A Symbian Christmas 2007: Part 1 - Games
As the festive season comes around again, we're taking a look at what's out there for people who want to make their Symbian phone a bit more Xmassy...
During the 1980s, it was extremely common to see Xmas-themed and Winter-themed computer games on 8-bit and 16-bit systems. This has somewhat died out lately, mainly due to the immense costs, long development times and global markets of console games. However, the Xmas/Winter game tradition is alive and well on smartphones, and there are seasonal games for every kind of Symbian.
We've divided up this article into flavours of Symbian: S60 3rd Edition, S60 1st & 2nd Edition, UIQ3, UIQ2, Series 80 and Series 90. Just scroll down to the section appropriate to your device.
To go to the download or purchase pages for a game, just click on its screenshot.
Incidentally, for those of you who download Snowed In 6, remember that you can swap tiles diagonally as well as vertically and horizontally. This may be a bit tricky to do on some direction pads, but it is possible. If you can't get it to work, try pressing two different directions in quick succession. You can see an extended video of Snowed In 6 gameplay, including the diagonal swapping, over at the Unofficial Nokia Gaming Blog.
Symbian S60 3rd Edition
A completely free Zoo Keeper-style arcade puzzle game. (Note that the game is only free if you download and register it before the 15th of January 2008. You can download it here and register it by going here.)
A commercial puzzle game with a wintry theme. (Click here to read the AAS review.)
It's a great game, it's free, it's available for every S60 3rd Edition screen resolution. (NB. The S60 3rd versions are all labelled "Binary for ARM device 60 v3".)
Symbian S60 1st & 2nd Edition
A completely free special Christmas version of the commercial game Li-Nuggz.
A completely free Zoo Keeper-style arcade puzzle game. (Note that the game is only free if you download and register it before the 15th of January 2008. You can download it here and register it by going here.)
A commercial game, help Santa match up lines of presents that he has to deliver.
A commercial puzzle game with a wintry theme. (Click here to read the AAS review.)
It's a great game, it's free, so why not download it right now? (NB. The S60 1st & 2nd Edition version is labelled "Binary for ARM device 60 v1.2 & 2.0".)
A special Christmas version of the commercial puzzle game Quartz. Technically it's free, although you do seem to have to register on the Clickgamer site and somehow earn 100 clickgamer points to qualify.
Symbian UIQ3
A completely free Zoo Keeper-style arcade puzzle game. (Note that the game is only free if you download and register it before the 15th of January 2008. You can download it here and register it by going here.)
A commercial puzzle game with a wintry theme. (Click here to read the AAS review.)
Symbian UIQ2
A completely free Zoo Keeper-style arcade puzzle game. (Note that the game is only free if you download and register it before the 15th of January 2008. You can download it here and register it by going here.)
A commercial puzzle game with a wintry theme. (Click here to read the AAS review.)
A special Christmas version of the commercial puzzle game Quartz. Technically it's free, although you do seem to have to register on the Clickgamer site and somehow earn 100 clickgamer points to qualify.
Symbian Series 80
A completely free Zoo Keeper-style arcade puzzle game. (Note that the game is only free if you download and register it before the 15th of January 2008. You can download it here and register it by going here.)
Symbian Series 90
A completely free Zoo Keeper-style arcade puzzle game. (Note that the game is only free if you download and register it before the 15th of January 2008. You can download it here and register it by going here.)
We'll be back with part two of Symbian Christmas 2007 soon... watch this site.
