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Halo! There needs to be some kind of a Halo game released with the phone. Halo has been such an iconic presence in my generation, that I would say its equivalent to Star Wars of the generation before. I'm surprised that MS isn't bringing it to launch of an important moment of the company.
Equivalent to star wars?!
Haha, get real!
But it would be nice with Halo on wp7 even though Ive never played it.
HALO was my first 3D shooter that was really good, that I played. I actually won it in some competition many years ago. But I never finished it. If I could, lets say, play at home on PC, save game, and then continue on phone -- we know that this is possible -- in HALO, I would buy wp7 device rightaway.
I wouldn't say equivalent to star wars or anywhere close to that. I'd say more like mortal kombat or something or that nature. Halo would be a nice game to add for the fps lovers.
Gears of War > Halo
I think part of Halo's allure is it's story, but honestly I couldn't get past the bad gameplay to find out.
Halo takes mechanics best suited on the PC and puts them into a console, which feels horrible. I prefer the way Gears of War approached the issue, while a mouse & keyboard would probably still feel better, it was at least some thought went into how the controls of the game work on a gamepad.
If you haven't heard already their is some form of Halo game coming out on release day.
No other info as of yet.
But a list of 60+ games to be ready on launch day shows some good dev backbone. Hopefully their is like 600 apps to go with that.
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If you haven't heard already their is some form of Halo game coming out on release day.
No other info as of yet.
But a list of 60+ games to be ready on launch day shows some good dev backbone. Hopefully their is like 600 apps to go with that.
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If you're talking about Halo: Waypoint that's not a game, it's some sort of Halo Network program.
A full HALO game with real time XBOX Live multiplay. That would be too much fun!
Reality hits; its not going to happen. Possible but not going to happen.
Plus AT&T users would ruin the fun with their bad network. Imagine all the pauses because of people with slow net speeds.
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As long as MS releases some realtime multiplayer games, then I will be happy. MS has stated perhaps by next year (Q1 or Q2).
Did some searching Apple has it now!
NOVA
other multiplayer games
Never really liked touch screen fps games, analogue sticks ain't great for shooters as it is without making them virtual. Think a Halo Wars game would probably suit the format a lot better.
Hi, could any gaming veteran advice some good positions for playing of various gender? I mean some good 4x strategy like Master of Orion, racing, shooter, survival horror, adventure and at the and some platform.
I am also interested in games like Roguelike RPG (ADOM), Heroes of Might and Magic and any other adjusted from PC to our pocket station .
Thanks
Sebalos said:
Hi, could any gaming veteran advice some good positions for playing of various gender? I mean some good 4x strategy like Master of Orion, racing, shooter, survival horror, adventure and at the and some platform.
I am also interested in games like Roguelike RPG (ADOM), Heroes of Might and Magic and any other adjusted from PC to our pocket station .
Thanks
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I'm guessing English isn't your first language. The line about "good positions for playing of various gender." Makes absolutely no sense, so it's hard to understand what you are asking. Do you want some good game recommendations?
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Yes it is not my first language very good perception, however you guessed very well what I meant (and very good imagination), anyway I've a little complicated the grammar and sorry for that.
Exactly, the question is: what games can you recommend to me. I am interested in all the types.
Thanks a lot once again and forgive me next puzzles if any...
Sebalos said:
Yes it is not my first language very good perception, however you guessed very well what I meant (and very good imagination), anyway I've a little complicated the grammar and sorry for that.
Exactly, the question is: what games can you recommend to me. I am interested in all the types.
Thanks a lot once again and forgive me next puzzles if any...
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N64oid!! - I know you know what a N64 is And I know you love Super Mario 64
Something newer ?
OK, the games I have installed right now are asphalt 2, cubes free(kinda old school graphics, but lots of fun), gun bros (one of my favorites), heavy gunner, nfs shift, spectral souls (very expensive, but well put together turn based RPG), squible (it was the first game on the market that captured my attention), zenonia 1 and 2 (Zelda style RPG) and also live holdem pro(free live poker game, very addicting)
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Sebalos said:
Hi, could any gaming veteran advice some good positions for playing of various gender?
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I think the word you are looking for is "genre", not gender. Genre is a group or category of something, and gender is sex (like male or female).
