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aplications and games

hi!i have just bought Tytn and i am looking for applications and games...i think i have read in this forum a web page that has apps and games(for free) but i cant find that anymore...can anyone give me the address?thank you a lot

This is a nice one
http://www.freecabs.de/
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Freeware...
Pocket PC Freeware - http://www.pocketpcfreewares.com/en/index.php
Freeware Pocket PC - http://freewareppc.com

Make sure you follow my reviews in the General forum here, I continuously review a lot of titles and my verdicts are pretty reliable

Menneisyys said:
Make sure you follow my reviews in the General forum here, I continuously review a lot of titles and my verdicts are pretty reliable
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I second that!

There are also snes, nes, genesis, mame emulators available. So far I've gotten mame, nes, snes to run perfectly. I also tried that PS emulator the other day. I managed to run Final Fantasy Tactics at around 25-30FPS with slowdown at cutscenes.

where do i get these stuff daemonk?thank you vijay and athuaqueaxmed!

The modaco.com smartphone gaming forums has links to the various emulators. You have to find the BIOs and ROM files yourself though becuase they are illegal to distribute and have if you don't already own the game.
http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showforum=38
I used:
Final Burn for MAME
PocketSNES for SNES
FPSEce for PS1
PocketNester for NES
The default settings pretty much works. Some minor tweaks with display settings might be needed for portrait/landscape mode. Also button layouts has to be reprogrammed.
To get the MAME Final Burn emulator to work on some games, you also have to increase the memory cache in the registry under hklm/system/storage manager/filters/fsreplxfilt/ReplStoreCache and hklm/system/storage manager/FATS/CacheSize to 32768. Warning though, changing your cache size will lower your availble RAM to like 10-15mb.
The PocketSNES emulator will only display landscape right mode. So you'll have to flip your hermes the other way with the slide out keyboard on top and customize your buttons accordingly. I actually found it to be more comfortable than playing with the keyboard on the bottom.
I don't recommend playing heavy action/multiple button pressing games on the hermes because I don't think the keyboard was really made to be pressed that heavily. Thats why I deleted my MAME emulator and games. But RPGs like the Final Fantasy Series or other old Squaresoft games (replaying chrono trigger right now) run prefectly on the hermes. The save state feature present on all those emulators lets you save whenever so it really works well as a mobile gaming device.
So far I've found hermes really good for these emulators because of that slide our keyboard. The keyboard unlike many other phones actually register more than one button press at the same time, so I can press down and left directions at the same time and go diagonal.
The only issue is what happens when a call comes in while you are playing. On the Final Burn emulator, your phone will probably crash. On the other emulators, you'll be able to take the call, but the emulator will crash after you are done talking, losing your game progress.

Thanks for the info. I see your point about the keys.

daemonk said:
The PocketSNES emulator will only display landscape right mode. So you'll have to flip your hermes the other way with the slide out keyboard on top and customize your buttons accordingly. I actually found it to be more comfortable than playing with the keyboard on the bottom.
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Use n0p's port instead. Read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=306444

another good freeware site
http://freecabs.org - has freeware pocket pc downloads

Working Games and game related questions...please post here

I dont normally play games on me mobile but things have changed since I got my SPV3100 and now my Ameo!
Was thinking we could start a list with useful links of games that actually work on the ameo.
Ive managed to find a classic, wolfenstein 3d, its a complete port and it runs really well!
I was wondering tho if anyone can get Quake or Doom working. (found hpc doom but it crashes at the very start, looks like it would work but doesnt)
What games do you guys have working on your Athena?

Got Doom Working! Its Great!
Managed to get doom working fine.
Heres where you need to go to download the program, it runs in Portrait at the moment but works smoothly nonetheless.
http://home.freeuk.com/gamefreaks/pql/gfDoom.htm
Keys:
Joystick - Directional Control
Tap at the bottom half of the screen / Comm Manager Button - Fire
If you want to exit, click the X in the top right, then Press the camera button. Once in the main menu, move down to exit game and then press the camera button again.
You need to have the DOOM1.wad file (read the readme file that comes with the program from explainations)
Very nice!
Have fun!

My personal favourites are
SPB Brain Evolution (although it infuriates me!)
SPB Air Islands (the game sucks, but it has some cool minigames and it's VGA!)

