Pocket PC magazine, January 2004
Page 15
Use With: P/PC 2002, and Windows Mobile 2003
Mastersoft Mobile Solutions
www.mastersoftmobilesolutions.com
support@mastersoftmobilesolutions.com
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Chess
Chesscapade
A chess game featuring 3D battle animations, real-time multi-player gaming over a network or the Internet, and four different play modes from AI Challenge to Challenge A Friend across a network. Taking an opponent's piece is highlighted with piece-specific animations. Chess board is fully rotatable on all axes.
$18.00
Use With: P/PC ARM, P/PC 2002,
Superscape plc
games.superscape.com
support@superscape.com
Chesscapade (above): A 3d chess board, animated sequences, and over-the-internet play make this a game to be reckoned with!
Kasparov Chessmate
Chessmate is endorsed by Garry Kasparov and powered by an advanced chess engine that is designed to challenge players at all skill levels. Play 2D mode or 3D mode with photo-realistic graphics. Four game-length modes: Blitz, Rapid, Classical, and No Limit. Features smooth and easy-to-use menus, and offers hints if you get stuck on a move.
$24.95
Use With: P/PC 2002
Hexacto Games Inc.
www.hexacto.com
info@hexacto.com
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Emulators
Pocket Odyssey2
An Odyssey2 / Videopac+ emulator for the Pocket PC. It's based on true cycle emulation of the entire hardware to produce an almost exact emulation. All known games work. The voice emulation uses ROM tables, not .wav files.
$4.95
Use With: P/PC, and P/PC 2002
Clickgamer Technologies Ltd.
www.clickgamer.com
info@clickgamer.com
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Kids
Aerobeak
An educational and violence-free game that promotes "Aloha Spirit," the friendly "life feeling" of Hawaii. Journey through a magical world filled with enchanted and cool characters like Pupulala, Fufu, PuffRuff, and many more! This game awakens a child's interest in science, history, geography, and our environment.
$24.95
Use With: P/PC, and P/PC 2002
9Isles International, Inc
www.9isles.com
support@9isles.com
Boubou Animals
An educational application aimed at babies and toddlers aged 10 months and up. It contains more than 50 high-resolution pictures of animals from the farm, the ocean, the forest, the desert, the jungle, and the savannah. Names are provided in both English and French.
$5.99
Use With: P/PC 2002
Cedric Bouleau
www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=10334
cedric_bouleau@yahoo.com
Boubou Animals (above): Teach your toddler the names of 50 farm animals in either English or French
Kids Pack
A collection of 4 games: Word Search, Labyrinth, Memory Master, and Peg Jump. Each game has several levels which help develop problem-solving skills and are designed for kids ages 8 and up.
$9.95
Use With: HP Jornada 560
Jsmart Technologies
www.jsmart.com
support@jsmart.com
Kids' Alphabet
Kids' Alphabet is a flashcard game that teaches kids the letters of the alphabet. It includes both lowercase and uppercase letters, and has three levels and a timer function.
$1.99
Use With: P/PC 2002, Windows Mobile 2003
Zaz
www.pocketpckids.com
gopocketsoft@yahoo.com
Puss In Boots
An interactive children's story with 50 color illustrations. Read how Puss helps Tom, the miller's brave son, win the hand of the beautiful Princess Olivia while foiling the dastardly plans of the evil Prince Ugo! Or does he? In this interactive tale it is up to YOU to decide.
$7.99
Use With: P/PC 2002
Interactive E Books, Ltd
www.inebooks.com
support@inebooks.com
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Puzzle
Academic Pocket Lines
A "mind game" in which you arrange colored balls on a board to form lines from balls of identical colors. Lines of five or more balls vanish from the board, increasing your score. You may choose to assemble blocks or rectangles instead of lines. The game ends when the board is filled with balls and no qualifying line or shape exists.
$14.00
Use With: H/PC, P/PC, and P/PC 2002
BallShooter Games
www.ballshooter.com
info@ballshooter.com
BlockHopper
Eliminate tiles from the playing field by hopping over one after another. But take care; one false move, and you could leave yourself with nowhere to go. This game is simple to learn, but difficult to master.
$9.99
Use With: P/PC 2002
Dejobaan Games
www.dejobaan.com
support@dejobaan.com
BookWorm
A word game for beginners and experts to increase your word power. Use all the burning letters by joining letters on the library wall before they reach the bottom and set the library on fire. There are over 35,000 words in the dictionary. Includes sound effects and a high score table.