In any case, Pocket Legends is pretty cool, but the games I limit myself to these days are Angry Birds, Slice It and Wordfeud...all puzzle type games.
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I'm a gamer myself and have literally tried every game available on android. Pocket legends is pretty fun to have for a portable mmorpg. It has some obvious tones similar to world of warcraft. Another fun rpg is crusade of destiny. Its got great graphics and fun gameplay and kept me busy for a couple of weeks. Spectral souls is a well made game for sure but its more one of those strategy rpgs that lacks the ability to fully control the player. It reminds me more of an amped up chess game so it wasn't my taste.
Also if you're running a high end device, which I can assume you are because you're in this forum, I can reccommend any of the gameloft games. They aren't available on the market so you'll need to visit their site. Just google gameloft. They are a little pricey and some of the games can be a little buggy at times but as far as graphis go and playability there is little comparison out there. Games like splinter cell, hawx, modern combat 2, and avatar come in high definition formats and stick pretty close to the full size counterparts.
Other than that you should bury your gaming urges in one of the several well made emulators on the market. A lot of good games from the days past and some fun memories too!
Happy gaming!
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N64oid, Gameboid, Psxoid or whatever.
You have a choice of ANY N64, GBA, PSX game.
Air attack lite
Angry birrds
mini squadron
robo defence
asphalt 5
gangstar
hawx
nfs shift
nova
worms
Ok guys thanks, so I am starting to test them
Ok guys thanks, so I am starting to test them all
Another game I would highly recommend is Project INF. It's a top down multiplayer shooter. Somewhat addictive once you get into it.
I think someone already mentioned it but GunBros is also a good shooter game.
EA also has a bunch of mainstream titles on Android like Sims 3 and FIFA 10.
I hate to support companies that refuse to support Android by refusing to put their apps on the market but Gameloft really has some of the best Android games. I currently have Modern Combat 2 and for an FPS with 3D graphics running on a phone, it's absolutely stellar! It even has multiplayer. Not sure about the price but I think I got it for $3.99 or $4.99. Just Google "gameloft".
chancy319 said:
Another game I would highly recommend is Project INF. It's a top down multiplayer shooter. Somewhat addictive once you get into it.
I think someone already mentioned it but GunBros is also a good shooter game.
EA also has a bunch of mainstream titles on Android like Sims 3 and FIFA 10.
I hate to support companies that refuse to support Android by refusing to put their apps on the market but Gameloft really has some of the best Android games. I currently have Modern Combat 2 and for an FPS with 3D graphics running on a phone, it's absolutely stellar! It even has multiplayer. Not sure about the price but I think I got it for $3.99 or $4.99. Just Google "gameloft".
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Have you even looked into the reason WHY gameloft games are not on the market? It has nothing to do with them not supporting android.
It has to do with the fact that they have different .apk's for different gpus in different phones, the games are optimized for specific gpu's, that's why they look so good. The market doesn't allow multiple apk's or detect phone gpus so they can't put it up there properly.
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Ok i will look at the Project INF and Modern Combat 2 thanks
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Have you even looked into the reason WHY gameloft games are not on the market? It has nothing to do with them not supporting android.
It has to do with the fact that they have different .apk's for different gpus in different phones, the games are optimized for specific gpu's, that's why they look so good. The market doesn't allow multiple apk's or detect phone gpus so they can't put it up there properly.
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Source of this information?
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Source of this information?
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When you buy a game from them they require your phone model to give you the right one.
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One game that I can heartily recommend is Majesty. Plays pretty much like the PC version. I'm in the same boat as you otherwise, just got a g2, only had a g1 beforehand, in which I ran nesoid and gensoid, nes and genesis emulators.
I did run across some apps about emulating Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and the Baulders Gates/Planscape Torment games...but you need the data files from the games, so either have to own em or....
Search Pelya (the maker) for those. I havn't been able to test them out fully yet, looking for my old discs now >.<
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One game that I can heartily recommend is Majesty. Plays pretty much like the PC version. I'm in the same boat as you otherwise, just got a g2, only had a g1 beforehand, in which I ran nesoid and gensoid, nes and genesis emulators.
