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  1. #1
    JP
    Guest

    >
    > The good news? They now run on the 3650
    >
    > "The cracked versions of the games can in principle be installed and

    played on
    > any phone that uses the same basic operating software, Series 60, used in
    > N-Gage. Other models include Siemens's SX1"


    I think it's gay of them in the first place to restrict use of these games
    to just 1 handset, making it monopoly, think of it as an emulator, whats the
    point of restricting other handsets from playing the games in the first
    place.... so that nokia the greedy bastards can make more money from n-gage
    sales!!!

    my say is, if the hanset is capable, let it be, software developers also get
    more exposure of their games and more people will talk about it then.

    i dont even play games on the mobile (except maybe bounce when i'm bored)
    but this is my 2p on the subject





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  2. #2
    Constantine Mihailidis
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    Re: Nokia's game code cracked

    > > "The cracked versions of the games can in principle be installed and
    > played on
    > > any phone that uses the same basic operating software, Series 60, used

    in
    > > N-Gage. Other models include Siemens's SX1"

    >
    > I think it's gay of them in the first place to restrict use of these games
    > to just 1 handset, making it monopoly, think of it as an emulator, whats

    the
    > point of restricting other handsets from playing the games in the first
    > place....


    I think I agree. There was no need restraining the games only for N-Gage.
    Afterall, if one is serious for gaming he will buy that handset and not 6600
    which costs almost the double and has a more traditional keyboard alignment.
    I think N-Gage (and its sequels) will be hits on their own since they
    provide two functions at one: mobile phone and game machine. As
    Communicators provide mobile phone and PDA.





  3. #3
    G
    Guest

    Re: Nokia's game code cracked

    "Constantine Mihailidis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > > > "The cracked versions of the games can in principle be installed and

    > > played on
    > > > any phone that uses the same basic operating software, Series 60, used

    > in
    > > > N-Gage. Other models include Siemens's SX1"

    > >
    > > I think it's gay of them in the first place to restrict use of these

    games
    > > to just 1 handset, making it monopoly, think of it as an emulator, whats

    > the
    > > point of restricting other handsets from playing the games in the first
    > > place....

    >
    > I think I agree. There was no need restraining the games only for N-Gage.
    > Afterall, if one is serious for gaming he will buy that handset and not

    6600
    > which costs almost the double and has a more traditional keyboard

    alignment.
    > I think N-Gage (and its sequels) will be hits on their own since they
    > provide two functions at one: mobile phone and game machine. As
    > Communicators provide mobile phone and PDA.
    >
    >


    Yeah, I totally agree. Nokia has a history of these sort of practices
    (although I don't think they're alone!), so it serves them right. Surely the
    best thing would simply have been to make the n-gage the best device for
    playing the games on rather than artificially (rather than letting hardware
    be the limiting factor) limiting the phones the games could be played on.
    Another 2p for the pot.





  4. #4
    Napalm
    Guest

    Re: Nokia's game code cracked

    > Yeah, I totally agree. Nokia has a history of these sort of practices
    > (although I don't think they're alone!), so it serves them right. Surely

    the
    > best thing would simply have been to make the n-gage the best device for
    > playing the games on rather than artificially (rather than letting

    hardware
    > be the limiting factor) limiting the phones the games could be played on.
    > Another 2p for the pot.
    >
    >

    The other side is that the N-gage has been designed to play the games on,
    hence the D pad. Has any one tried playing the games on any other handset?
    There might be some control problems.

    Napalm





  5. #5
    Treefrog
    Guest

    Re: Nokia's game code cracked

    >
    > I think it's gay of them in the first place to restrict use of these games
    > to just 1 handset, making it monopoly, think of it as an emulator, whats

    the
    > point of restricting other handsets from playing the games in the first
    > place.... so that nokia the greedy bastards can make more money from

    n-gage
    > sales!!!


    What's "gay" about it? Oh, I know... if you wanna play with it on another
    phone, you need to use the backdoor!





  6. #6
    juha
    Guest

    Re: Nokia's game code cracked

    On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:04:18 -0000, "G"
    <cool_and_funky@*-nospamthanks_*yahoo.com> wrote:

    >Yeah, I totally agree. Nokia has a history of these sort of practices
    >(although I don't think they're alone!), so it serves them right. Surely the
    >best thing would simply have been to make the n-gage the best device for
    >playing the games on rather than artificially (rather than letting hardware
    >be the limiting factor) limiting the phones the games could be played on.


    Don't the N-Gage games come on some kind of cards??? So how could
    Nokia have been able to let all Symbian 60 phones to play the same
    games? Do all the other phones have a similar slot where you can
    insert the game card?

    Or... are you maybe suggesting Nokia shouldn't have included this
    "game card" option in N-Gage in the first place?

    Do you really think the big game companies (EA etc.) are interested in
    making games for mobile phones, if the games were just some simple
    downloadable Java games that anyone can pirate freely?





  7. #7
    Napalm
    Guest

    Re: Nokia's game code cracked

    > Don't the N-Gage games come on some kind of cards??? So how could
    > Nokia have been able to let all Symbian 60 phones to play the same
    > games? Do all the other phones have a similar slot where you can
    > insert the game card?
    >
    > Or... are you maybe suggesting Nokia shouldn't have included this
    > "game card" option in N-Gage in the first place?
    >
    > Do you really think the big game companies (EA etc.) are interested in
    > making games for mobile phones, if the games were just some simple
    > downloadable Java games that anyone can pirate freely?
    >

    The games are supplied on MMC cards which have been write protected, most
    Symbian mobils have an MMC slot fitted. The games vary in size from about
    3mb upto 14mb in size so it's not that they are just simple java games.

    Napalm





  8. #8
    Sy/\\/apZ
    Guest

    Re: Nokia's game code cracked

    "juha" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Don't the N-Gage games come on some kind of cards??? So how could
    > Nokia have been able to let all Symbian 60 phones to play the same
    > games? Do all the other phones have a similar slot where you can
    > insert the game card?


    I think the other phones only play cracked versions with the copy protection
    removed. They're widely available as a narrowband-friendly download.
    Therefore Nokia won't even make any money out of all the NGage game players
    out there.

    --
    Sy/\/apZ






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