Mobile Games for the Google Android Platform
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Jun-10-2009
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The new range of Google Android smart phones, such as the T Mobile G1 and the HTC Magic, feature a number of novel controllers, such as an accelerometer, a trackball, and a touch sensitive screen.
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The new range of Google Android smart phones, such as the T Mobile G1 and the HTC Magic, feature a number of novel controllers, such as an accelerometer, a trackball, and a touch sensitive screen. Understandably, some games work better with these control devices than others. Here are a few of the games that are out there at the minute that demonstrate the possibilities - and the limitations - of the new generation of mobile phone controls.
Slide Puzzle - A touch screen adaptation of the age old 15-piece sliding puzzle game. This uses the touch screen interface very well, and has some nice graphics to boot.
Snake - This game became so popular on mobile phones that when people see the game it was blatantly ripped off from, the famous Atari arcade game Centipede, they often remark upon how much it looks like Snake. However, recent developments in the history of this now famous series of arcade knock offs have seen the elegant simplicity and instant gratification of the top down, sprite based viewpoint replaced by several unplayably clunky, but rather flashy looking 3D versions of the game. Discerning gamers will pleased, therefore, to find out that the Android version is a return to the ways of old, although you may find that the trackball is a poor replacement for a joypad or joystick.
Sokodroid - In Sokodroid, the player has to push blue squares into holes by pushing around a red one with either your finger or the trackball. Although it is a fine enough game, you cannot help but wonder if it would be easier to play with a joypad or a numeric keypad.
Solitaire - Fans of the classic Windows card game adaptation Solitaire may be disappointed to learn that this version is rendered vitually unplayable by the limitations of the touch screen device, which almost completely precludes accurate dragging and dropping.
Speed - This vertically oriented version of the classic Atari game Pong is enjoyable enough, but the touch screen is a poor substitute for the paddles used with the original TV game.
Sudoku - An electronic version of the Oriental puzzle classic, which can be controlled with a trackball or your finger, although the controls are so fiddly that you will probably want to give it a miss altogether.
Tap Tick - In this diverting but ultimately boring reaction game, the aim is to stop an advancing counter when it reaches a certain number. Handy for checking if you are still alive, but there are better games out there.
Tetroid - This Tetris clone does everything you would expect, although there is no display for the next piece, and the accelerometer works well as an input device, although it can take a little bit of getting used to.
Trap! - The aim the game in this touch screen version of the mobile phone gaming classic is to trap bouncing balls within as small a region of the screen as possible, without being hit by one while you are drawing a line. It is not bad, but the touch screen can be a little finicky.
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Mobile Games for the Google Android Platform _1055.aspx
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Author Resource :
Vodafone offer a huge range of mobile phones and price plans. If you like smart phones, you will love the HTC Magic with its fast internet for express browsing and downloads.
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Keywords :
mobile, sim only,
Category :
Communications
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Mobile Phones
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