By Rob_Merritt on Wednesday, August 29, 2001 - 01:01 pm:
I just got a Palm as a gift. So... anyone got some games they wish to recommend? What I'm really looking far are some new versions to text based games that I loved from the 70's and 80s. Such as Camel, King/Hammurabi, Trek, Rogue, and so on.
By Ben Sones (Felderin) on Wednesday, August 29, 2001 - 02:50 pm:
Check out some of the big Palm software sites:
www.handango.com
www.palmgear.com
www.palmgamingworld.com
Just out of curiosity, did you get a color Palm? That's a big consideration, for games. Most of the games peopel are writing now are targeted at color devices (many have grayscale versions, but they often are not as good). Stuff I'd recommend (and have installed on my Visor right now):
Bejeweled (and just about any of the other PopCap/Astraware games)
Chess Tiger
Adaball (great Arkanoid clone)
Hoards of the Deep Realm (think Lode Runner... it's free)
Kyle's Quest (always a favorite, lots of user made content available)
Taipan (port of the Apple II sea trading game... strangely addictive, and free)
Space Trader (if you like Taipan, this is even better... and still free)
By Rob_Merritt on Wednesday, August 29, 2001 - 03:02 pm:
Ben,
No I didn't get the color one. I got it as a gift. Taipan would be up something I'm interested in.
By Stuart Harms on Wednesday, August 29, 2001 - 06:19 pm:
Try Dungeon Bane and Ancient Red. Both good Plam rpgs.
By Supertanker on Wednesday, August 29, 2001 - 11:43 pm:
"Taipan would be up something I'm interested in."
I haven't tried the Taipan palm version, but also try Dope Wars and Solar Wars. They are essentially the same thing, but updated. I play these two when I'm away from the office and have some time to kill. I was in the top 100 reported Solar Wars scores (perhaps still am, I haven't checked recently), and I've hit over 100 million in Dope Wars.
By Jason_cross (Jason_cross) on Thursday, August 30, 2001 - 04:14 pm:
Void is damn near Elite for the Palm. Check it out.
By Anonymous on Friday, August 31, 2001 - 12:16 pm:
Just saw this topic come up today, and all I have to say is...
Palm games? Isn't that a personal matter?
OK, I know, that was horrible...
By denny on Saturday, September 1, 2001 - 01:08 pm:
Also:
SimCity Classic
Vexed (Great free puzzle game)
Zap!2000
Blocks (nice free Tetris)
Planet Lander
I hear some guy named Sones has a "20 Best Palm Games" feature in the new issue of Handheld Computing Magazine...
By denny on Saturday, September 1, 2001 - 01:10 pm:
Just read through the whole thread... Thought someone would have mentioned this already, but nobody has. There are Infocom interpreters for the Palm, like Frotz. So you can play all the great Infocom classics. Someone's ported Collosal Cave as well.
By Mark Asher on Saturday, September 1, 2001 - 08:09 pm:
"There are Infocom interpreters for the Palm, like Frotz. So you can play all the great Infocom classics."
Man, talk about a great way to play a game during one of those boring meetings at the office. Who would know?