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Not only have the N-Gage games been spread around the net in ROM form (you can find them if you know where, don't post any links here), but now they're playable on other phones running the Symbain operating system.
Here is a page detailing SonicN running on the Siemens SX1, with videos: http://www.club-siemens.net/preview/ngage/
http://www.club-siemens.net/preview/ngage/load04.jpghttp://www.club-siemens.net/preview/ngage/play02.jpg
Good news for the hackers and pirates, more bad news for Nokia.
Damn, bumped that thread for no reason.
Who wants to be leet and make a Sidetalkin' pic with an SX1? Anyone? :p
Nokia should be happy. At least now someone will play the games. :)
Y'know. This makes sense.
Nokia is running a game dev competition and the instructions said to just use the S60 dev kit.
I thought it was odd since the NGage was supposed to be a ninja-fied Series 60, but there had to be more...special NGage only codification and routines and whatever, or so I thought.
Wonder if whoever figured it out got his idea from that contest.
:chunobi:
I dunno. Its like pickin on a realy realy stupid person. You just feel sory for the little guy.
Yeah, I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gymkata
Though, Nokia didn't heed countless warnings from their supposed target audience (you know - Gamers) when they asked for input.
Beyond stupidy, it's almost arrogance.
Yay! Now more people can play a small batch of (mostly) terrible games! :)
This has got to be the worst system ever released. Its just so hilariously awful in every single way. I cant possibly think of another system that was worse.
The nails in N-Gage's coffin were already set, so this bit of news is like someone dancing on the grave before leaving the mother of all defecations.
I'd pity Nokia if I wasn't so busy laughing at them.
yes, but it doesn't quite emulate sidetalkin. =(
man...that was quick...well it's was a uphill battle for the little phone from the start...
"posted from gaming-age"
Good luck stopping them. ;)Quote:
Well looks like Nokia's N-Gage copy protection wasn't all that robust. This morning, Nokia announced that hackers have already cracked the copy-protection codes for the N-Gage games, and copies of games are already available all over the internet for download. Considering that Nokia expects to make most of its money on the games and not the hardware, this is undoubtedly bad news.
"We take this very, very seriously and have initiated an aggressive program to stop the people that are behind these (intellectual property rights) violations," Nokia Mobile Phones spokesman Damian Stathonikos told Reuters. "We're working to develop our copy protection mechanisms to make this even more difficult in the future."
The cracked versions can supposedly be installed and played on any phone that uses the Series 60 OS, which is used in the N-Gage and other models including Siemens's SX1.
Besides, we're playing the same crappy games on other systems... only better! Ain't gonna be our loss.
jesus christ, i've never laughed so hard and felt such pity simultaneously before.