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Pocket Quake goes MIPS, faster!

[ Friday, February 23 ]

Pocket Quake, previously the sole property of iPAQ users, can now also be enjoyed by Cassiopeia owners courtesy of Carpediem who, as he details in this discussion thread, has successfully written a MIPS port.

Additionally, check out this thread for information regarding a new release which should increase frame rates by approximately 24% thanks to 3D optimisation work carried out by Jacco Bikker and, as a consequence, will allow the inclusion of a landscape mode option. Many thanks to AlphaFox for letting me know of this.

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Pocket Hustler reviewed

[ Friday, February 23 ]

There's a review of Pocket Hustler, the first ever pool game written for the Pocket PC, now up on the site courtesy of Jonsey. Does he consider it to be a hit or a miss? Read on to find out...

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Jimmy to free up more screen space!

[ Friday, February 23 ]

Jimmy Software have announced that they are currently working on a utility that will "increase your screen resolution using new version of JS Landscape". The program, to be released free of charge for JS Landscape users, will use a sub-pixel software rendering technique to increase the resolution from 240x320 to 240x480 pixels.

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AppleCE now supports iPAQ

[ Thursday, February 22 ]

The Apple ][+ emulator, AppleCE, is now at version 0.1b and the major news is that it now supports both MIPS and ARM Pocket PC's, meaning that iPAQ owners can now join in the fun. Gotchas include the restriction that only colour games are supported, and only .dsk extensions work (.nis extensions are currently not supported). Thanks to Chris Kimbrough for this information.

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Flux on the Mark

[ Thursday, February 22 ]

Thanks to Johan Palm (again!) for pointing out this discussion thread in the Flux forum in which details and (very tasty-looking) screenshots can be found regarding one of their two planned releases for March, The Mark. The game is based around "a desperate fight in the heart of the Metropolis. Your mission is to shoot your opponent at the top of buildings. After the task of life and death, there will be incredible compensation. The grades you gained will be used to download other mission stages."

There's also a thread on their other release, Space Scorch. This game is "is a cannon game in the future. You can fire by controlling the degree of an angle and power. The key of victory is to adapt yourself to the surroundings of various planets."

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LudiPocket News Flash!

[ Thursday, February 22 ]

Lots more Flash fun and games to be found over at French site, LudiPocket, which has a long list of links to visit. For those who don't have the first clue when it comes to French, "jeu(x)" means "game(s)"! :-)

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PocketFC 0.6 released

[ Thursday, February 22 ]

Version 0.6 of PocketFC, the NES emulator, is now out. Major new features include "improved speed, autoframe skipping [and] control mapping". You can find discussion of the emulator in this BrightHand thread. Many thanks to Lars Harrison for letting me know about this one.

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CECraft working on Pinball game

[ Thursday, February 22 ]

CECraft, the company whose Pocket PC debut brought us the impressive iGolf, are working on a pinball game for the Pocket PC. Features include "dazzling graphics (65536 colors), [a] multi-channel interactive sound system, realistic real-time simulation of Rigid Body Dynamics [and a] multi-layer and story based stage design".

Thanks to Johan Palm, webmaster of PocketSpel.com, for pointing this one out to me. Just in case you're wondering whereabouts on the CECraft site this information can be found, you need to click the "Products" tab on the right-hand side and then the "CECRAFT Pinball" tab at the top.

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Pocket PC gets more Flash!

[ Thursday, February 22 ]

Many thanks to Gary who pointed the Smashing Ideas Portable site out to me, which includes two Flash games formatted for "portable devices" (with the "Fit to Screen" option enabled, they display pretty much perfectly in Pocket Internet Explorer). The first, FourSight, is a 3D version of Tic-tac-toe, whilst the second, Takeover, is a strategic board game where your objective is to turn all the tiles on the board into your colour.

The site helpfully offers download links, so there's no need to have an Internet connection on your Pocket PC - you can play to your heart's content off-line as well. What's more, two more titles are in the pipeline, Blackjack and Star Command.

And there's more! Steve Grice kindly pointed me in the direction of the Flashenabled.com Pocket PC site, where you can find a whole variety of cool stuff, including poker and chess games.

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ZIOGolf + courses: Prices slashed

[ Thursday, February 22 ]

Check out the ZIO Interactive site for the opportunity to save $55 on the original ZIOGolf (not the sequel, ZIOGolf 2!). The offer, available from March 1, sees ZIOGolf and five courses available to purchase for $24.95.

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