I see a bright future. Light and bright, exciting and diverse. Lots of new games in store for us: the company announced PDAMill bulk update. Along with this we will have the opportunity to unburden his heart sometimes seemingly eternal Lines: in the new game will be played in Lines, arranging on the board numerous explosions. Much attention is still given to the developers of the protection of this bright future from the evil aliens - and then develop strategies to protect, exercise equipment since the Second World War, and even the results of clinical studies of pathological dislike of aliens to own the same, and experience with this disease for personal gain. Do not forget the animals. Remember about the representatives of the underwater world, pearl divers and artful octopuses. From today's review you'll also learn how you can screw up a goat in Nepal and to calculate the bulls with the cows. Well, of course - the honorable retirees League - games based on older pets: Arkanoid, Tetris and Japanese Kumika, but the developers have tried to look at them in new ways.
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Popular sections Bubble Shooter and Volley Balley. Apparently, summer memories haunt. Following the desire to go back in the summer, should show their willingness supermenskie quality fire works. A considerable number of people have started close to the rescue ugorayuschih, indignantly rejected the rehashed postulate, "that salvation ugorayuschih - a handwork ugorayuschih. Petanque not enjoyed great popularity. Poking tongue in an anthill AntHill also turned out to be the most coveted pastime, but some took the opportunity to initiation of the animal world. Well, as always, the game is already known by the users got over the novelty. However, there were pleasant (sorry for the cruelty) exceptions: for example, suggest that commemorate Lineo. He quite rightly was in last place.
- Bubble Shooter for Pocket PC
- Volley Balley for Pocket PC
- FireFighterRescue for Pocket PC
- Volley Balley for Palm OS
- Bubbleshooter for Palm OS
- CreepyPinball for Pocket PC
- eNcircle for Pocket PC
- AntHill for Pocket PC
- MS Parkman for Pocket PC
- Balls for Pocket PC
- Lineo for Pocket PC
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PDAMill: more games, good and different
Platform: Pocket PC, Palm OS, MS Smartphone Wira! Mina! Knocking of hammers, the hum of machines, steam, grinding metal, the smell of paint and wood. PDAMill studio work. Several games will soon arrive at the "counters" thematic portals. Having gained a leading position in the genre of shooters, racing and puzzles, the company decided to set new high standards for other genres. Very soon will be released RPG game under the working title Journey of Illusion ("The Incredible Journey"). It's now known that the game will be released simultaneously for the three most popular platforms - Pocket PC, Palm OS and MS Smartphone. The game is waiting for us:
- A fascinating story and music of famous composer Jason Surgina (Jason Surguine)
- More than 20 hours of exciting gameplay
- More than 100 cards, as well as:
- Dozens of monsters, which will have to fight.
Based on the same engine company simultaneously working on three other games:
- Game genre RPG based on the epic story like Final Fantasy. The working title of the project - There Be Dragons and Chamber Star ("the councils, and dragons).
- Draft Kytar. Tactical game, where you enter the battle as a commander.
- Medieval Blacksmith - one of a kind game genres sochetayuchaya simulation and RPG, where the player acts as a blacksmith engaged in trade.
And it's not all. Is also preparing for another three-dimensional race.Oh, and gay as coming times! Games from the company PDAMill:
- Snails for Pocket PC and Palm OS
- Flux Challenge Demo for Pocket PC
- Traffic Mania for Pocket PC
- GameBox Gems for Pocket PC and Palm OS
- GameBox Solitaire for Pocket PC and Palm OS
- GameBox Asia for Pocket PC and Palm OS
- GameBox Classics for Pocket PC
Rainbow Bombing Shogi: puzzling "Bada Boom"
Platform: Pocket PC demo for Windows Inquiring editors PocketGamer found and published the announcement of yet another upcoming game. War strategies. Worthy contenders. Seriously giving a victory. All this - funny to think - on a familiar pain to field balls.
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Game Rainbow Bombing Shogi company Stylus Games is preparing since July. Thanks posted on the site of early demos for the PC, I managed to get acquainted with the game. The game is new and original. At the beginning of each game field 12x12 definitely filled chips in two colors. Moreover, the movement carried out a very curious way - the explosions. Yes, it bursts. Assess the situation on the field, put a charge, we define its power, push the button and - babbbah! - Single chips that surround the cell with a charge, fly a certain number of cells, depending on the installed power of the charge. Fly not only yours, but the chips enemy, so you can annoy him and. In the end, wins the one who is less than the ungrouped chips. It remains to add that the game will not be soon. Plans Jinks, described online games, rather impressive, the modified game interface has already acquired three-dimensional shape and a wonderful color. We'll wait. Hopefully, that will play it this year.
