So the other day I was playing Asphalt 8 during a small party and noticed it had a WLAN match option separate from the online multiplayer. I ended up having a blast with friends all racing at the same time in the same room, like the old days with mario kart but with the benefit of individual screens and more than just 4 players.
So I was thinking, which other games support WLAN? Search results are not that good, couldn't find any lists, which is why I'm starting one here
The rules are simple: post Android games that have a WLAN multiplayer option ONLY, games with regular online multiplayer don't count. Specify if the game is free, freemium or paid, and if there is a version for other OSes since there's always a friend who doesn't use android
Here's the list so far:
Asphalt 8 Airborne [freemium][iOS, BB10, WP8]
Anyone? no other games?
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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
Im having difficulty in finding games for this phone.
The only ones ive got which are worth playing are Poker and 10 pin Bowling from the microsoft website.
I keep finding flash games but they want a keypad.
What games are worth looking for? I know there is an Age of Empires game...
Hey,
heard about scummvm?
It's a lil Virtual Machine for old Games like Day of the Tentacle and Indiana Jones.
Scummvm is designed for point-and-click adventures.
There is a PocketPC Version also.
look here:
http://www.scummvm.org/
I love it, but most games are hard to handle, so you have to try a lil bit
Have fun...
Baxter. said:
Hey,
heard about scummvm?
It's a lil Virtual Machine for old Games like Day of the Tentacle and Indiana Jones.
Scummvm is designed for point-and-click adventures.
There is a PocketPC Version also.
look here:
http://www.scummvm.org/
I love it, but most games are hard to handle, so you have to try a lil bit
Have fun...
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Looks good!
I'll give it a go.
Thanks for the info!
rikpotts said:
Im having difficulty in finding games for this phone.
The only ones ive got which are worth playing are Poker and 10 pin Bowling from the microsoft website.
I keep finding flash games but they want a keypad.
What games are worth looking for? I know there is an Age of Empires game...
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Inspired by your thread i tried to search for age of empires
I found this Site http://www.filaomobile.com/
It is linked from a german site which says AOE Gold 1.25 is free downloadable for PocketPC. But it's not possible for me, to open that site, cause i'm at work and Webpages in Category "Games" are blocked
You could give a try, maybe you'll find aoe on that site.
MS are giving away Texas Hold em for free again.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/totalaccess/software/games/texasholdem.mspx
Ive been addicted for ages. $24k and rising!
Actually,if you search harder, you can find TONS of game that you can play on Polaris.
Emulators:
Pocket GBA
Pocket NES
Pocket SNES
DOS Box (DOS Emulator that can be use to run DOS programs including DOS games).
etc...
Freeware:
Shift
Pipes
Znax
etc...
Paid Games:
(A LOTS )
Arvale & Arvale 2
Anthelion & Anthelion 2
Combo Tower 3D
Pocket Mini Golf
Monopoly
Scrabble
....etc (many,many more...)
Ported PC games:
Ages of Empires (like u said)
Palm Heroes (Heroes of Might & Magic)
Flashback
Myst
Myst 2 : Riven
Worm World Party
Lemonade Tycoon
Pocket UFO (UFO Defense)
etc...
Even with some tricks u can play Warcraft 2 with Stratagus engine without using keyboard (keyboard is used when saving)
Some of the ported game are free & some are not
There are hundreds upon hundreds out there, my favourite is Worms World Party, addictive game and can even be played multi player.
Ok here are some new games that have come out for WVGA devices like touchpro2 , HD2,etc. No matter what people say , windows mobile has good , fun,and additive games.
FREE GAMES MADE IN 2010
Metal Slug Survivor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwzMjQ2F9RU
SuperMarioGun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpKp0yXT_94
SuperMarioJump http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWLItVhbyWM
Rexum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Ma08j9IV4
99 cent games
Tims Key Quest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgc_GT_x2QY
Bridge Madness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNOqMxPMe-M
Marbelz Blast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNN3Mu_HO5o
If you want to play the fun demo of Tims Key Quest its located right here on xda-developers just hit this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7163432#post7163432
Plus any of these games can be brought for only 99 cents on mobi-hand. Now we beat the iphone both ways!!!!
I got an HD2 not for games, but for the emulators, custom roms, huge screen, amazing mutimedia capabilitys and being able to say i dont have the same phone as 90% of the population (iphone)
And as far as the iphone 4G screen goes, well me and my boss compared screens wih internet, adobe pdf, ebooks, and videos. There was no difference that we could see in quality, same for camera and speed of internet loading (google then xda homepage)
I have alredy started cooking my own rom, and im amazed at the possibilitys for cooking. Glad i dont have an iphone that can just get a new wallpaper whenever Mr Jobs lets me lol
If i want to play games, i use my PC
use
Well many different people use thier device for many different reasons. There are alot of people who contantly travel on bus,train,or plane that enjoy playing mobile games. Thats the reason for this thread. Plus to show we have short fun addictive games like Marbelz Blast or Bridge Madness. If you want an adventure with smooth controls, Tims Key Quest is good one.
suggestions
Anyone has any games that came out in 2010 and has a link to youtube video let me know. Games that came out this year only please thnk you.
I like most people my age grew up on solitaire, that and minesweeper were the only games we had back in our day... two miles in the snow, both ways uphill and all that jazz. Either way, most of the solitaire apps I've seen on Android look just about as bad as they did on Windows. In fact, the Windows version looks even better! All these Android card apps look like SHlT! I can get high def shooters and race games, but not a decent looking solitaire game? Anyone recommend any slick looking apps?
I use Solitaire deluxe. iirc i got it as Amazon's free app of the day a while back, but i believe they have a free version. It is ok and has a lot of games including a few of the classics. Many games can be configured with different options to make them easier or more difficult to beat.
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.