For some strange reason, Nokia's Downloadable Demo of Pathway to Glory didn't come with a read me file, or any instructions. The main Nokia N-Gage site now has a controls and basic strategy guide to read through. From what we've seen of Pathway to Glory, it's worth the effort to get into this game.
MSX is an old Z80-based family of home computers which appeared in autumn 1983 as an attempt to establish a single standard in home computing similar to VHS in video. They were popular in Asian (Korea, Japan) and South American (Brazil, Chile) countries as well as in Europe (Netherlands, France, Spain) and former Soviet Union, but they are virtually unknown in USA. Although the MSX standard quietly died from year 1988, the world got to see MSX2, MSX2+ and TurboR extensions of it.With this emulator you can play hundreds of games available in the web for the MSX platform.Juha Riihimäki has updated fMSX (MSX emulator for Series 60) to version 1.04b.You can download fMSX from the authors website.
Nintendo have been granted a patent to cover online services for Home Gaming Systems (reports The Register), covering areas such as "substantially real-time multiplayer gaming," "online performance data" and "online connection to a gaming service." Hmm, sounds exactly like the N-Gage Arena. No indication yet of any legal moves (from either side) but one to watch long term.
Based on the popular board game "Settlers of Catan," Capcom's first confirmed title for the Nokia N-Gage. Think of it as a multiplayer version of Civilisation (also due out for the N-Gage in Q1 2005), where you build roads, settlements and cities, as you expand your empire and try to subdue the other players in the game world.
We're still waiting for a really good racing game on the N-Gage. Can Gameloft's "Asphalt: Urban GT" give us petrolheads the thrills we seek? It's yet another MMC Title due out for Christmas 2004, promising 4 player bluetooth multiplayer action.
For a moment I thought this was a joke, but Cascata Games have released "Del Boy's Street Car Challenge," probably the first Computer Game based on the hit BBC TV Franchise, Only Fools and Horses. Drive your less than trusty Robin Reliant round the streets of Peckham picking up all kinds of legitimate goods. Honest Guv.
Christopher's been looking back at some of the earlier N-Gage games we've not reviewed yet. First up is Moto GP. This was the first racing game out of the gate on the N-Gage and while not bad it doesn't quite deliver. Read the review to find out why.
It's been on the "AAN Rumoured" list for some time, but Nokia and THQ have finally confirmed Worms World Party will be available on MMC Game Card for the N-Gage in November 2004. So stand by for a million "previews" of screenshots from all the other N-Gage sites on the internet, while we'll wait until we actually see a beta copy from Finland.
Nokia are slowly harnessing the diversity of the N-Gage, with the release today of a demo of Pathway to Glory. One download from the Dedicated Website, copy the files to a blank MMC card with at least 16mb of space, and you'llbe able to play a solo mission, and a bluetooth multiplayer mission, for free. Kudos to Nokia to let everyone have a look at this. Expect a full Preview from AAN in the near future. PtG is scheduled to be released in time for Christmas.
I can't wait untill the fourth quarter of 2004 - the number of N-Gage titles to be launched is going to be amazing. THQ and Nokia have announced "World Wrestling Entertainment - Aftershock," what looks to be a beat-em up with bells on. It's got the requisite multiplayer over bluetooth, championship/career modes (with ten fighters to choose from) and a bucket load of dry ice so it can flex it's muscles as it comes out in the stores closer to Christmas.
Vivendo Universal and Nokia have announced the forthcoming availability of Leisure Suit Larry: Pocket Paty developed by TKO Software. The game involves exploring a 3D college campus while solving puzzles and taking place in risque activities. The game is the first for the N-Gage aimed at the adult market. Can Larry Lovage win the heart of Rosie? Only time will tell...
Nokia and Gameloft today announced Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory for the N-Gage platform, expected release is during the first quarter 2005. I hope I like the third of the N-Gage Splinter Cell titles more than the first!
