Games

11 great free applications for touch screen devices

Here is a list of 11 great free applications for touch screen devices, including an excellent tetris game called Kevtris.

Pocket PC game emulators

Read Werner Ruotsalainen’s post about listings of game emulators for the Pocket PC here.

Playing tracked music on your Pocket PC

Many Pocket PC games contain “tracked” (a.k.a. “module”) music that is very easy to extract and listen to without actually running the game. In my post titled “Listen to the music of the great space shooter game Enslave without having to start the game” (4/8/06), I’ve already elaborated on the JT MOD Player 1.0. In this post, I elaborate on the latest developments in the Pocket PC world relating to playing back tracked music.

Where to find free game emulators

Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a very popular portable gaming machine from Nintendo. It has quite advanced games and, therefore, there has always been a big demand for GBA emulators on other platforms. Touch screen devices (Pocket PCs) are no exception—there are quite a few GBA emulators on this platform.

How to customize Solitaire and Bubble Breaker

Solitaire's Menu >Options screen (pre-WM5 PPCs: Tools >Options) lets you customize the game the way you prefer (Options not available in Smartphones). Bubble Breaker's (called Jawbreaker in pre-WM5 devices) Game >Options screen (Smartphones: Menu >Options) is where you can customize your preferences.