playstation in hands
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By chossing the Sony Playstation Portable it means that there is a wider range of games that can created for this device, with the 640 x 320 pixel display it also allows more detail in the game.
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From researching on the Internet I have found out that there isn’t a specific type of game that it’s the most popular, because so many different types of people downloaded mobile phone games. The types of games, which are downloaded, are of a wide range, the main ones are action, adventure games and strategy, puzzle games.
This table below shows the top ten games downloaded to a mobile phone:
Rank- Title
1 - Pac Man
2 - Tetris
3 - Call of Duty
3 - EA Sports FIFA Football 2004 MIE
5 - EA Sport Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 2004
6 -Pub Pool
7 -Worms
8 -Moto GP 2
9 -Solitaire
10 -Space Invaders
Website: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0PJQ/is_13_2/ai_n6093993
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Uwan Fighter Mobile Game
"You can choose from two fighters. The laser fighter provides tracing laser system and high mobility whereas the Trowa fighter provides powerful straight cannon and missiles. Hold on the fire key to charge your fighter. You will come up against many enemies, like tanks, helicopters, traffic light monster, 3-shooter, suicide fighter and three bosses. You should be brave to defeat them all."
best selling game
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check out this website it has a collection of some of the hand held devices that didn't get made, some because they were ahead of there time other because they weren't well thought-out designs.
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In the studio session this week we had to bring in a newspaper article that dates back to pre-1984. We then had to get into groups and decide which article was the best to use for this project. For the project we had to produce a storyboard to illustrate the selected news story, as if it was a level of a game making sure they reflected continuity from the previous level. We had to break down the story into key elements, and locations, and research theses areas.
We produced a presentation for our project using PowerPoint, below are the items we included on the slides.
The main points of the article.
Research:
Guns:
gun
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War games:
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game3
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game1
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Idea 1:
Idea 2:
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We have to research, design and prototype a digital toy which can fit into your pocket. You need to choose an existing mobile device as the toy platform, so that it will fit into your pocket.
What is a toy? A board game, a playstaion game, my with blue tac, almost anything can be classed as a toy if you make a game out of it. You can make games out of games, the original monopoly can be played as the rules say or you can invent your own rules, which makes it a new game.
How do we control/input data into different mobile devices?
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The games below illustrate what sort of games are available to play on a mobile device such as the mobile phone. Theses are just a few of the games, which can be downloaded from the Internet, or by using wap on your phone. There are al sorts of games, which are available such as football or rally games, but old-school games like Tetris, pacman and pong are also available.
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"Any game is, in a sense a struggle; players expect to work to achieve their objectives and if they win too easily, they will not find the game interesting. In a single-player game, the players struggle is with the game system itself; the players struggles with physical challenges (such as jumping at the right moment in a platformer), mental challenges (such as solving a puzzle) and computer-controlled artificial intelligence opponents." (from nokia website)
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On the Nokia website there are files which you can download these files discuss game design development from a games designers point of view, the documents explain what game environments are suited to which styles, and about technical challenges. There are files, which discuss multiplayer and single player game design.
“Usability is an integral part of the mobile application creation process. Mobile devices use size, form factors, user navigation, input logic and style appeal to different audiences all of which vary among different cultures”
(From Nokia usability guild lines)
usability guildlines
multiplayer games
mobile games
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Play [pleɪ]
Noun
- Play
Verb
There are plenty of other definitions of play, but the others are not really relevant.
Information from http://www.wordreference.com/definition/play
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For our next assignment we have to create short animation on a 16 by 16 pixel display, the animations need to be on the theme of play. Computer game graphics, characters and environments are influenced by the limitations of the display, colour, size and resolution. The project is supposed to encourage visual creativity within the limitations of the canvas.
This website shows little characters which have been created on a limited scale, so all the characters are pixeled,flipflopflyin website.
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The latest mobile phone to be bought out by Nokia is the 7710, it has all the latest features, including touch screen, a card slot for external memory and Bluetooth technology.
7710
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Technical specification:
Full Specifications:
Tri-Band Operation
Size
Audio/Visual Media Features
Memory Functions
Phone Features
Messaging
Java™ Applications
Ringing Tones
Wireless Connectivity
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Most of the newer mobile phones now have the capabilities to play games on them, all sorts of games are available to download to your phone. Old school games like ping pong, tetris, space invaders and pac man, but also available now are games rally games, football games, and war games. There is every game imaginable for your phone from shooting games to board games.
games
tetris
javagames
latest games
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N-GAGE
This is not just a mobile phone, it is a combination of all different features, Mp3 player, wireless browser. It has the factilities to play multiplayer games locally using wireless Bluetooth connection or globally in the N-Gage arena. The system offers the user high-performance 3D gaming was well as all the features of a normal mobile sucj as multimedia messaging, tri-band, WAP.
