Contest 6: Games


Making your own game is every programmer's dream. NSBasic and Palm allow you to make it happen easily. There are a variety of games here, from simple games to sophisticated ones. But the bottom line is that we can enjoy games purely for fun.

The winner is listed first. Other entries are listed in alphabetical order.

StarTruck by inormo
The mission is to deliver packages to planets far away.

Judge's Comments: A simulation game on Palm! A bit confusion at begining, but you can enjoy the game for a long time. There are a lot of potential to expand features.

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Other Entries

Duck Creek Video Poker by John Duckworth
Welcome to Duck Creek Casino and some of the best gambling this side of the Bit Stream! Our casino offers one of the most exciting video poker machines around...Jacks+ Video Poker. Grab your players card and hit the casino floor. $1000 dollars has been deposited into your casino account. The more you gamble, the more the house will reward you with free comps.

Judge's Comments: A must have program for card game lovers. Very good navigation.

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GameTrio by Mike Verive
EtchSketch - Tap the directional arrows to draw from the current position...
Moon Lander - Select the surface to land on, and use the Up key to fire the thruster to slow your descent...
PalmBrite - Like the pld Lite-Brite toy, place different colored pegs to create your masterpiece...

Judge's Comments: Nostalgic software package. Good to have in your Palm.

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HYPER Snake by Gheorghi Tcherkin
Hyper Snake is especially optimized for the ARM Processors and have such features like: Digitized Sound Effects, Intuitive Stylus Control, Self Registration System, Unique Graphics and Fonts. Recomended Devices: Palm Tungsten T2, PalmOne Treo600 or any device with ARM Processor

Judge's Comments: Arcade game like graphics is very nice. Great overall quality.

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Knight Run by Ken Coburn
Knight Run is my version of the chess problem originally proposed by the Eighteenth century mathematician and philosopher Leonard Euler. This problem is commonly called "The Knight's Tour." Can the chess piece called the Knight move around an empty chessboard and touch each of the squares once and only once? This program includes a computer-generated solution to the problem. The demonstration algorithm uses a heuristic developed by me. The heuristic works almost every time, but it?s not perfect. Occasionally, the Knight will fail to solve the problem.

Judge's Comments: An interesting puzzle game. The demonstration is a nice feature to the program.

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KuruRin by Hideaki Aikawa
KuruRin is a puzzle game. 4 kinds of space aliens appear in this game. Space alien's weak point is to queue up sideways by three or more. The player arranges them by practicing the rotation magic. The purpose of the player is to erase all space aliens.

Judge's Comments: You can easily waste a lot of time on this one. Nice original characters.

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LocoDice by Charles Lotochinski
LocoDice is PalmLoco's interpretation on the classic dice game. Roll the dice and try to make hands to score points.

Judge's Comments: A simple game like this is tough to quit.

MemoCarRacing by Inarmo
A racing car game which uses Memo data to control cars.

Judge's Comments: An interesting concept. Good for non-gamers too.

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Ohyoi3s12 by mizuno-ami
Challenge your memory!
You only have to tap Ohyoi3 in order by which it is displayed. The max level is 8...But this will be impossible mission.

Judge's Comments: Simple and original, but it makes your eyes tired quickly.

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OhyoODORI by Ohyoi3
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the dancing game by Japanese artist Ohyoi3. Let's dance with Ohyoi3 until your brains sparks!

Judge's Comments: Cute and fun.

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Rat Run by Mike McKee
In Rat Run youÕre a rat, a very hungry rat, and a scientist has dropped you into a large winding maze. Somewhere in the maze is a nice big piece of cheese. You know because you can smell it. All you have to do is find the cheese and you can eat it.

Judge's Comments: Are you smarter than rats? Try this. If you find the cheese, your satisfaction is guaranteed.

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UpStart by Kuni© Pleasure'01
A card game called Daifugou.

Judge's Comments: Nice layout and very easy to navigate. Fun to play. Coms may need to be trained.

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