ScummVM is a must! Its free, you just have to get the game files. There are even some free games.
Favourites of mine, Sam 7 Max, Simon the Sourcerer, Day of the Tentacle
It works, but you have problems starting it up. Start with the pda in portrait mode, and fumble your way around to the options menu to get to graphics settings and turn on the 2x doubling. Once thats done it works fine from then on.

Megadrive Emulator
Managed to get PicoDrive working altho all the keys are messed up because of the screen orientation, it seems to get the joystick confused, and makes UP left and DOWN right for some reason, still looks good on the Ameo tho!
Keep em coming!
Thanks for the games so far

Pyrofer said:
ScummVM is a must! Its free, you just have to get the game files. There are even some free games.
Favourites of mine, Sam 7 Max, Simon the Sourcerer, Day of the Tentacle
It works, but you have problems starting it up. Start with the pda in portrait mode, and fumble your way around to the options menu to get to graphics settings and turn on the 2x doubling. Once thats done it works fine from then on.
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Wow! ScummVM rocks! I had forgotten how much I loved Sam n Max!

findus said:
My personal favourites are
SPB Brain Evolution (although it infuriates me!)
SPB Air Islands (the game sucks, but it has some cool minigames and it's VGA!)
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Gotta agree with you on Spb Brain Evo ..simply the nuts. I also like the 'Real Dice' ensemble of games like;
Real Dice Mahjong
Real Dice Dominos
Real Dice Sudoku Master II......all are in high quality genuine VGA. They look and play really well.

Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe (2.0 beta) works perfectly (just remember to set the phone to portrait view before starting). Now with the "original" music sounds!
http://www.esoftinteractive.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1570

SIM Coupe (SAM Coupe emulator) works okay if you start in Portrait mode with only the "keyboard" menu being present as a glitch. (I thought I'd posted about Pocket Commodore Plus/4, too, which works but is PAINFULLY slow sometimes).

For bought games, Broken Sword (Astraware) demo looks very very promising indeed; it rotated the screen correctly and looks very pretty, and appears to be playing at the correct speed.

Hi
This is my first post so hope im doing this ok.
I am thinking of getting one of there phones as a friend has one.
I currently have a hermes and all is ok, the problem is that the athena is lacking in buttons on the front that are needed to play games, like "fire" in worms for example.
none of the keyboard buttons seem to work.
Is there a way round this?
thanks
Sean.

I have the same trouble, Worms in X7500 only admit two buttons and the game requires three buttons to work correctly.
Can someboy modify the wwpsave.dat as somebody did for the HTC Touch to make the x7500 buttons workable for this game???
Thank you.

Games that can be played in landscape mode

Since I bought htc universal(o2 executive), I have always used it for work. Most of my games only worked in portrait mode. But, I want to know what games work well on it in landscape mode.
Till now, games that work nicely in landscape mode are(and which I really liked playing)
1. pdamill snails:make sure you first switch to potrait mode. Game auto-runs in landscape mode then. The graphics are QVGA, but, its the best I have found so far.(RECOMMENDED)
http://www.pdamill.com/prod_sn.shtml?ref=moregames
note:v3 of snails auto-switches to potrait mode
2. pocket mini golf 2:runs in landscape mode and supports vga
3. resco table soccer
4.call of duty 2(suggested by 3nrico)(requires 28MB free RAM)
5.astraware solitaire(suggested by ng)
6. Infinite dreams krally(suggested by DaVince)(better play with the stylus)
7.Atomic cannon(suggested by cktlcmd)(RECOMMENDED)
8.PDAmill Corsair(suggested by cktlcmd)
9.Astraware My Little Tank(even though the game plays itself in potrait mode, you can easily play it in landscape by remapping the keys)(RECOMMENDED)
10.PDAmill Bowling for Burgers
What other games do you play universal-owners?

call of duty 2 but it's very difficult to play with touchscreen

Yeah, but, you need 28mb free ram. I cannot even achieve that mark even by hard reseting the rom which I'm using
btw, added urs to the list

The new astraware solitaire works in landscape mode AND VGA mode.

These are also very good on Landscape:
Infinite Dreams Krally
Moregames Azgard Defense
Hexacto Baseball Addict
ppcStudios Ancient Evil
Jamdat Worms World Party
Broken Sword

Regarding krally, it does looks nice in landscape mode, but, you cannot control the car nicely, since the universal keyboard cannot respond to multiple presses.
Regarding 'Baseball Addict', does it auto-plays itself other way around ie, playing screen is actually 180degrees to the keyboard? I m asking this because I tried tennis addict and the playing screen was on the other side
I ll try all of them and add them if the work and are playable on the universal

Well.. I prefer using the stylus.
I don't have Baseball Addict installed right now.. so I can't really remember..

