch response & multi touch is better on those devices. Catch is those devices plays all the games noted above slow, except Crash Racing.
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Nice. You say 1.5 and 1.6 run smoother. Do you have .APK for one of the older versions?
h4x0rjdag said:
Nice. You say 1.5 and 1.6 run smoother. Do you have .APK for one of the older versions?
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Yes (from older Titanium BU), but it is apparently linked to my gmail account (would not work until I set my account up on Gtablet). It is a paid app, but the irony is the one on the market (1.7) absolutely sucks compared to 1.5 & 1.6.
Not sure why the dev takes backsteps.
You should have no problem finding the apk. In this situation, can not blame you since the current version is a lost cause.
so is 1.6 better than 1.5
ok so i got it but not sure which version, any way to find the version #.
the bios it came with, i also know nothing about. are there better bios than others?
do you know anywhere i can get a good pack of roms already packed
My Titanium backup showed 1.5, but a way to tell if you have 1.7 is they added some graphics options which are not in the older versions. There should only be scaling mode and framerate adjustment in 1.6 and lower. If you see extra settings for graphics in the menu (can not remember what they are), you have the new 1.7 version.
uh oh, 1.7 i guess haha. i'll look for some alternate .apk's
if anyone else has trouble finding apps for free i just google this...
".apk" "index of /" "NAMEOFAPPHERE"
works well for me!! thanks for all the info though!
searching for roms. is there a certain type that work?
i found listed as NTSC. not sure if there are other types but will these play probably ?
The version number is in the top right hand corner in application info (application manager). Mine says "1.5".
Best bet is eboot files, since they are smaller compressed versions of the iso files. I use eboots, since you can fir almost 2X the roms in the same space (on average).
Eboots are PSX games formatted to work on the PSP. They work here too.
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The version number is in the top right hand corner in application info (application manager). Mine says "1.5".
Best bet is eboot files, since they are smaller compressed versions of the iso files. I use eboots, since you can fir almost 2X the roms in the same space (on average).
Eboots are PSX games formatted to work on the PSP. They work here too.
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cool thanks, i can't find a good source for psx eboots. have any suggestions ?
mine is v1.0 i was looking at something else. is 1.0 reliable?
h4x0rjdag said:
cool thanks, i can't find a good source for psx eboots. have any suggestions ?
mine is v1.0 i was looking at something else. is 1.0 reliable?
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Yes, but 1.1 is best for speed, but has some graphics issues (example is special weapon boxes missing in Crash Racing). This is rare though.
1.1 is easy to find by doing a search for 1.1 and psx4droid.
Worth buying though- assuming the dev fixes the 1.7 fiasco. The dev should at least offer 1.5 or 1.6 as a separate market download for paid users.
I was told v1.61 is the best one available.
I mean v1.7 has the most/best features but sufferes from a lag.
v1.1 has the best speed which is equal in v1.6, but v1.6 is slightly faster for those weaker devices (eg Milestone).
v1.6 has some new features not present in v1.1
I'm guessing a v1.8 may be released later on which is simply v1.7 minus the lag
After that (v1.8) I believe it would remain quite stagnant as zodtt wants to focus on his other projects; vlc4droid and n64droid and not to mention his apps for iOS.
Yep, 1.5 & 1.6 are best for combination of speed and all graphics visible. 1.1 is fast, but gets away with it since some graphics are missing Example is Crash Racing. 1.5 seems as fast as 1.1, but has all the graphics.
1.6 begins the step to the dark side of lag (works for a few games well, most not so much). 1.7 is even more niche and a big step backwards for the app.
Tsunami Custom Firmware for Herotab C8 & compatibles.
The developer:
Mr. T. L. Bardell Jr., or tlbardelljr, is a well known & most popular custom firmware (CFW) developer for the Viewsonic gTablet. He is best known for the CFW Flashback Android 3.0 HoneyComb. The CFW has approximately 50,000 users worldwide. In addition, he developed other CFW's based on Android 2.2 Froyo & Android 2.3 Gingerbread plus the contribution to the development of HoneyComb custom kernel. His latest contribution is the Tsunami CFW, which is based on Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread, for the Herotab C8 & compatibles tablets.
The features:
. Current version 1.8
. Gingerbread 2.3.4
. Support user selectable configuration at flashing for either the traditional internard sdcard mount or the unique external sdcard mount. The latter one is most unique among all current firmwares, either stock and custom. The default setting allows apps & user data to be installed and stored on the external sdcard. This feature made the upgrade and/or back-up to larger sdcard easily without the need to connect to a PC.
. Support user selectable configuration at flashing to enable BlueTooth, NTFS and 3G. The features are disabled by default for battery conservation.
. Support BlueTooth, NTFS, 3G (Huawei E180, E251, E220, E1750, E156G. More testing is required).
. Support Flash Player 11.
