I thought John would develop a new FPS for the N-Gage :(

[satori]

quote:Originally posted by sp3c:
what's the difference?

(just curious, I never really played spy hunter)

The original Spy hunter was a top down shooter where as the newer version is 3D. If you try and compare the Palm version you're looking at a very dated game. It's like comparing Return to Castle Wolfentstein to the original Apple II Castle Wolfenstein.

[Gryd]

I didnt like the new that muchm but old school SpyHunter is the best with that cheesie 70's funk music in the background

[sp3c]

well it's not my style anyways, I want kick ass shooters and with that analogue controller I will finally get to play them on the road (the way it was meant to be ... I mean ecks vs sever and nightfire and all are nice but the controls man ... THE CONTROLS!)

anyways they will be updating their info on the Helix every week from now on so I guess it's about to be released (2, 3 months I reckon).

[Gryd]

I would like to see a port of Quake or some cool rpg's on the Tapwave myself, just for those long drives across Texas

[sp3c]

there's been a whole bunch of new info released here are the most important bits

- High Res Display

Gorgeous high-resolution (480x320), 16-bit color display delivers incredible graphics for still and view images. Play games, watch movies and view images on the oversized display. Finally..there's no compromise in screen size, resolution or color for the sake of portability.

- Analog Controls/Triggers

True analog controller and ergoomically placed action triggers let you stay in control of game play. Tight and responsive action means your characters move just the way you want them to. Enjoy unmatched convenience with the ability to reach 64 applications with just a nudge of the analog controller and a single mouse click. You can even drag and drop categories and applications into the radial menu for total customization.

- SD Slots

Double the fun. Double the expandability. Two easily accessible SD slots let you add anything from memory to SDIO cards to content distributed on SD cards. Pump up your memory to a maximum of 1GB. Drop an SD card into one slot and view full-feature movies or a photo album. Use the other to switch between your favorite games. Or maybe add a WIFI card or digital camera. The options are endless.

de specs:

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- 480x320 double density display
- Reflective TFT LCD - 3.8 diagonally measured LCD
- Backlit display with brightness control
- Landscape & Portrait screen modes
- Touch-sensitive digitizer screen
- Analogue joystick with depress fire button action
- 1 application programmable function button
- 1 pause/home button
- 200Mhz ARM 920T CPU (ARM9TDMI core)
- ATI Imageon 100 graphic accelerator
- 8 Mbytes of VRAM - Yamaha sound
- Headphone jack
- Dual USB 1.1 Connectors (custom form factor)
- Infrared transceiver
- Dual SD Multimedia Card
- SDIO support to enable FM Radio, 802.11,
- digital cameras or GPS
- Bluetooth facilitating wireless multi-player gaming
- Left & Right trigger buttons
- Vibration rumbler feedback
- 4 application programmable action buttons
- Stereo speakers
- High score conduit
- MP3 playback in hardware
- 16-channel polyphonic Wavetable MIDI synthesiser
- MPEG-4 video playback in hardware
- JPEG decoder in hardware
- Slim form-factor
- 6 ounce weight (without batteries)
- Dual lithium rechargeable batteries
- 16MB Dynamic RAM
- Graffiti 2 - Palm OS 5.2
- Upgradeable to Palm OS 6.0 when available
- Current Helix games & applications are forward compatible with Palm OS 6.0
- Input event queue updated to allow multiple, simultaneous button events
- Motown Café Bluetooth API binary compatible with Palm Bluetooth applications
- PINS and status bar support

some screenshots of a game in action

 
 
 
 
 
 

and an artist impression of the device itself
 

now if only someone would create quake for the device  

[Gryd]

WOW! WTF! OMG! That is complete ownage I am soooooo geting one of those I dont care. I hope I can get the hook up from a friend plus I have a bunch of the PNY SD mem cards around my apt. so I am straight. Nice man keep us updated just start a new Topic about the Tapwave to make it easier

[sp3c]

yeah I guess I'll do that, we're supposed to talk about johns latest fps after all  

here are some new screenshots from Red Faction
 
 

Now you can say what you want about N-gage's shuddy framerates but this is mighty impressive for a device this small  

[Gryd]

Looks good so far, but I have faith in Monkeystone they will make the game look better

[ZZT-X]

$300 for the N-Gage?

My personal opinion can be summed up in 3 words:
Crash and burn.

Nonetheless, the new Red Faction looks cool.  

[Gryd]

Yes I have seen the light about N-Gage, but I think I am going to buy the Helix Tapwave for sure

[[3dap] Dr Foxy]

i'm not sure if anyone ever posted it here, skimmed most of the forum and if someone else did i'm sorry    but john told me that their are no geo mods in the n gage red faction. and... considering it was the biggest selling point... and that in practice it turned out to be massively underused and little more than a gimmick...

i wouldn't get too worried about that.

[Gryd]

Cool thanks for the info, but to me that was one of the coolest things about the game

[sp3c]

mwah I'm definately not getting the N-gage anymore.

now with the Helix (I refuse to call it Zodiac because it's stupid!) being $399 I just can't afford getting  both anymore

I really hope they'll be bringing Red Faction to the Helix though, Helix is compatible with Fathammer's X-forge engine so there shouldn't be to much problems there

[Gryd]

Is the X-Forge the source engine for the N-Gage also?

[Pyros]

quote:Originally posted by sp3c:
I really hope they'll be bringing Red Faction to the Helix though, Helix is compatible with Fathammer's X-forge engine so there shouldn't be to much problems there

Nokia seems to have a deal with THQ Wireless to get these published, and are probably throwing around a bit of money in order to get it on their system. I don't think the makers of Helix have the kind of resources Nokia has, so I doubt it will be ported over to the Helix.