Richman, Poorman is a Japanese card game that has absolutely nothing to do with poker, but slightly feels like UNO. Interestingly, a freeware version of it has been released for the Sony PSP. Follow the link and be enlightened.
In the long and interesting history of the First Person Shooter, DOOM was admittedly the first game to truly nail the basic FPS formula. Duke Nukem 3D (MobyGames entry), though, was the game that truly expanded and enhanced it, by adding all sorts of then-impressive tech improvements, an outrageous sense of humor and pig-like cops. Duke also was the better game.
Nothing beats a good game of Pac-Man, especially if it's played for free and on your very own, much travelled Pocket PC. Clubic.com, a great French gaming site, has an excellent version available here. Follow the link, click on "Pac Man pour Pocket PC 1.0 (Anglais)", select a download server, download, install, play. Simple as that.
ScummVM, an emulator that allows gamers to play the magnificent 90s adventures of Lucasarts (and a select few other publishers), has been ported to series 60 phones. It may not be (not yet at least) the most stable program you'll ever run on your mobile, but it will definitely allow you to enjoy Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis on your Nokia, preferably while waiting for the bus. Download it here.
Football Manager Handheld 2007, a simplified version of current PC versions of Football Manager mixed with some Championship Manager 97/98 retro goodness, is arguably the best football related game on any handheld ever. That's why the brilliant and stunningly huge guide posted over at PocketGamer is such a precious thing. Go on, click and learn How to Play Football Manager Handheld 2007.
Strategy Wiki, having ceremonially posted its hundredth walkthrough, is celebrating and seems to be heavily intoxicated. This, then, is the time to sneak in there and read the best Metroid Prime Hunters walkthrough the web has to offer your faithful Nintendo DS. The best multiplayer strategy guide too. Simply click here.
Everything is possible, apparently more so on Sony's extremely hackable PSP, and what you see above are the pictures to prove it. So, if for some peculiar reason you do feel like running Win95 or DLX Linux on your handheld, then by all means do click here and do follow the instructions you're destined to read.
Will Wright's more than eagerly anticipated Spore, the same game that will try to simulate evolution from single cell organisms to space-faring empires on the PC, is coming to the Nintnendo DS. Yes, it is, and hoorah for that! Verify your news here or here. Find out more about the game by visiting the official site.
I do believe most of you do know, that I -your humble gnomish servant- have also been blogging @ Siliconera for quite some time now. What you definitely aren't aware of though, is that an illustrious member of the Siliconera crew discovered something particularly interesting:If you type “ball” in DS Rakubiki Jiten [DS Dictionary] two words show up and if you click on the grey word it opens up the classic Game & Watch game Ball. The game is played entirely on the touch screen where you hit left and right to keep the two balls balanced in the air.