I"d like to add too:
Atomic Cannon: http://www.isotope244.com/atomic_cannon_pocket.html
My Little Tank: http://astraware.com/ppc/wm5/mlt/?skucode=0212-000-0387
Chess Genius: http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=1640
I like SHOOT E'M UP games. Atomic Cannon and My Little Tank are the best. As you mentioned, I love SNAILS too.
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cktlcmd said:
My Little Tank: http://astraware.com/ppc/wm5/mlt/?skucode=0212-000-0387
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Are you sure it supports landscape mode? On their site, I see 480*640 only.

kdskamal said:
Are you sure it supports landscape mode? On their site, I see 480*640 only.
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It does not really support landscape mode, but you can assign the arrow keys to control the tank to go to whatever direction you want. So in reality, you can play it in landscape mode, except the menus if you open it is in portrait mode and the score keeper on the side. This game is well built, so the scenery works both ways. Try it and you'll love it too.

I just saw these from PDA Mill:
RATS: http://www.pdamill.com/prod_ra.shtml?ref=dlimg#buy
THE CORSAIR: http://www.pdamill.com/prod_co.shtml?ref=panel#buy
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Oh yeah.. Atomic Cannon rocks!! literally!
The explosion effects are truly awesome..

DaVince said:
Oh yeah.. Atomic Cannon rocks!! literally!
The explosion effects are truly awesome..
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Also be sure to check out Isotope's new game Machines at war!

cktlcmd said:
I just saw these from PDA Mill:
RATS: http://www.pdamill.com/prod_ra.shtml?ref=dlimg#buy
THE CORSAIR: http://www.pdamill.com/prod_co.shtml?ref=panel#buy
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I tried Rats today. Looks like the rat does not behaves well with my universal keyboard. Also, cannot find a way to remap the buttons in the game
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Also be sure to check out Isotope's new game Machines at war!
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Does it supports landscape mode?

Gold Miner Joe: http://www.goldminerjoe.com/
I like this game. It does play well in landscape on the Universal, that is why I bought it. But I uninstalled it because it causes some conflicts on my most used applications. You guys can try it if you want, maybe you won't get the conflicts. This game is nice, it reminds me of Super Mario. If installed alone on my Universal, I have no problems.
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Astraware my little tank and pdamill bowling for burgers added to the list

Hello guys
I have a HTC Touch and I'm having some problems with the keys with Worms, i can only configure one key, the central button of my pad is actionless, do you have any idea to solve this problem ?

If you're into very old-skool stuff Nethack will keep you busy for a while. Very addictive and works in landscape mode.
Also, I'm not sure whether discussion of emulation is allowed by forum rules (feel free to delete if not), but ScummVM works brilliantly and (only) in landscape mode! The Universal is fast enough to handle even the newest and most CPU-intensive Scumm games like Sam and Max Hit the Road. Lucasarts adventures were simply MADE for the stylus, and the only issue on my M5000 is that on some screens you need to click on the very far left edge of the touchscreen to make your character move offscreen, and that can sometimes bring up the onscreen keyboard which is mildly annoying
There's plenty of instructions on how to make your old Scumm games work on a pda on ScummVM's Sourceforge page, including a nifty little utility that compresses the in-game audio for those games that have CD-ROM music or voiceovers so it won't take up all of your SD card. At least one of these old games (Beneath A Steel Sky) is now freeware, so you can legally download it and play it on long bus trips on your pda.

for me I get the jamdat worms game in landscape mode facing upside down to the keyboard. Also I can't seem to figure out what the fire button is.