I did run across some apps about emulating Heroes of Might and Magic 2 and the Baulders Gates/Planscape Torment games...but you need the data files from the games, so either have to own em or....
Search Pelya (the maker) for those. I havn't been able to test them out fully yet, looking for my old discs now >.<
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Wow i have both of them original versions ,please tell me how they can be launched on the our little machines and if they are not too slow?
By the way i am still looking forward ADOM and Fallout distribution if it is possible.
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Yeah I would kill for Fallout, never really got into the BG series. As such I don't own the first one, and after reading more gemRB is only allows bg2 demo, so didn't bother.
Free Heroes 2 on the other hand, works pretty well. Was just playing some Heroes of Might and Magic 2.
Quick run down on what you have to do.
Download Free Heroes 2 on your g2/desire z
Install HoMM2 on your computer, go into the game files, copy the data folder, go into your sd card and put the data folder in "app-data/net.sourceforge.fheroes2"
You will most likely have to make the sourceforge folder.
Now start the game, make sure the "where to download application data" tab is pointed to your sd card, and then go to "downloads" tab, click game data I guess? Then dl midi music and essential map pack, get the additional and mega map pack if you wish, and any of the translations.
Now you should be able to run the game, but will run into the issue i had, crashing after the first turn I imagine
SO, remount your phone to the pc, open up your sourceforge.fheroes2 folder, and look for "fheroes2.cfg"
Open it with notepad, then look for "videomode = 640x480"
Change it to "videomode = 800x480" and save. Now should run with no issues...hopefully. I tested a few turns then attacked a graveyard....suffice to say I died
Took me a little bit of scouring to figure out exactly how to get it to run, and still havn't messed with any of the more indepth tweaks, so if you figure out some that work real well, be sure to pass them along
Hello all. Kinda combining 2 different topics/questions into one thread. I just have a couple of questions regarding the Nexus 7 (2nd gen):
1. I've never bought a tablet before but if I understand correctly, there's a Google Nexus 7 and an Asus Nexus 7. They are the same tablet correct (I've noticed that even on the Asus ones, it still has "Nexus" on the back)? Is there a benefit of buying the 7 from Google as opposed to Asus?
2. For anyone who plays emulators, what are your recommendations? I plan on playing only the major systems (GBA, DS, Playstation, PS2 (if it exists) and maybe trying out the Dolphin GC/Wii emulator for a bit). Since most SNES games have been ported over, I won't really bother with that one.
Thanks!!
1. The Nexus 7 is manufactured by Asus but branded by Google. There aren't two different models, it would just be that the store you're looking at is incorrectly branding it as the "Asus Nexus 7." Based on the retailers linked from the official page you have:
Nexus 7 (this is on the Play Store so it makes sense that they don't brand it as Google there)
Google Nexus 7
Nexus 7 From Google
Google Nexus 7 By Asus​
Just make sure you're looking at the Nexus 7 2013 model and not the 2012 model. It could be branded as the "FHD" model as well. If you're in a country where it can be purchased from the Play Store I really recommend buying it there. If you buy it from the Play Store Google will handle any warranty claims and will usually replace it for a new device in the first year if a defect pops up. If you buy it from anywhere else you have to deal with Asus service which can be slow.
2. Although I really, really hate the idea of paying for an emulator, the *.emu emulators by Robert Broglia are by far the best I've found. Retroarch is decent (though mysteriously absent from the Play Store recently) but the touch controls on the .emu emulators are much more precise. I've also run into far fewer bugs in general with gba.emu/gbc.emu/nes.emu. Snes9x EX+ is a free SNES emulator made by the same guy, so it will show you the interface and everything. And to say that every worthwhile SNES game is ported to Android is a bit ridiculous
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1. The Nexus 7 is manufactured by Asus but branded by Google. There aren't two different models, it would just be that the store you're looking at is incorrectly branding it as the "Asus Nexus 7." Based on the retailers linked from the official page you have:
Nexus 7 (this is on the Play Store so it makes sense that they don't brand it as Google there)
Google Nexus 7
Nexus 7 From Google
Google Nexus 7 By Asus​
Just make sure you're looking at the Nexus 7 2013 model and not the 2012 model. It could be branded as the "FHD" model as well. If you're in a country where it can be purchased from the Play Store I really recommend buying it there. If you buy it from the Play Store Google will handle any warranty claims and will usually replace it for a new device in the first year if a defect pops up. If you buy it from anywhere else you have to deal with Asus service which can be slow.
