Favorite Palm OS games
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Favorite Palm OS games
So, with my new Treo in my twisted, Mr. Burns-eque hands, I'm thinking about downloading some good Palm OS games.
Can anyone recommend any favorites? Back a few years ago when I had a Handspring I enjoyed that space trader game and a few low-graphic rpgs. Can anyone recommend some fun and addicting games, especially rpgs?
Can anyone recommend any favorites? Back a few years ago when I had a Handspring I enjoyed that space trader game and a few low-graphic rpgs. Can anyone recommend some fun and addicting games, especially rpgs?
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I have a Pocket PC but the games I'm recommending all have Palm versions as well.
Redshift's Legacy is a pretty cool, old-school RPG. It's a first-person party-based game similar to the old Wizardry/Might & Magic/Dragon Wars games. It's well supported and has several add-ons available as well. I got it for about $10 from Clickgamer.
The other is Arvale: Journey of Illusion. It takes itself much less seriously and is actually quite funny at times. It's a top-down one character RPG (a simple gardener is called on to save the world, blah blah blah). The graphics are sweet and the game system is very fun to play. It got it on sale from PDA Mill for $15 but it is regularly $20.
Both games have nice, full-featured demos available.
Redshift's Legacy is a pretty cool, old-school RPG. It's a first-person party-based game similar to the old Wizardry/Might & Magic/Dragon Wars games. It's well supported and has several add-ons available as well. I got it for about $10 from Clickgamer.
The other is Arvale: Journey of Illusion. It takes itself much less seriously and is actually quite funny at times. It's a top-down one character RPG (a simple gardener is called on to save the world, blah blah blah). The graphics are sweet and the game system is very fun to play. It got it on sale from PDA Mill for $15 but it is regularly $20.
Both games have nice, full-featured demos available.
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For RPGs, I'll add Aldon's Crossing. I haven't really played it yet, and the graphics aren't amazing, but it seems worth a look.
The other ones that I'd mention have already been noted: Arvale, Dragon Bane II, and Legacy.

For RPGs, I'll add Aldon's Crossing. I haven't really played it yet, and the graphics aren't amazing, but it seems worth a look.
The other ones that I'd mention have already been noted: Arvale, Dragon Bane II, and Legacy.
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Space Trader, free as always.
Did I mention my Space Trader FAQ for Palm?
I wrote one for iLarn too, but Gamefaqs.com don't have a listing for iLarn...
Did I mention my Space Trader FAQ for Palm?

I wrote one for iLarn too, but Gamefaqs.com don't have a listing for iLarn...
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I have the demo version of this for the PPC and I find it incredibly easy. At the hard difficulty levels it's either you find the super duper gear on some early and pwn the AI or you get pwn3d yourself. Is the point of this game just to get a high score? It just always leaves me feeling like it's too random and not much strategy involved. Does the full version change this?Grundbegriff wrote:Strange Adventures in Infinite Space
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Yup.KiloOhm wrote:I have the demo version of this for the PPC and I find it incredibly easy.
Nope, though you can aim for that.Is the point of this game just to get a high score?
Right. It's randomized and minimally strategic, like improvised whistling on a sunny day.It just always leaves me feeling like it's too random and not much strategy involved.
Not at all.Does the full version change this?
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Well thanks for the answers. At least I know I'm not missing something. 
Since I interrupted the thread without contributing to it...let me add a game I used to love on the PPC.
It was called 10 Pin Solitaire, you have to play it for a while to get the feel for it but me and some friends found it strangely addicting.
http://www.solitairecentral.com/games/margrave.html
It's also freeware.
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Since I interrupted the thread without contributing to it...let me add a game I used to love on the PPC.
It was called 10 Pin Solitaire, you have to play it for a while to get the feel for it but me and some friends found it strangely addicting.
http://www.solitairecentral.com/games/margrave.html
It's also freeware.
edited for better link
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I can't find it. Can you e-mail it to me? (pm me if you need to)KiloOhm wrote:Well thanks for the answers. At least I know I'm not missing something.
Since I interrupted the thread without contributing to it...let me add a game I used to love on the PPC.
It was called 10 Pin Solitaire, you have to play it for a while to get the feel for it but me and some friends found it strangely addicting.
http://www.solitairecentral.com/games/margrave.html
It's also freeware.
edited for better link
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You can try looking them up on www.palmgear.com or www.handango.com, which should have a key to what specs you need. Most of the newer games should require OS5, but you may find older games (like the original Dragon Bane) that will run on older Palm OS versions.Caine wrote:what version of the palm os do you need for these?
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