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Tips on playing old PC games on your PDA
We're going to let you in on a little secret. That article we wrote the other day about playing Magnetic Scrolls games on your Windows Mobile phone or PDA? That's just one of many ways to relive the 1980s and early 90s with your PDA. You can also run LucasArts, Sierra, Atari, Nintendo, and even Mattel LED games.One of the best resources for finding information on getting these old games to run on your new device is Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine's column by Werner Ruotsalainen. In just the past few days, he's featured posts on Mattel and Sierra games, and updated his excellent Windows Mobile web browser bible.
Sure, most of this information is out there if you're willing to look for it piecemeal. But if you're in the market for a few good games or a comprehensive comparison of every web browser available for Windows Mobile, you should check out Ruotsalainen's blog.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
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BlackCoffeeNoSugar said 5:16PM on 5-03-2007
I think the biggest barrier is actually the size of the PDA screen. I played SimCity on my PDA for a few days and that almost made me blind.
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