2. Although I really, really hate the idea of paying for an emulator, the *.emu emulators by Robert Broglia are by far the best I've found. Retroarch is decent (though mysteriously absent from the Play Store recently) but the touch controls on the .emu emulators are much more precise. I've also run into far fewer bugs in general with gba.emu/gbc.emu/nes.emu. Snes9x EX+ is a free SNES emulator made by the same guy, so it will show you the interface and everything. And to say that every worthwhile SNES game is ported to Android is a bit ridiculous
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Thanks!!! Quick and to the point. The Google/Asus makes sense. I've heard about Retroarch but never tried them, but I'll take your advice on the .emu emulators. Thanks again!
Edit: Forgot to ask. So is it safe to assume that the most recent emulators (in terms of most recent game consoles) for andoird would be Drastric (Nintendo DS) and PPSSPP (PSP Emulator)? I havent looked much at PPSSPP yet but Drastric seems compatible with most of the games.
Yeah, I think someone is working on a Wii emulator but it doesn't seem to be very functional yet. Everything PSX and earlier (that's a fairly popular system and attracted enough developer attention) should work.
Edit: And yeah, the DS/PSP emulators are definitely coming along.
So I just went a bought a brand new Xperia Play. Lots of reasons why I decided to wait so long. $80+ contracts from Verizon per month were the first offer for Xperia Play, which would've added up to thousands of dollars more spent by today than what I chose instead. Also, it didn't even drop to below $100 areas until recently as far as I can tell.
Anyway, I went and bought the R800i model. The ebay seller listed it as T-Mobile and AT&T compatible in the US. But then I went to a T-Mobile and an AT&T and even a Verizon just for the hell of it to see if it would work. It didn't. They all say they're frequencies are too old and the Xperia Play won't use newer frequencies from carriers like them. So, I'm guessing this is well known by now even though it's hard to just find the answer. Does anyone know how to get a R800i to work in the US as a phone? The carriers, each and every one, are telling me that no one supports the outdated frequencies of the Xperia Play anymore. Is that just the R800i though? Would buying an R800x or R800a work at all with having better GSM frequencies? I mean, it's just ridiculous that I'm screwed over on this phone, it's the only smartphone I've even considered since 2011 since they're all just expensive but useless for what I would want it for: A phone, and a video gaming device.
Of course, it's still worth it even at $80 for a Wi-Fi-only model. It plays all the emulators I love: SNES, NES, MS, MD, NeoGeo, PS1, even newer stuff like GTA3 for android. Way better than a PSP for some of the emulation, although you sacrifice the PSP games because ppsspp is just not at all playable... And I'm still pissed about having been dropped stuff like Dead Space, Battlefield 2, and Cod Black Ops Zombies support. You just can't find them anymore on the playstore. Even then, COD Black Ops Zombies won't even recognize the gamepad so it's useless by now or maybe it's just R800i incompatible...
EDIT: Actually, I just figured out why black ops zombies doesn't work properly. The guy on ebay who sold the device to me as "new" slipped me a defective one. The board controlling the touchpad is completely missing, and there's a big "X" marked over where it should be. Clearly something's up. I guess that explains the Black Ops Zombies issue but I'm guessing that that's not related at all to the network problem...
I'm surprised nobody is talking about this here. This is pretty big.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.en...05/nintendo-wii-gamecube-nvidia-shield-china/
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I'm surprised nobody is talking about this here. This is pretty big.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.en...05/nintendo-wii-gamecube-nvidia-shield-china/
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Yeah I've been checking on here to see if anyone had mentioned anything about it. I'm curious to see what the difference is between the Chinese version of the Shield and the current one.
I'm presuming there will be a TV version of the JD.com app but I'm wondering if there will be any different framework in the ROM so that this app and the Wii/GC games only work on that variant.
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Yeah I've been checking on here to see if anyone had mentioned anything about it. I'm curious to see what the difference is between the Chinese version of the Shield and the current one.