. Support Camera
. Support YouTube
. Support popular video formats (mostly depend on user apps)
. Support Gallery, Music, Market, Talk.
. Support Wifi, VPN
. Support custom GUI (Graphic User Interface) with beautiful animation and various custom setting.
. Support ADW Launcher
. Support App2SD
. Support HDMI output
. Support Netflix (thanks to rowwor for the confirmation)
. Built in free Titanium Backup, Root and SuperUser.
. Compatible with popular games.
. Small foot print. just over 92 MB.
Review:
Tsunami Website http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/25076-rom-tsunami-gingerbread-v17-120411-herotab-c8/
We tested the firmware on a couple of C8's and a C8M.
After downloading the firmware from the original posting at Slatedroid, we extracted the content of the firmware onto an micro sdcard (which was previously formatted in FAT 32), then inserted it into a TF slot of the tablet and booted up with Menu + Power buttons. The first boot took over a minute. Regular boot up time afterward was exceptional quick, in under a minute.
Our first impression was WOW. App window flied across the screen beautifully and smoothly unlike anything that we have seen on other firmwares.
After wifi setting and google account setup, which was a snap, we connected to market. All our apps were there for downloading. We also tried to search and install a few free apps & games. No problem whatsoever.
We love Plants vs Zombies, Fieldrunners HD and Asphalt 6.0. After restoring the apps & there games' data, the games played effortlessly. Some users reported issue with certain 3D games and requested a lower CPU setting. The Tsunami development team agreed to consider that option in a future release. See our list of tested games below.
We tested google earth and google maps with street view option. No surprise there. Everything displayed smoothly and effortlessly.
We tested Aldiko reader, BBC News, CNN news, Opera web browser, youtube, mail and a few others. Everything worked well.
Video streaming is important to us, so we downloaded UPnPlay and Rockplayer. UPnPlay connected to our HP MediaSmart Server quickly and Rocplayer kicked in to stream. Our collection of videos is mostly in 720P and in mkv, mp4, avi, flv. All streamed well without lagging with our D-Link DGL4500 and Netgear WNDR 3800.
We tested NTFS and BlueTooth. All worked well. We did not test 3G as we have no equipment. Some users reported that 3G function needs more fine tune. The development team mentioned that future release will address that, plus a few other features that users requested.
In summary, we found the Tsunami CFW to be most pleasant and useful to use. Perhaps we could summed up it up in three words, Funtional + Stable + Speedy. We highly recommended this CFW over any others that are currently available.
Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8ToPGf3KIc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE9GDqn2Nu4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqGbtV2yyko
Tested Games:
All Angry Birds,
Angry Birds 1.5.1.1
Angry Birds Seasons v1.2.0
Asphalt 5
Asphalt 6 v3.1.2
Base defense
Blast Monkey
Bunny Shooter
Cut the Rope
Drag Racing
Fieldrunners_1.04
Flick Golf
Fruit Ninja
Galaxy on Fire 2
Guerrilla Bob
Minecraft
MX Mayhem (old)
N64oid v2.6
Order and chaos
Plants Vs Zombies v1.0
Racing Moto (new)
Sentinel 3
Shadowgun
SHADOWGUN v1.0.3
Snark_Busters_1.1
The Adventures of Tintin HD v1.0.5
Tiny Robots
Trial Xtreme 2 HD
Turbo Fly 3D
Wave Blazer
Wind-up Knight v1.2
Dave,
Looks like you had fun play too many games on it..
Please add netflx in the working list. it works very well on tsunami rom.
Thanks for the effort Dave.
works in Coby Kyros MID8024 this rom?
Can this ROM play youtube 720p flash IN THE BROWSER in full screen (NOT youtube app which is not real HD)
I always thought the Samsung PV210 chip in the C8 is similar to the PC110 of the original Galaxy Tab. My GT has no problem playing youtube 720p full screen in the browser, but the stock ROM of the C8 cant even play 480p.
I have started an ad free site/service that lists well designed and honest Android games. Every game that is listed on this site is either completely free with no advertising, has a one time up front cost or one time IAP to unlock the full content ad free.
For each game posted on the site I have a brief bullet point list. This list consists of information like the up front price or the price of a one time IAP that unlocks the full game or removes ads on an already full game. Also listed is the info on if the game has multiplayer, if so what kind of multiplayer (online, local wifi, pass and play). There is also a description of whether the game supports Google Play Services or whether the game supports immersive mode from Android 4.4. Gamepad support and if the game plays in landscape, portrait or both is also included in the description along with whether the Play store or Amazon offer a demo. All of these things I verify myself by playing the game. I also include the permissions of each game so everyone has an upfront idea of what the game has access to. So after the brief bulletpoints and permissions there will also be the devs description of the game from Google Play/Amazon Appstore.
There is a certain criteria I hold of all of the games I post.
- Upfront priced games with full content.
- There will not be any games listed that have pay walls or wait times.