N-GAGE QD
This is the newest N-Gage, it has all the features of the old N-Gage but is smaller, pocket-sized version, it also has a MMC-card slot for external memory, 4096-colour screen and backlight.
Metric:
* Weight: 143 g (with standard battery)
* Dimensions: 118 x 68 x 22 mm, 123cc
US:
* Weight: 5 ounces
* Dimensions: 4.65 x 2.68 x .87 inches
Improved Games-Oriented Design
* Hot swap MMC-card slot for quicker game insertion and switching
* OK key for quick game launch in idle mode
* Game auto-start when game card is inserted
* Select function removed from rocker key for better gaming
* Game manager application for memory management
* IHF speaker for game sounds plus vibrating game effects
Display and User Interface
* Illuminated high-contrast, full-graphics 4096-color display (size 176 x 208 pixels)
* Series 60 graphical user interface enabling application multitasking with five-way navigation
* Separate OK key for selecting in menus
* Separate application key, gaming shortcut key, highlighted game keys
GAMES
Interactive Games
* Ever-growing catalog of branded AAA-quality games available on game cards (MMC)
* All games fully compatible with both N-Gage and N-Gage QD game decks
* Single-player and local multiplayer games using Bluetooth wireless technology
* N-Gage Arena game services include cheats, additional levels, and community features (chat)
* N-Gage Arena launcher software pre-installed to access N-Gage Arena
* Download Java™-based games and N-Gage Arena features over the air.
As well as the usual features of a mobile phone.
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Nintendo colour
The original Game boy used to be the most popular until they invented the Game boy colour, and the Game boy advanced. The Nintendo DS is the latest games device that Nintendo has bought out and is set to take over the game boy. As the normal game boy has a simple LCD screen were as the new one has touch screen features.
“Game Boy Colour is part of the range of portable powerhouses that revolutionised the way the world plays games. Over thirteen years, Game Boy has become the planet's most loved console - over 100 million units sold makes it the world's best-selling system by miles. Game Boy Colour brings a ravishing rainbow of over 32,000 possible colours to the bright 44 x 39mm screen, along with twice the processing power of its monochrome sibling for unrivalled realism on the move.”
Nintendo DS
This is the future of gaming it’s the worlds first double-screened handheld with touch screen and voice recognition capabilities, including built in communication software and wireless multiplayer features.
With two LCD screens, the DS offers a groundbreaking new approach to gaming. Each 3-inch screen is capable of producing true 3D graphics; the DS has the power to produce even more advanced visuals than the Nintendo 64 could display.
The possibilities are limitless - one screen can be used to show the main action, while another might be used as a map, inventory, or secondary viewpoint - or both screens could theoretically be used simultaneously to depict huge boss characters!”
This is the future of mobile device, which are getting more, and more advanced every day.
Specification:
Size (closed): 5.85" wide / 3.33" long / 1.13" tall
Upper Screen: Backlit, 3-inch, semitransparent reflective TFT colour LCD with 256x192 pixel resolution and .24 mm dot pitch
Touch Screen: Same as upper screen, but with transparent analogue touch screen
Colour: Capable of displaying 260,000 colours
Wireless Communication: IEEE 802.11 and Nintendo's proprietary format; wireless range is 30 to 100 feet, depending on circumstances; multiple users can play multiplayer games using just one DS game card
Controls: Touch screen, embedded microphone for voice recognition, A/B/X/Y face buttons, plus control pad, L/R shoulder buttons, Start and Select buttons
Input/Output: Ports for both Nintendo DS game cards and Game Boy Advance Game Paks, terminals for stereo headphones and microphone
Other Features: Embedded PictoChat software that allows up to 16 users to chat at once; embedded real-time clock; date, time and alarm; touch-screen calibration
Sound: Stereo speakers providing virtual surround sound, depending on the software
Battery: Lithium ion battery delivering six to 10 hours of play on a four-hour charge, depending on use; power-saving sleep mode; AC adapter
Websites
"http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/system/index.jsp"
"http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/system/nds_topic1.jsp"
"http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/system/nds_topic2.jsp"
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“The most commonly known story of the invention of Monopoly centers around Charles Darrow, an unemployed engineer from Germantown, Pennsylvania. As the legend goes, Darrow created the game on an oil cloth on his kitchen table, all the while dreaming of fame, fortune, and summers spent on the Jersey shore, which explains the game's Atlantic City street names. It is true that Charles Darrow presented the game to Parker Brothers in 1934, but was turned down because the company felt the game, which they said had "fifty-two fundamental design errors," was too complicated and would take too long to play. In 1935, after Darrow had some success selling the game on his own, Parker Brothers reconsidered and bought the rights to Monopoly for an undisclosed sum.