I'm presuming there will be a TV version of the JD.com app but I'm wondering if there will be any different framework in the ROM so that this app and the Wii/GC games only work on that variant.
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according to sources, its gonna be HD remakes of the games and all upscaled to 1080p, and people are speculating that they'll be downloads so ppl might make APK mods and end up being free.
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according to sources, its gonna be HD remakes of the games and all upscaled to 1080p, and people are speculating that they'll be downloads so ppl might make APK mods and end up being free.
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When I say ROM I specifically mean the Nvidia firmware. When Nvidia released shield exclusive games in the past they put certain checks in them and referenced Nvidia graphics libraries to play the games.
Hopefully we will have the same graphics libraries in the firmware but if we have different framework information then I'm guessing that would have to be bypassed in the APK or spoofed/installed on our Shield TV version.
It's too early to say if all this is possible I guess.
has not been talked about here because this is old news. Before the second gen shield tv was released, before the nintendo switch was released, it was stated that nintendo would be porting over a couple of games to the shield and they would not receive a North American release. Most likely part of the nvidia nintendo switch deal. Doubt nintendo does the actual porting though. Also shows how easily wii games could be ported to the switch. Goes to show, the shield tv isn't really meant to be much of a gaming system though, not in nvidias eyes. I say this because nvidia could have partnered with game developers to bring AAA ports and AAA exclusives. Look at all the game developer love the switch has gotten and continues to get, in theory all of those games should run on the shield. Afterall, the switch is a shield tv with an extra gb of ram, but the switch cpu gpu and ram are under clocked and under voltage to allow longer battery life.
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has not been talked about here because this is old news. Before the second gen shield tv was released, before the nintendo switch was released, it was stated that nintendo would be porting over a couple of games to the shield and they would not receive a North American release. Most likely part of the nvidia nintendo switch deal. Doubt nintendo does the actual porting though. Also shows how easily wii games could be ported to the switch. Goes to show, the shield tv isn't really meant to be much of a gaming system though, not in nvidias eyes. I say this because nvidia could have partnered with game developers to bring AAA ports and AAA exclusives. Look at all the game developer love the switch has gotten and continues to get, in theory all of those games should run on the shield. Afterall, the switch is a shield tv with an extra gb of ram, but the switch cpu gpu and ram are under clocked and under voltage to allow longer battery life.
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its old news that it was supposed to happen. now its actually happening tho id think ppl would at least discuss it was my point in my question. its still big news im sure someone will find a way to spoof the games to run on USA versions of the shield like the guy above mentioned, i agree with everything you said except the part about the AAA games, they already did that and have some thats what geforce now is for.
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When I say ROM I specifically mean the Nvidia firmware. When Nvidia released shield exclusive games in the past they put certain checks in them and referenced Nvidia graphics libraries to play the games.
Hopefully we will have the same graphics libraries in the firmware but if we have different framework information then I'm guessing that would have to be bypassed in the APK or spoofed/installed on our Shield TV version.
It's too early to say if all this is possible I guess.
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yeah ik what u meant, i was just making the point about modded apks and such since the games do seem to be something that can be downloaded.
but i agree its too early to say, lets keep hope alive tho
Except they haven't done that. How many AAA games run on the shield? Hardly any, couple out dated games got ported. GeForce now is a joke & doesn't count as AAA titles for the shield since they aren't running on the shield. Any android device can stream games.
It's probably all down to money. I'm guessing they make a lot more from their Geforce Now service than they would porting games.
Shield TV also isn't portable like the Nintendo Switch so doesn't have that niche selling point (it's up against Sony and Microsoft if it pitches itself as a gaming device and it's always going to lose that one) and Nintendo has a fairly big die hard following so game developers are more inclined to make games for the Switch... they will sell.
It's a shame that we probably won't see the Shield reach its potential as a gaming device but to be honest I use it more as an all round media device that can do a lot of things so I'm fairly happy.
Did anybody have any luck with finding the APK files for the Nintendo games? I want to see if the games work with GLTools like Half Life and Portal does.
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Did anybody have any luck with finding the APK files for the Nintendo games? I want to see if the games work with GLTools like Half Life and Portal does.
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Isn't it only the Tegra 4 (shield portable) compatible games that work with GL Tools?