Cellular Phone Games
By Ravenhawk | August 7, 2007
Having joined the mobile age not too long ago, one of the first things I did when I got my phone to check out the games on it. Of course they were just demos, but among them was Zuma. Those unfamiliar with Zuma can do a google search and find it all over the place. I personally liked to play it on MSN games even though you have to use internet explorer.
Zuma has always been one of my favorite little flash games. Because of this, I was very disappointed after playing it on my phone. I’m sure they could have done a better port of it. The game play, which on the PC is fast paced as your control is with your mouse, was very slow and choppy. The graphics, which aren’t all that complicated, had become horrendous. I know the cell phone could do the better graphics as the other demos were 3D racing games.
Overall it was a sad experience. The problem is that people making the cell phone games assume that just because you’re playing on something that isn’t necessarily a gaming platform, you’ll settle for subpar gaming. This should be true, to a point, but as cell phones get more advance and definitely are no longer just for making phone calls, I think they should put a bit more thought into their cell phone games. With just the four “arrow” buttons and my center enter button, one could easily have enough control buttons for an old school RPG, for instance.
I probably won’t look too much into the games as I see my phone as a communication device, not a gaming tool (and the games cost too much) but if I ever find time to learn flash, I’d totally make a game which could be played on ze cell phone and didn’t suck….
Tags: Games, Cell phone games, Cell phones, Flash Games
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Prizee.com, fun flash games
By Ravenhawk | January 31, 2007
Now, I know what you’re thinking… “Its name is ‘Prizee’ It must be one of those lame places that says it’ll give you prizes for playing games or something.” And you’re right. For that matter, there’s 20 Wii’s going at the moment. But I really couldn’t care less about the prizes. I just like their games.
Every day you get somewhere between 1 and 3 free plays of their 12 free flash games. (They have more games, but you have to buy a max pack for those, so I don’t particularly care about them.)
I signed up using a friend’s referral and thusly gained double plays on my first day. It was fun. Some of the games, such as food chain, (A game where you have to raise a certain number of adult fish of different types by the time limit. The different types eat types that’re one step smaller) are quite creative.
The only downside I saw was only a couple of the games have any sound. But most of them play fast enough that it doesn’t matter too much. Sound would be nice, but I guess they’re catering to those with low internet speeds.
If anyone wants to try it out, the website is http://en.prizee.com/
If you want to take advantage of the double plays on the first day, you could use me as a Sponsor. My name on there is Ravenhawk
If you’re the type who doesn’t like to use referrals because you don’t like other people profiting for telling you about it, then you could just sign up. You’ll get half plays, though.
Truth be told, I don’t know if I’ll get anything if used as a referrer. Knowing the way these things work, I probably would. If anyone signs up as a referred, I’ll edit this post and say what, if anything, I got.
Edit February 1st 2007, 5:11 PM: So, while no one signed on as a referral, ironically, I got an email from them saying “You should refer people! Here’s what you’ll get!”
Apparrently, if I get referrals, upon their first reward, I’d get either the same, or its bubz value.
I don’t know if that means a reward like the free maxpack I got on my third day, or reward like little radios or something..
Either way, as I said, this is updated so now you know what happens if you give me a referral.
Besides your double games, anyway.
Tags: Uncategorized, Contests, Flash Games, Prizee.com, Wii
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