Defiance: Final Strike: Aliens & Marketing
Platform: Pocket PC as decent aliens acquainted with pearls kinoindustrvii and masterpieces of gaming art, representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations would simply be obliged to attack the Earth. Simply on the basis of the interplanetary ethics: they simply decide that this is the among us earthlings, etiquette, we just got used to the appearance of aliens from the noise and aggressive green with menacing grin on his head shevlyaschimisya antenna antennae. Here and now, coming space shooter with alien invaders, where you and your little space craft are the only hope for salvation of earthlings.
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At this time, the authors of stories about the salvation of mankind has become Australia's Benevolent Interactive. Observations on the forum PocketGamer, game Defiance: Final Strike went on sale in the summer, but shortly after the company stopped selling. Mystery? Lobbying by aliens? Political incorrectness with regard to extraterrestrial civilizations? No way! Everything was much simpler. The game will be back on sale. But this time it will release none other than PPC Studios, creators of the famous strategy Warlords and sport Baseball Today, we wrote about in the July issue of our review. In the press release, both companies promise to:
- 60 levels
- several degrees of complexity
- music and sound effects are of excellent quality
- 10 characters - Pilots
- convenient system tips and much more.
Since this game - the firstborn of Benevolent Interactive, difficult to predict the degree of excitement awaits us. It is hoped that it really deserves the attention of the publisher PPC Studios and in no way be inferior to the quality of their games.
Look at the screen: Adventures Yeti! three-dimensional space
Platform: Pocket PC Online PocketGamer appeared announcement yet unnamed three-game developer from Sean Cross. Judging by the screenshots, is waiting for us FPS - First Person Shooter.The game is based on a commercial license 3D-platform Yeti3D, it is expected that its price will fluctuate around $ 20. According to the published announcement, the game will be ready by the end of the year.
Yeti3D - a portable processing platform 3D-graphics rendering engine optimizes the image by processing power, thus removing the need for additional hardware equipment. Transferring to the Pocket PC platform was carried out by Sean Cross. So that the game is called, from the source.
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Podz: Saga of ET-misanthrope
Podz version for Pocket PC
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Podz - it's aliens who do not like people or their own kind (interestingly, NASA ever will express our protest, or will be so silent, yet reviled by mmm ... antennchatyh). So raznosherstaya civilization Podz attacks us, trying to capture the energy channel through which we monitor all our possessions in the universe ("Ha-ha!" - Laugh at the same time the authors of the plot - the company Acepocket). But the earthlings in a distant 10 th millennium, too, tea, do not slurp soup bast, and cleverly used the intolerance of foreigners and especially to all of their fellows, creating MKI Podz Cannon ™ - gun, shooting clones mentioned representatives of extraterrestrial civilizations. Those so hate their own kind, that just burst with indignation when the number of identical tribesmen near reaches three or more. Here's a strange story that's set out, however, not without humor. To me the whole atmosphere of the game reminded rather bizarre arrangements of the adventures of Indiana Jones.
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The rules are simple - shooting colored balls by sliding the chain, try to add the same number of colored beads in it to 3 or more, thereby destroying them, reducing the circuit and winning for some time until the vacated space is filled with new balls. Our task - not give a chain of balls reach the center and slip into the opened hole. However, the arduous and thorny to be this way, although interest. In the peryh, move the chain will keep accelerating. You will be able to note the time of acceleration on the indicator at the bottom (Panic Time). Firing at the passing the Silver Star, you can delay the time for a little while, and "shot" a gold star, you'll be awarded an extra life. In addition, the game constantly appearing bonuses and dangerous elements. Destroying, for example, a red ball with an arrow, surrounding him with two other red balls will cause the chain to move in the opposite direction for 5 seconds, and removing the track ball, among whom one was a skull with a pattern, you will greatly complicate the situation yourself.