Arvale ftw

games?

what games are out there for the touch? I would love to play shooters like micro counterstrike, cod2, doom, and quake but dont think i can w/o a keyboard. (know micro cs does not work on touch) Do any shooters work? thanks in advance

i dont own a vogue but my old himalaya
had no problems with
wolfenstein, hereric, hexen, duke 3d, doom1-2, quake1-2 (dont have enough mem for quake3)
fallout2 and warcraft2 also works great though they are not shooters
i run all of my sd card

thank you very much

Rudegar said:
i dont own a vogue but my old himalaya
had no problems with
wolfenstein, hereric, hexen, duke 3d, doom1-2, quake1-2 (dont have enough mem for quake3)
fallout2 and warcraft2 also works great though they are not shooters
i run all of my sd card
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How do you guys play these games on your WM devices? Are they not DOS games? Or are there WM versions now?
Or is there a DOS emulator out there for WM that everyone knows about except me?? :-(
Thanks,
The Fish

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How do you guys play these games on your WM devices? Are they not DOS games? Or are there WM versions now?
Or is there a DOS emulator out there for WM that everyone knows about except me?? :-(
Thanks,
The Fish
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yes...no... yes... and yes!
lol

their source went open and people recompiled them for wm
if they were to run emulated it they would run too poorly for anybody to bother

You'll need an external keyboard or something.
Without tweaking, you've only got the d-pad and centre button available for use in games. In addition, I've only been able to unlock the camera shutter button for mapping... but in doing so I've broken it's normal functionality as a shutter.
Best bet? Look for games that were created for windows mobile and rely heavily on the touchscreen for control.
Also note, when looking for software for the Touch/Vogue... you might want to skip the smart phone versions. You DO have a windows mobile smart phone, but usually the smart phone version is for a device without a touch screen.

You can use the camera, dpad, send, and end buttons in most emulators, with the combination of the touchscreen. I can use em in all of mine

no external keyboard needed for any of the ones i mention
it's all part hardware buttons hard touch screen for moving the char and shooting if we sepak of fps games
though imho these fps's are not really usefull to play for real
rts and rpg's works better because one dont need as much precision and speed
though hardcore rts fans may beg to differ

My favorite games for the vogue are
-pocket quake (Quake is my favorite game of all time. I'm going to try the qrally mod on my ppc)
-Pocket Hexen
-Worms world party (I love that i can pass it around in two player mode)
and pocket ufo (I also used to love x-com)

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My favorite games for the vogue are
-pocket quake (Quake is my favorite game of all time. I'm going to try the qrally mod on my ppc)
-Pocket Hexen
-Worms world party (I love that i can pass it around in two player mode)
and pocket ufo (I also used to love x-com)
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Hey fuzzydeer,
How did you get the key mapping to work in Worms World Party?
It seems to only allow you to assign the "Camera" button to either Jump, Shoot, or Backflip. I only really want the shoot button to work, but it requires that you register all of the keys!

ajones, what emulators are you using that allows you to assign the send/end keys to the controls? i have tried some emulators and have had no luck doing this.

Generic on screen controller ?`

Hi all
Ive downloaded a few games like Worms on my HD2 that seem to work great jut wondering if there is a generic controller that i can download to play games ?
whethr it be faintly over the game screen or whatever ?
thanks
Jack

I use this one here. Im not sure about the compatibility to all the games out there (was designed for worms classic --> the FAR BETTER WORMS BY THE WAY , but im sure they need to support onscreen gamepads to work properly (p.ex. in worms you could/had to assign the keys to the functions of the pad) and unfortunately have to be in/support vga. You need to start the exe inside always before you want to play a game or even better: make a short mortscript which always starts both - the game and the keypad. Enjoy and maybe you want to tell us if it works for other games as well.
Greets
EDIT - One thing: the "X" always closes the keypad-application

o brilliant thanks for that ! works great with worms havent tried it with others yet but will post on how i get on
again thanks alot

elburna said:
I use this one here. Im not sure about the compatibility to all the games out there (was designed for worms classic --> the FAR BETTER WORMS BY THE WAY , but im sure they need to support onscreen gamepads to work properly (p.ex. in worms you could/had to assign the keys to the functions of the pad) and unfortunately have to be in/support vga. You need to start the exe inside always before you want to play a game or even better: make a short mortscript which always starts both - the game and the keypad. Enjoy and maybe you want to tell us if it works for other games as well.
Greets
EDIT - One thing: the "X" always closes the keypad-application
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you should really try the new version of Worms, Worms 2010, works with WVGA and touchscreen, it is excellent.

ozkaya said:
you should really try the new version of Worms, Worms 2010, works with WVGA and touchscreen, it is excellent.
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Already tried it some time ago and didnt really like it Classic Worms World Party is still my favorite --> Close to PC-Version, better movement if you ask me, more configurable things and in my eyes still the cuter graphics (apart from the fact, that in worms 2010 even the wvga version is still pixulated which would not have been necessary as the game doesnt need a lot of hardware power)... But thats a matter of taste...