Amped
Well, it's kind of true, yet also kind of completely untrue. You see, soon, Amped, Top Spin and RalliSport Challenge will be playable on the go. And they are all Xbox exclusive titles.
However, this is nothing more than Microsoft selling cellular phone rights for its leading sports titles to JAMDAT mobile phone games development.
"JAMDAT Mobile's impressive wireless publishing capabilities and extensive distribution network of global mobile operators make it an excellent choice to bring these popular Xbox titles to wireless consumers," said Ed Ventura, no relation to famed 1990’s pet detective, Ace, but Director of the Consumer Products Group at Microsoft Games Studios.
The games will be rolled out in the US this summer and expected to filter across to Europe before Christmas.
However, this is nothing more than Microsoft selling cellular phone rights for its leading sports titles to JAMDAT mobile phone games development.
"JAMDAT Mobile's impressive wireless publishing capabilities and extensive distribution network of global mobile operators make it an excellent choice to bring these popular Xbox titles to wireless consumers," said Ed Ventura, no relation to famed 1990’s pet detective, Ace, but Director of the Consumer Products Group at Microsoft Games Studios.
The games will be rolled out in the US this summer and expected to filter across to Europe before Christmas.
Companies:
Microsoft
People: Ed Ventura
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micta 24 Mar 2004 17:46
1/6
Believe the headline! The xbox is portable, in that you can pick it up and take it back to the independent retailer you bought it from and ask for your money back. If i'd have known what a f**ken palaver it was to get online with Xbox, i'd have saved £70. What a jip. It's going back if Toca 2's no good...
cashton2k 25 Mar 2004 17:27
2/6
Headline is a little misleading aint it?
Whats this kid above me talkin about? u can get an xbox online with ur eyes closed, its not rocket science. u cud always go and buy a playstation 2 to enjoy really bad dancing games, do they actually make any other type of game????
p.s sega rock
Whats this kid above me talkin about? u can get an xbox online with ur eyes closed, its not rocket science. u cud always go and buy a playstation 2 to enjoy really bad dancing games, do they actually make any other type of game????
p.s sega rock
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SPInGSPOnG 25 Mar 2004 18:52
3/6
I must admin, I've recently got a Java game compatible phone, and I'm dying to download something good for it. But I'll be damned if I want Top Snip (a sort of Nip/Tuck game themed around performing cosmetic vasectomies) or Amped, the worlds worst snowbarding game.
What I want is the bloody penguin games from http://www.yetisports.com. Let's face it the control interface on a mobile fone sux. You can keep all your fiddly little thumb pads, we want games that require a single click... and YetiSports 1 and 3 are ideal.
But of course, the mobi companies are too busy blowing their wads on licensing games that are, quite frankly, totally unsuitable for the format, instead of finding mega addictive little gems like the Yeti/Pingu games.
C'mon JamDat... do the right thing.
What I want is the bloody penguin games from http://www.yetisports.com. Let's face it the control interface on a mobile fone sux. You can keep all your fiddly little thumb pads, we want games that require a single click... and YetiSports 1 and 3 are ideal.
But of course, the mobi companies are too busy blowing their wads on licensing games that are, quite frankly, totally unsuitable for the format, instead of finding mega addictive little gems like the Yeti/Pingu games.
C'mon JamDat... do the right thing.
SPInGSPOnG 25 Mar 2004 19:07
4/6
If there was a portable Xbox, it woul dhave to be small. So they'd need a name to distinguish it from the Big Xbox, perhaps they could call it the SmallBox, and with any luck, there'd be an innoculation to stop you getting it.
looniac 29 Mar 2004 01:51
5/6
Wow... You couldn't have gotten that link much more wrong without accidentally linking to some porn, the flash games you're thinking of can be found at http://www.yetisports.org and yetisports part 1 IS actually available for mobile phone use...
SPInGSPOnG 29 Mar 2004 09:18
6/6
looniac wrote:
>Wow... You couldn't have gotten that link much
>more wrong without accidentally linking to some
>porn,
Dude, you are right, once again I prove that I can think about 100,000,000 times faster than I can type. You wouldn't think I flew a keyboard for a living now would you? But if I linked to porn, what makes you think it would be accidental?
>the flash games you're thinking of can be
>found at http://www.yetisports.org
I'm sure you're right, but I usually find them at yetisports.net
> and yetisports
>part 1 IS actually available for mobile phone
>use...
But because it's delivered by a reverse billing method, you can''t get it unless you live in Austria... also, it's not listed for my phone (Nokia 7600).
These are the problems, I see, for Mobile gaming. It's too fractured and comparatively complex. I don't care where I live (and to be honest, I'm pretty much a nomad) and I don't care what handset I've got... Remember the Java platform independence myth!
I just want to be able to get games, easily, without caring about any crap. Except getting the correct URL of course!
>Wow... You couldn't have gotten that link much
>more wrong without accidentally linking to some
>porn,
Dude, you are right, once again I prove that I can think about 100,000,000 times faster than I can type. You wouldn't think I flew a keyboard for a living now would you? But if I linked to porn, what makes you think it would be accidental?
>the flash games you're thinking of can be
>found at http://www.yetisports.org
I'm sure you're right, but I usually find them at yetisports.net
> and yetisports
>part 1 IS actually available for mobile phone
>use...
But because it's delivered by a reverse billing method, you can''t get it unless you live in Austria... also, it's not listed for my phone (Nokia 7600).
These are the problems, I see, for Mobile gaming. It's too fractured and comparatively complex. I don't care where I live (and to be honest, I'm pretty much a nomad) and I don't care what handset I've got... Remember the Java platform independence myth!
I just want to be able to get games, easily, without caring about any crap. Except getting the correct URL of course!