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The game has several modes: Arcade, Survival and Challenge. In the Arcade you have to group and kill a certain number of balls to go to the next level. In Survival you choose the level and try to survive as long as possible, and, finally, in the Challenge, compete with anyone in possession of the title of "best shooter balls on balls." Total in each game - 25 levels, already on the first three are available in the demo, we have some time to learn to win. Pluses.Graphics excellent. Animation designed to trifles, we can even see a return from the shooting of the tower in the shot. The same meticulously in the sounds - beautiful music and stunning sounds of gunfire. Well done, Acepocket! Remarkably intuitive interface, well thought out system of learning to play (Tutorial). Developed the plot, although again with aliens, but this time without any unnecessary tragedy, and humor, which is so lacking in modern games. System settings, balancing opportunities for righties and lefties. For holders of the full version can also download the points earned on the server. One word is all that, in our view, should be in every game for the Pocket PC. Bravo! Cons. No significant shortcomings. As a taster, responsibly declare: finish meets all standards.
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Coral Capers: The Song of the pearl divers
Version Coral Capers for Pocket PC
Looked recently, "Finding Nemo". Very colorful cartoon with beautiful graphics beauty of the underwater world and well traced by the characters of the inhabitants of the depths. Coral Capers also stands out for its graphics and music. In particular, it should be noted that music more appropriate to the story, I've never met. Artists and animators took the time and effort and created a beautiful world - the blue abyss with a starfish, flocks of small fishes, whizzing past at lightning speed, sea horses, aggressive carnivores, corals, algae ... And along with this underwater "bytovuhoy - coveted gems that you need to gather, on their way carefully avoiding enemies. At the first level, available in the demo - it's red fish with a stupid-aggressive expression on his face and starfish to the lack of facial expression in the absence thereof. Arcade lovers will enjoy.
Octopuzzle Deluxe: puzzling ocean catering
Version Octopuzzle Deluxe for Pocket PC
New! Brand new, great idea! The story of the uneasy existence octopuses in the depths of the sea. Besides the fact that they need to eat, they need to get the keys to the locks - there ponatonulo ships without protolkneshsya!
So, you have a limited number of moves. To the maximum count their steps to meet, and this is sometimes not so easy, because Octopussy swims in a straight line, but to win, she needs to eat all edible, pick up the key, open the lock and get to the promised yield, thus not be eaten by itself. Sometimes you have to use a jellyfish to a single move to change the trajectory. Just what sort of "Gone in 60 Seconds." Total - as many as 25 levels. 3 levels available in the demo, I played in the same breath, however, had little Prestressing. Beautiful graphics with a sense of humor, funny sounds, and music for rock fans are probably intended to emphasize napryazhnnost situation. Well, to freedom from food?
Brick Breaker: serial Tetris
Revision Brick Breaker for Pocket PC
We at the factory. Working environment, measured the machines, the hum of machines. We pass to the carrier panel. Here it is, the window in the conveyor room: a huge glass, metal framing on the rivets in places already rusted. Here's a scratch, which we see for many years. Scoreboard on the right, the figures show, allowing us to evaluate the manufacturing process ... Getting Started: start stacking the different elements: the T and T-shaped elements, cubes, sticks ...
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Yes! Namely Tetris, estimated as "excellent." And this despite the fact that one of our main criteria for evaluating games is a novelty. I never miss a chance quipped about the viability of this "game of all time", but in this case, the execution itself should be noted. Sound effects are excellent games, the graphics are very stylish and polished, well-designed interface, a simple control system and a lot of details that make the game interesting: approaching a dangerous height - the red light alarm and turn the factory whistle, the bottom is printed on official information, displays on the right show level, points earned and the amount collected lines. Unique five. Small note. After downloading the program file, rename it to. Zip-archive.
PieGates
PieGates version for Pocket PC
And do not come to us whether the time to aim a blow at the Bill, so to speak, of our, Gates? Do not scold him just lazy, or for the billions it, whether because of his broken version of Windows do not work. And although the "windows" I am sometimes berated himself, staring at the blue screen, personal dislike to the above, someone did not feel. Nevertheless, this did not prevent him to aim a blow at him. Wipe the cake on the old tradition. And - kaaaaak!
With a cheerful "chpok" th cakes pop in here and there appear a person of billionaire. Only need time to poke him with stylus and a regular cake flies toward a happy smile. I managed to get 93 times. And it's free! I believe a U.S. visa to me now to be seen.