$14.95
Use With: P/PC 2002
Astraware Ltd.
www.astraware.com
support@astraware.com
BrickSlider
A multi-player puzzle game in which the object is to clear the board of bricks by using other bricks and additional artifacts such as "viruses," "bombs," or "vortices." It features 100 levels and a high-score table.
$14.95
Use With: BE-300, H/PC, P/PC, and P/PC 2002
BallShooter Games
www.ballshooter.com
info@ballshooter.com
BrickSlider (above): Use viruses, bombs, or vortices to clear the board before you get buried in bricks
Collapse!
You have to strive to beat your last score by finding groups of similar blocks on the screen. But don't take too long about it, because more blocks fill up from the bottom of the screen and if you let any blocks get to the top... Collapse! It's all over!
$14.95
Use With: P/PC 2002
Astraware Ltd.
www.astraware.com
support@astraware.com
Eggstreme
Watch out for those "bad eggs" while you try to make a horizontal or vertical row of 3 or more matching symbols by swapping neighboring items. Gain extra points for matching 4 or 5 symbols. After each match new items will cascade down the screen, opening up more possibilities. The more matches you make, the more points you earn!
$7.95
Use With: P/PC, and P/PC 2002
Clickgamer Technologies Ltd.
www.clickgamer.com
info@clickgamer.com
Flip Out!
A puzzle game in which the goal is to fill each quadrant of the grid with dots of the same color in the fewest moves. Each level begins with randomly placed colored marbles in a grid of 4, 6, or 8 rows and columns. You flip and swap rows and columns of colored dots to make the row or column have the same color. The game has three levels of difficulty: Challenging, Mind-boggling, and Painful.
$2.50
Use With: P/PC ARM, and P/PC 2002
Transtellar Software
www.transtellar.org
support@transtellar.org
Pocket XWord
Pocket XWord is a crossword puzzle game that includes several puzzles. More puzzles can be downloaded. Pocket XWord can open any puzzle in the Across Lite format. This includes puzzles from many popular publishers such as USA Today, The New York Times, and The Washington Post.
$12.00
Use With: P/PC, and P/PC 2002
Micaceler
www.micacel
er.com
info@micaceler.com
PocketXWord (above): Can open any puzzle in the Across Lite format used by popular newspapers
PocketLinks
PocketLinks is an addictive puzzle game that offers up hours of fun and is full of wonderful graphics. It is fast and responsive.
$10.00
Use With: P/PC, and P/PC 2002
Scatter Beam
www.scatterbeam.com
info@scatterbeam.com
Zapped!
An arcade/puzzle-type game that requires fast thinking and reflexes. The objective of the game is to zap the falling shapes and eliminate them to prevent them from reaching your base, and to earn power-ups. There are over 10 levels, each with 4 stages and varying falling speeds. A new shape is added with each new level and the background changes every other level.
$6.95
Use With: P/PC ARM, P/PC 2002, and Windows Mobile 2003
eMobile Software
www.emobilesoftware.com
denthorq@yahoo.com
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Racing
Gangsta Race
A speed-and-skill action race game with variable gameplay. You can race on 10 original tracks in world-famous locations. Top view, wide options, large tracks, scrolling graphics, and a variable soundtrack. 3 game modes: Race, Shooter, and Survival.
$19.95
Use With: P/PC ARM, P/PC MIPS, and P/PC 2002
Garga Games
www.gargagames.com
sales@gargagames.com
Gangsta Race (above): You'll need Speed and Skill to keep you one step ahead of the long-arm of the law with this game
Trial Challenge
Ride a dirtbike and complete increasingly difficult obstacle courses. Free play mode lets you practice a level. In championship mode, you must complete a level with a minimum of falls to unlock new levels. The game has realistic physics and includes a replay function so you can relive your crazy stunts.
$19.99
Use With: P/PC ARM, and P/PC 2002
AIM Productions N.V
www.aimproductions.be
info@aimproductions.be
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Role Playing
Fade
Fade is a graphical adventure game. It has a storyline with a lot of puzzles to solve. It has dozens of charcters and more than 450 in-game screens.
$29.95
Use With: P/PC, and P/PC 2002
Fade
www.fade-team.com
mcload@wanadoo.fr
Monkey Menace
Deep in the Amazon jungle lies the treasure of the forgotten tribe. You (Jon) and your assistant Maia try to recover the stolen treasure by jumping over watermelons and dazing the monkey with your plunger gun.
