List of N-Gage shmups?...

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 10:59 pm

I know about Xyanide; are there any others?

I don't have a cell phone yet, but once I get one I figure I might as well get one that's also good for gaming!

mannerbot · Post by **mannerbot** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:50 pm

dave4shmups wrote:I don't have a cell phone yet, but once I get one I figure I might as well get one that's also good for gaming!

Won't be this one. Just get a regular cell, phones are for making calls.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:57 pm

mannerbot wrote:
dave4shmups wrote:I don't have a cell phone yet, but once I get one I figure I might as well get one that's also good for gaming!
Won't be this one. Just get a regular cell, phones are for making calls.

Yes get a regular mobile phone, It'll save you some money. for some more shmups

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 12:04 am

There are no shmups available for Ngage period that I know of. I have read nothingbut bad stuff about the NGage. Even intriguing games that you think would be a blast to play in a local city's wireless network like Puyo are botched.

For good portable shmupping I would buy a Turbo Express or a Nomad, or wait until there is PSP emulation then just buy a small cell phone to go with whatever portable system you got. NGage = pricey waste of money. If they had executed it right it could have been a great little system.

qatmix · Post by **qatmix** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:13 am

get a gp32 as that had PC engine / Snes and Megadrive emulation at full speed

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 12:10 pm

qatmix wrote:get a gp32 as that had PC engine / Snes and Megadrive emulation at full speed

Full speed you say..... Might have to purchase one after all

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:21 pm

mannerbot wrote:
dave4shmups wrote:I don't have a cell phone yet, but once I get one I figure I might as well get one that's also good for gaming!
Won't be this one. Just get a regular cell, phones are for making calls.

Yeah, but if you can also play games on them, why the heck not??

With all the wireless mulitplayer capability that the DS has, it's too bad you can't also use it to make calls. *shrugs*

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:29 pm

I was told that the N-Gage is capable of playing roms,so you might want to look into that.

B-

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 5:57 pm

I work for a publisher of mobile games and I cannot agree enough with the advice given here. Stay away from the N-Gage. If you're getting a phone that can play games there are much better phones than this. It is, afterall, primarily your phone. It's a bonus if you can play games on it, but if you just wanted portable games there are of course better choices.

Stay away from this phone!

Bill

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:35 pm

the2bears wrote:I work for a publisher of mobile games and I cannot agree enough with the advice given here. Stay away from the N-Gage. If you're getting a phone that can play games there are much better phones than this. It is, afterall, primarily your phone. It's a bonus if you can play games on it, but if you just wanted portable games there are of course better choices.

Stay away from this phone!

Bill

Ok, what phones are out there that have better games then this? And I've already said that I'm NOT just looking for a portable gaming device; like I said, if I can get a phone that has some great gaming on it, why not?

Post by **system11** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:36 pm

The GP32 doesn't run either the PCE or Megadrive emus at full speed. It gets 30fps on the PCE, variable on the Megadrive. This is assuming you have a standard unit that isn't overclocked.

However, it also does Spectrum, Gameboy, C64, Atari 800, etc etc. too

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:41 pm

I'm not looking for a phone that can emulate games, just one that has a good selection of it's own.

serge · Post by **serge** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 8:35 pm

In short, there are no good phone games, thanks to technical limitations and general developers approach to mobile gaming.
But there are some not-too-bad games, like the following two shooters (by the way, both are compatible with N-Gage):

Siberian Strike is available for many Java-compatible phones:
http://www.midlet-review.com/index?cont ... 6&rel=j2me

Sky Force works on Symbian handsets:
http://www.midlet-review.com/index?cont ... el=symbian

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 10:07 pm

Wow, thanks Serge! Those both look pretty good!-Dave

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 2:40 pm

A friend of mine bought a N-Gage last week

We just cant stop making fun of him......

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 3:43 pm

serge wrote:In short, there are no good phone games

Japan would disagree with you...

Tons of proof HERE, HERE and HERE

serge · Post by **serge** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:40 pm

Yes, you're right!
Hopefully in the near future I will have a chance to see some of these Japanese games in action, but meanwhile in the real world...
I was very interested in the whole "gaming on a phone" thing, but eventually switched to PocketPC, which is much more capable platform.

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:27 am

Thunder Force wrote:
serge wrote:In short, there are no good phone games
Japan would disagree with you...

Tons of proof HERE, HERE and HERE

Ah... Nectaris from Hudsonsoft... an all-time favourite game of mine from the Turbo Grafx-16 days. Very playable on a phone I'd imagine.

Bill

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 2:31 am

dave4shmups wrote:Ok, what phones are out there that have better games then this? And I've already said that I'm NOT just looking for a portable gaming device; like I said, if I can get a phone that has some great gaming on it, why not?

I think the newer Series 60 phones from Nokia are not too bad (7610 type) and the Sony Ericsson K700i is a nice phone. My point is that there aren't too many games exclusive for the N-Gage, certainly maybe only Xyanide for shmups. Thus your decision becomes more of a "what's the best phone" one.

Bill

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