Most people don't know, however, that Monopoly is related very closely to a game called The Landlord's Game which was created and patented in 1904 by Elizabeth (Lizzie) J. Magie, from Virginia. Magie developed the game, which, like Monopoly, had forty spaces, four railroads, two utilities, twenty-two rental properties, and spaces for Jail, Go to Jail, Luxury Tax, and Parking, as a way to teach the single-tax theory. Magie, a Quaker, was a firm believer in the single-tax theory's basic tenet, that a person's taxes should be based on the amount of land that he owned, a popular idea around the turn of the century.
The game spread through word of mouth. Rules were relayed from one group of friends to another and boards and game pieces were homemade. It is believed that Magie's game may have even found its way to the University of Pennsylvania economics department, as well as the campuses of Princeton and Harvard. Magie kept up with the changes that wider play made in her game, by adapting the rules to allow improving properties, naming the properties, and giving players higher rents if they owned a monopoly. In 1924, Magie attempted to interest George Parker in purchasing the rights to her improved game, but was turned town on the basis that her game was too political. Although there is much speculation about how Darrow happened upon the idea for his game, it is no myth that Monopoly has enjoyed tremendous success since its 1935 Toy Fair debut. Approximately 100 million games have been sold, making it one of the best-selling games in the world. It is sold in more than eighty countries and has been translated into twenty-six languages, including Braille. “
Quote from: http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/toys/monopoly.html
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"Barbie was first introduced at the American International Toy Fair in New York in February 1959. She was created by Elliot Handler, the founder of Mattel, Inc., and his wife, Ruth. The doll was named after the Handlers' daughter, Barbie. Ken is the name of the couple's son. The doll's womanly figure and painted face got mixed reviews—few would have guessed that more than thirty-five years later Barbie would still be one of the most successful and enduring toys on the market.
Over half a billion Barbies—over one billion if sales of her sidekick dolls (like Ken and Skipper) are included--have been sold in more than one hundred and forty countries. Each week, Mattel sells over 1.5 million dolls—that's two dolls per second. Ninety percent of all American girls in the last forty years have owned at least one Barbie. If every Barbie doll ever manufactured were laid end to end, they would circle the earth three-and-one-half times.
Over the years, Barbie's voluptuous figure has sparked controversy. If she were human, her measurements would translate into a thirty-nine inch chest, twenty-one inch waist, and thirty-three inch hips.
Mattel's in-house designers provide the ever-fashionable doll with about a hundred new outfits each year. Clothing has also been created for Barbie by world-famous designers Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Valentino, Perry Ellis, Oscar de la Renta, and Bob Mackie. Since 1959, over 105 million yards of fabric have been used to create Barbie's clothes, making Mattel a huge consumer of cloth, as well as America's fourth largest maker of women's clothes.
Mattel has given Barbie many different careers during her run as one of the world's most popular toys. She has been a teacher, astronaut, veterinarian, soldier, singer, flight attendant, and model. Barbie also keeps up with the latest technology—she got her first computer in 1985 "
Quote from: http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/toys/barbie.html
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We have been given a project to look at toys, we have to consider the nature of play. What is a toy? How do we control/input data into different mobile devices? What display sizes/proportions are available?what sort of mobile devices are available to play games on?
Games of tomorrow
The games that we used to play with when we were young are a great deal different to what the children and adults play with today. I used to play with teddies, Barbie and the odd board game. But as I grew up the games industrity was taking off in a big way, playstations, Nintendo games were a big hit, I personally had a gameboy when I was younger to play with in the car. But today there are loads of mobile devices to play the thousands of games that have been created for these platforms.
It is estimated that electronic game devices are to increase five-fold to 2.6 billion by 2010, this is due to the progress in processing power, network bandwidth and storage capacity.
news story
Here are just a few mobile game devices:
· Gameboy advanced
· Gameboy colour
· Nintendo DS
· Pokemon mini
· Sony playstation portable (release data 2005)
· N-GAGE
· Mobile phones (smart phones)
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