Bulls & Cows: Mystery of herd numbers
Version Bulls & Cows for Palm OS
Well, balls skills Grouping of three or more, we already have. In vykladyvanii figures of various shapes in a line, we just ate a dog. Moreover, we have these dogs simply eat on a regular basis - for games of a kind tetrisovyh come with alarming regularity. But as you have with the numbers? Include logic, because we are transported "back in the future."
Bulls and cows. Game school days, made for PDAs.Thus, there is a secret five-digit code that is needed to guess. We spread a test number (by pressing the stylus on the number, then the cell where you want to put a number) and obtain clues: blue and red beads (bulls and cows in the original). Blue balls indicate how many among the faithful entered numbers, but located neprvilno and red balls show the number of correct numbers in their place. Note position of red balls in no way reflects the position of the numbers properly placed in the cells. Analyze, menyam, substituting. Let's see how you cope with this task.
Tigers and Goats: goat blockage in Tibetan
Version of the Tigers and Goats for Pocket PC
You are surrounded by goats? They blocked off to you all life's path? Do not give a breathe? Eat them or lose! That's how short can be characterized by worldly-wise the game Bagha Chal, came to us from Nepal. And the hard work to pull it from Tibet took over Pieter van Santen. Through him, we can now enjoy the game, provided under the modest name of Tigers and Goats ("Tigers and Goats).
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The game is played between two players on the pitch, striated lines, which are placed at the intersections of shapes. As the name implies, the main figures on the blackboard are the "tigers" and "goats". At the beginning of the game on the field there are only four "tiger". Playing the "goats" in turn puts 20 of their chips on the field, and, after each of the "tigers" have to make your own - on any of the adjacent position on the line. Once on the field exposed to 20 "goats", players take turns starting to move his chips on the field. Tigers eat "goat", if they can jump over them. If you can screw up five "goats", "tigers" have won. If the "goats" managed to squeeze all the tigers so that they have nowhere to go - have won the "goats". Here's a game that's life. Nepalis - a wise people. Game - excellent. Despite the fact that there is no music and sound effects, no computer opponent, and the graphics are rather modest, we estimated it at 4, because the developer has found and implemented a really good idea, but also provides the ability to draw players to the field. And all this - absolutely free.
3D Air Disc: three projections Arkanoid
3D Air Disc version for Pocket PC
And again in the arena of pensioners! The portal PocketGear was announced the next breakout. At this time, the dust from good old game blew company GameZoneProject. And I must say, fairly tried at the same time. Thanks to her, we now have the opportunity to play three dimensional arkanoid. As always, the ball break the bricks and do not let it fall, beating the mobile platform, but there will have to break down not one but several intricately laid out the series. We catch blue bonuses falling on us sometimes from the broken bricks and skipping red. As many as 50 levels at your disposal. By the way, in order to run the game, rename the downloaded. Exe file in the archive. Zip. Very strange, but this mistake I see more and more frequently.
Kumika: tiled child of the East
Kumika version for Pocket PC
East - a delicate matter. That the East was born very much of that without which we can not imagine any our work, nor our holiday. So far, so more games are born in the East, appear on the display device. Among them, for example, such popular hits as Mahjong and nanograms.
Jewelsoft company introduced another game with Japanese roots. Translated from Japanese, «kumikae» means "changing positions". Kumika playing field consists of tiles with different patterns arranged at random. The tiles can be swapped with their neighbors, both horizontally and vertically. Laying out three or more tiles of the same pattern in the horizontal or vertical line, remove them from the field, and the vacated space is filled from top new tiles. Edakii kafeleukladochnye work with elements kumekanya, or rather, kumikanya. Suitable for filling free time for those who love the game attentiveness.
UFO Battle: Phantom World
Version of UFO Battle for Pocket PC
Ksumba, which, judging by the e-mail address, a leading developer, released the game UFO Battle - kind of famous arcade shooter. Moving the stylus rocket at the bottom of the screen, avoids bombs, which throws the aliens (the figure is very reminiscent of the bomb release pattern of the Great Patriotic War) and shoot the attacker to have a UFO. Shoot a very original way - releasing the stylus missile. The more UFO shot, the better. "Wade" through the game had good old at random - there are no instructions in the game. Oh, and one more thing - the game file to run directly from the PDA.