$4.99
Use With: P/PC ARM, and P/PC 2002
AFZANE.COM
www.afzane.com
support@afzane.com
Tower Of Souls
A role-playing game with action. You must collect the seven Nydus Crystals and gain entry to the lair of Baalhathrok. You can cast 32 spells within 4 mystical categories, with 5 strengths and 3 different ways to cast the spells. There are 4 different types of armor and many swords available. You will have to slay the evil demon and end his reign of terror to win the game.
$19.95
Use With: P/PC, and P/PC 2002
Parys Technografx Ltd
www.parystec.demon.co.uk
support@parystec.demon.co.uk
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Simulations
Billiard Master
A billiard and pool simulation game for the Pocket PC, with realistic physics, hi-resolution graphics, and a multilingual interface.
$19.95
Use With: P/PC 2002
DigYs, Ltd.
www.digys.com
support@digys.com
Billiard Master (above): 8-ball in the corner pocket using some real English your game play
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Space
Darxide EMP
A space shooting action game with 3D graphics. Over the 12 missions you must upgrade your ship, adapt your tactics, and carefully manage your resources to succeed. You play a lone Star Fleet fighter pilot who, on routine asteroid clearance duty, suddenly uncovers a determined alien invasion fleet. You stand alone to protect the miners of Darxide, the sole source of Star Fleet's energy crystals.
£12.99
Use With: P/PC, and P/PC 2002
Frontier Developments Ltd.
http://frontier.co.uk
sales@frontier.co.uk
Odyssey, Battle Of The Universe
Blast your way through eight galaxies flooded with hundreds of relentless alien enemy ships, asteroids, and mines. Collect special weapons, missiles, shields, bonus lives, speed-ups, and power-ups, and destroy the bosses waiting at the end of each level. Features 8 levels, 33 different enemies, 53 different attack waves, and 5 upgradeable weapons.
$14.99
Use With: P/PC MIPS, P/PC ARM, P/PC 2002, and Smartphone
AIM Productions N.V
www.aimproductions.be
info@aimproductions.be
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Sports
3D Mini-Sportsbike
A 3D motorcycle racing game featured superbike racing and motocross racing. Both racing types allow you to compete on a variety of outdoor tracks with urban background or natural scenery. It uses realistic physics and 3D graphics.
$19.95
Use With: P/PC ARM, and P/PC 2002
OmniG Software
www.omnigsoft.com
sales@omnigsoft.com
Links
A golf game with photo-quality animations and realistic ball and shot physics that factor in terrain, green conditions, and wind for every shot.
$24.95
Use With: P/PC 2002
Hexacto Games Inc.
www.hexacto.com
info@hexacto.com
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Strategy
Battle of the Generals
A military strategy and tactics game based on the classic games of chess, checkers, and Stratego. Plays like chess, but you have to think like Stratego. Three levels of play: training, expert, and blitzkrieg. Three boards—wood, jungle, and marble—or you can customize the board and pieces. Sound effects, music, and online help are included.
$9.95
Use With: P/PC, P/PC 2002
Clickgamer Technologies Ltd.
www.clickgamer.com
info@clickgamer.com
BugLord
A strategy game of entomological combat where you pit armies of bugs against each other in a struggle for survival. You command a diverse colony of insects, from simple worker ants to mortar-firing beetles, and fight to conquer as much territory as possible. Up to four players are able to challenge and fight one another on 12 maps to become the supreme BugLord.
$19.99
Use With: P/PC ARM, P/PC 2002
BugLord, LLC
www.buglord.com
support@buglord.com
BugLord (above): Command armies of bugs against each other in a struggle for survival.
Counter Sheep
It's sheep against sheep, and it's all-out war as two rival sheep flocks fire projectiles at one another until one flock defeats the other. Armed with hi-tech missiles, ground weapons, and jet packs, they battle to claim each of the 10 exotic locations for their grazing grounds.
$9.95
Use With: P/PC ARM, and P/PC 2002
Oz Creations
www.ozcreations.com.au
info@ozcreations.com.au
Super Trooper
A 3D turn-based strategy shooting game in the "Worms 3D"-style format. Troopers have to shoot each other on a 3D landscape using weapons such as nuclear bombs, grenades, and heat seekers.
$9.95
Use With: P/PC ARM, and P/PC 2002