- IAPs will only be allowed if they unlock the full game with a single purchase or removes ads in an already full versioned game.
- No ports of games that were heavily controller designed (SNK ports, Sega ports, Rockstar Games ports and DotEmu ports).
- Ports of touch based games from DS and PS Vita will be allowed as well as ports such as World of Goo or Chu Chu Rocket that happen to lend themselves quite nicely to touchscreen play. There is also a new trend of games being designed at the same time for consoles/pc as Android (such as Leisure Suit Larry or Shadowrun Returns), games designed like these (with touch controls in mind at the start of developing) will be included on the site as well.
- Games must be designed for Android and look correct on all of it's screen resolutions. That means no letter-boxing or low res graphics. This way bad iPhone ports that don't fit on our screens or games that don't bother to support HD devices like tablets will be weeded out.
- Games must look good. Some games out there have great gameplay but their graphics sometimes look like they were designed on Linux in the nineties. Games that fit this description will most likely not be listed as I am trying to encourage well designed pleasing to the eye kind of games. Of course the new trend of retro pixel art games are perfectly fine.
- Developer ethics also come into play. While Square Enix do not have IAPs their crazy online DRM schemes and complete lack of support (Chrono Trigger sound familiar) makes their games more than likely to not be listed. Gameloft, Glu and EA fit in this category pretty well too.
For me personally I feel it has been difficult at best if not almost impossible to navigate the Play Store to find truly well made games that aren't designed from the ground up to nickel and dime you. With most Android gaming review sites lacking any good list of games and most Android blogs publishing mainly articles about the newest Glu games (looking at you Android Central and Android Police) I feel a site like the one I have created will hopefully provide a much needed service for the Android gamer.
Basically this site lists games that look great on phones and tablets alike while also playing great on touchscreens all while ignoring the nickel and diming slum of Android gaming. So if any of this sounds good to you please check it out.
http://honestandroidgames.com
p.s. The site is still growing and new functions will be added. I am also open to ideas so if you guys have any please let me know.
Next posts will be available here Galaxy Note 8 - Tutorials, Games & Apps, news, emulators - everything about it
I love the Android OS. It gives you freedom & everything you need.
So I decided to make this thread were we can post our Best Games, Apps, Tutorials & any useful tips for Android users.
You have questions?
Let's find the answer together.
I even have a blog for this http://andrasi.ro
Here you will find a lot of useful articles, games, apps & many other things.
It is also available in English. Just press the US flag for translation (English web site version).
Up 19.04.2017 Review Samsung Galaxy S8+
My new Samsung Galaxy S8+ thread: everything about it - Reviews, Tutorials, best Games & Apps, news
Also check my new thread related to the Galaxy S8+ https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8+/how-to/galaxy-s8-everything-reviews-tutorials-t3592283
In this moment I use the Galaxy S8+ Exynos and the Galaxy S7 Edge. Previously, I used Note 7 (as you can see on my Youtube channel).
What phone do you use?
Also, you may find useful:
1. Gear S3 Frontier - everything about it - Review, Tutorials, Apps & Games - link
Gear S3 Frontier: Review after 6 months of usage - final verdict: The King of Smartwatches
2. Surface Pro 4 - Tutorials, Games & Apps, news, emulators - everything about it
Review Surface Pro 4 after 1 year and 6 months of usage - my oppinion: a monster without rival
The latest Space Marshals 2 for Android is her. Now is free in the Google play store.
Great game.
I recommend the Space Marshals v1 as well.
If you love TV series, than I recommend the best app manager for tv series in the world.
It has cloud sync & great interface. I love this app
If you want to use you whatsapp, skype, telegram etc accounts on PC, I recommend this app: Franz.
It is the best app on the market.
I just love it!
Great tip if you want to use your phone in the car with an air vent phone holder.
I discovered this magnetic air vent phone holder. It is just amazing!
In my case, I just put my phone on it and it works. I don't need any metal plate on the back.
It's awesome!
You have links in youtube video description.
One of my favourites Deus Ex Go
Mafia 3 Rivals for Android is very nice.
An old game but it is the best of this kind.
Batman The Dark Knight Rises
This is one of the best game with Mario - Super Mushroom Boy World
It is free in Google Play.
If you like offline game (no internet connection)
I also like the psp emulator.
I have some favourites games that I like to play.
Tekken 6 is a great game.
The PSP emulator is free in the google play.
In this way you can configure it and use it on any android device to play psp games.
And in this way you can connect any wireless gamepad to you phone.
Here are some psp game that works excellent on Android
If you are concerned about Corning Gorilla Glass, then don't be!. It is super strong and super ok
In this way you can Listen Youtube Music in background on any smartphone (even with screen off)
Android is great!!!
In this way you can upload real HD pictures on Facebook
Constantine - a nice android game
Android is super strong
If you like retro games
This is one of my top 10 favourite games
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons