Comments on: iPhone – Future of Handheld Gaming

By: MarkuzR

MarkuzR — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:22:58 +0000

I love my iPod Touch, as Van knows well :) I had a DS and loathed it more than words could ever say (first gen, not the lite), also own a PSP which rarely sees the light of day… in fact I lost it for about a year and found it in a carrier bag after we moved.

When I got the iPod Touch it was for watching movies and TV shows on the go and in the gym, but I honestly spend most of my time playing Flick Fishing, Trivial Pursuit, Monopoly, Pinball Dreams (big “yay” for the Amiga!!) and various other games. The ease of use is incredible… you want something, you click an icon… and you’ve got it fully installed in seconds. If only the PC would work that quickly.

I never thought I’d say it, but the iPod has given me a whole new interest in mobile gaming, and one that I never thought I’d have. A couple of days ago I saw the release of the old Amiga classic Flashback, although I’m not sure how difficult that would be to control on a touch screen.

Now if only they would bring out Oblivion or Fallout 3, I’d be a happy man.

By: MrCuddleswick

MrCuddleswick — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:45:38 +0000

It’s definitely going to emerge as an important gaming platform. Whether it’ll ever topple Nintendo and the DSiiiiiii in 2012 I don’t know.

By: John.B

John.B — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:22:21 +0000

The G1 has standard mobile gaming potential, in that it’s suited to retro and puzzle games but little beyond it. I love the G1 as a phone but as gaming goes the iPhone is the future.

By: van-fu

van-fu — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:47:24 +0000

Jake has an iPhone as well? Good man. I would like to see John’s take on the G1’s ability as a portable gaming machine. And for the record, I only play word games on my iPhone. Anything else is almost not worth the effort.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:57:26 +0000

I love my iPhone. Ive looked at the games and seen a really nice RPG in the stylee of Zelda which i may part wirh pennies for…

By: John.B

John.B — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:03:22 +0000

I saw the small deluge of planned and released add ons Celeste, thing is unless it was directly released by Apple I doubt they’ll be taken up in a big way. As far as I’ve seen they don’t have one planned, so it’d be down to third parties and without an industry standard how can the devs develop with them in mind?

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:12:40 +0000

iPhone? I can’t see it catching on.

*posting from his 3GS which replaced his 3G which replaced his original iPhone*

Ok, so I’ve bought into iPhone in a big way, but it wasn’t gaming that attracted me specifically. I do have a few games on here, two of my favourites are Virtual Pool and Peggle, both of which I bought for just 59p.

And although the touch screen works well for some games, the new 3.0 software finally allowing access to the iPod dock connector suddenly opens up a world of gaming possibilities, such as a clip on controller (as Celeste said above)

It’ll be interesting to see if the controller idea is embraced.

By: The Rook

The Rook — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:55:32 +0000

I’m still using a plain simple phone, but I did find the blog a good read. I’ve not played alot of mobile gaming, but the games do seem to be getting better.

I had thought of getting an iPod Touch, but will wait to see what PSP Go is like.

By: Celeste

Celeste — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:28:45 +0000

The first controller has just been made for the iPhone – GameBone Pro by Australian company 22moo. I think this speaks volumes regarding the way the iPhone has been embraced by both consumers and publishers. Not sure Nintendo needs to be too concerned, but a contingency plan sure wouldn’t hurt. Maybe some kind of slimline DS. Oh wait, they’ve done that. Ok, some kind of DS with a camera. Oh, right…