Space Invaders: Bullets in weightlessness
Version of Space Invaders for Pocket PC
The next game is a pensioner. Newly slender columns attacking aliens, once again you - the only hope for earthlings. Of course, nowhere to retreat behind the homeland and other rubbish, usually accompanied by similar games. You're driving your spaceship left and right, shooting from aliens, and they continue to hang around.
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Game frankly flawed. With the simplicity of the actions required, it seems completely unnecessary opportunity to reconfigure the control keys included in the options menu (at its original size, it will be possible, for example, to configure the keys so that it will be possible to move to the right when you press the joystick to the left).Speed shooting raises questions about the effect of weightlessness, and the file size - 8 MB - suggests that along with the game delivers the fuel to the intergalactic flights. The game was announced on almost all portals and news sites, that she is obliged to inclusion in our review. But this time it is rather a warning than an invitation to play in it.
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Warring Nations: Map of Iceland in the geography of the Middle Ages
Version Warring Nations for Pocket PC Version Warring Nations for Palm OS Geography warring medieval expanded: the company Inscenic Studios announced the release of the next card to their strategy of Warring Nations. Map of Iceland - the largest of the already released: it has 61 "play" area, each with a certain reserve of resources and the defending forces of varying strength and fighting spirit. The map is available for holders of full game on the website in the section reserved for registered users. Developers themselves admitted on the forum that the card has not been tested for excitement, but promised in case anything happens "denechek pokumekat and rectify the defect." Soon, the company also issued a map of Troy, so get ready to shoot at the heel of Achilles and the wooden horses to feed.
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Finalist Magazine Pocket PC Magazine Best Software Awards 2004 in the category of "Games of the strategy genre, one of the rare games in this genre, available in Russian, Warring Nations carries us in times of great patriots - generals, politicians and epic heroes: You can look severely on the hordes of Germans eyes of Alexander Nevsky, establish socialism arrows of Robin Hood, burning blue flame in the role of Joan of Arc. You can become one of the 20 elected, glorified his name forever. You have to conquer lands, strengthen the army, establishes diplomatic relations with the tricky and sometimes belligerent neighbors, watching them through spies, forged construction, and trade in their ... You control the state.
Hexagon v1.03
Hexagon version for Palm OS Hexagon, or hexagon. Here, in contrast to the famous Octagon, fights go by the rules and require maximum concentration. This is not to wave their fists and lie for hours on the mat in an interesting position, having done a good grip. You've got to think about. It is not surprising that the puzzle 80-xx Ataxx, based on which company InDev Software was done playing Hexagon, is still alive and well, along with the already tired of "people person".
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Game rules are simple. At the beginning of each of the two rivals have two pieces, located on the hexagonal field filled with cells. You can make your move in the cell next to the existing chip - in this case in this cell, a new chip. You can also rearrange the chip in a cell not exposed to "win" zone - while your screen opens a gap. Be careful, this move usually ends tragically, if the enemy is close by. Click on the chip to see the number of possible moves around it. All pieces of the enemy, surrounding the cell in which progress has been made, painted in your color. By filling in all the fields are counted chips of both colors. The winner is the one whose color dominates on the field. In Hexagon provides three levels of difficulty. You can play with the computer (Human vs Computer), with another person (Human vs Human), as well as play off the two computer players (Computer vs Computer). In addition, despite the name of the game, you can easily change the shape of the field with level editor. With the already released update can not be afraid of a tie - the company corrected the mistake with the breeding results of the game in which victory was friendship.
Meteor: VGA-added version
Version of the Meteor for Pocket PC company Mobile Stream released a new version of their breakout MeteorVGA, optimized specifically for those PDAs, which "allowed" more - Pocket PC with high-resolution display. The new version is designed for Windows Mobile 2003 SE, a also supports an optimized mode for Toshiba e800/805 (hardware acceleration).
Acky's XP Breakout 2.0
Version of Acky's XP Breakout for Pocket PC Arkanoid game of competition in space, which we presented in a previous issue, has undergone an update. Isotope244 Graphics work hard on the graphics and developed more than 80 of the existing 150 levels, also added support for Pocket PC with a VGA-displays. In addition, was added blaster, swept the bricks to the nines, as well as 3 new tunes from Dj Keys.
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