Resco Diamonds has been ported to the Windows Smartphone platform, and is available to try or buy for $11.95. Cosmetically, it appears to be identical. In other Resco-related news, Sokoban has been updated for “portrait” screens….
If you tried pocketSand on a Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC chances are you ran into a problem with the software slowing to a crawl within a few seconds. According to the developer, this is due to the way Microsoft implemented the rand() function in Windows Mobile 5.0, and he’s released an update which corrects the problem….
Another week rolls around with a version number increment in PPL and a stack of improvements and bug fixes. Further details on PPL can be found here, while the entire list of changes is available in the Comments Thread for this news item….
As seen on PocketGear, Solitaires Unlmited has been updated to version 1.06, fixing “Cards movement to foundations is now automated in FreeCell and other FreeCell-like solitaires.”…
Just a quick heads-up to point out an update to Solitaire City, adding support for the square screens becoming progressively more common. “Unlike most solitaire games, Solitaire City is played against the clock for points. The faster a game is completed, the higher the score. Players find themselves hoping their long haul flights never end as they play game after game in an attempt to battle their way to the top of one of many hi-score tables and see their name in lights.”…
The EDGE SDK has been updated to version 2.90, improving bluetooth and adding support for blitlets and JPEG. “Other improvements of Edge SDK 2.90 include color depth emulation, improved palette mode support, a function to retrieve device-dependent hardware key names and an improved version of the Edge IDE.” Further details here….
A whole fortnight has passed, meaning we’re overdue for a Pocket Programming Language update. Kornalius obliges with version 1.06, packed with a huge number of bug fixes and other improvements:…
Many thanks to Chris from Clickgamer for letting me know that demos for both Brain Trainer and Raging Thunder are now available on their respective product pages….
Another week rolls around with a Pocket Programming Language update, taking the Pocket PC development platform to version 1.05, fixing “mostly compiler and interpreter bugs. There are good improvements in the Object-Oriented syntax also. We now offer a CAB version to install PPL on Smartphones (ARM processors with WM2003/WM2005).”…
Not-Big-Deal has updated Blackjack Gold to version 2.52. No word on what might have changed in this version, but the game features “all features of the original BlackJack game, allows customizing of casino or choosing one of predefined casinos [along with] colorful attractive graphics and autosaving.” The update is no doubt free for registered users, while Blackjack Gold is available to buy for $4.95….
Pocket Commodore 64 has been updated to version 2.52. Changes include “A landscape issue fix, an exit glitch squashed and minor speed improvements.”…
CityPipe has been updated to version 1.1, adding more levels, fixing minor bugs and adjusting the game difficulty. If you were uncomfortable about buying directly from the developer, it’s now available to try or buy from Clickgamer for $11.95. If you haven’t tried CityPipe, I heartily recommend it….
All Mobile Casino has been updated to add support for square screened Pocket PCs such as the Treo 650. Feature-wise it’s identical to the standard version and is available to try or buy for $17.95….
Many thanks to Kornalius for letting me know that the Pocket Programming Language has been updated to version 1.02, described as a “major improvement over the last version.”…
As spotted on the Aximsite forums, the Genesis Plus Megadrive emulator has been updated to add an auto frameskip option, and to use the “latest DrZ80 core from Reesy DrMD”. I have no idea what difference the new core will make to the emulator since I’ve never encountered speed problems when using it anyway, but if you like to have your software up-to-date then feel free to grab the update….
The Smartphone versions Mastersoft Kakuro and Sudoku have been updated to versions 1.07 and 1.14 respectively. The update includes “a number of fixes”, but please note that existing scores and statistics will be lost when the updates are installed. Further details are available here, and the updates are completely free for registered users….
Clickgamer have updated Pocket Commodore 64 to version 2.5, adding VGA and Windows Mobile 5 support to the emulator. I haven’t tried a game on it yet, but the new version loads fine and PRINT “HELLO” worked……
As announced on the Pocket Heroes homepage, the Heroes of Might and Magic lookalike has been updated to version 0.04a with apparent “major improvements” according to a thread on *Aximsite*….
Pocket Commodore Plus/4 has been updated to version 1.1, making the following changes to the emulator:…
The 2D benchmarking tool VsBenchmark 2006 has been updated to version 1.15, adding “more compatibilities and supporting more devices.” They have records on over 130 Pocket PCs and their scores, and the benchmark is diverting in an “oooh, pretty graphics” kinda way…….
Resco Sokoban has been updated to version 1.21, adding, among other things, the much requested zoomed view on VGA Pocket PCs. The update is free to all registered users and is available here….
Thanks to the maintainers of Pocket Sudoku for sending in news that they’ve updated their freeware Sudoku game to version 0.9. The new version brings a couple of handy features….
As spotted on Aximsite (and linked through to the Resco forums), Resco Sokoban has been updated to version 1.20, a free upgrade for all registered users….