What other PC games have been ported to Pocket PC?

[Guest4]

Now I'm serious on this, I know now that Counter-Strike can not be ported .  But, what are some other games or up coming games to be ported to Pocket PC?  I was wondering if any of the follwing have been ported or are going to be ported.<br><br>-Grand Theft Auto<br>-Ultima Online<br>-Police Quest (any of them)<br><br>Now I know that these games dont reuqire alot to run, or at least not anymore than Quake or Doom.  Please let me know the info.<br><br>Thanks

[randall]

The problem with those games is that the source code is not readily available (that I know of). Which is required to port the game.<br><br>Out of those three, I would say that GTA would be the most playable and most likely to be ported (hell its been ported to playstation and gameboy). The game appears so simplistic, yet the draw routines are terrible, especially at higher resolutions. I recall GTA running even slower than Quake on the same computer.

[randall]

Herectic and Hexen may be good candidates, since their source code is available. Hexen uses the Quake engine, and Heretic uses the doom engine. <br><br>I'd like to see a decent strategy game, like commandos, starcraft (warcraft) or Diablo.<br><br>Blizzard tends to be real bitchy about mods to their games and doesn't release source code. So unless Blizzard gets a bug in their ass, I won't be expecting Diablo or Starcraft (Warcraft) on CE any time soon.<br><br>I'm surprised Wolfenstein 3D wasn't ported before Doom- it ran on a 286 and the source code is available.<br><br>

[Moose or Chuck]

I'm pretty sure the reason why Wolfenstein wasn't ported first was because it requires a hell of a lot of editting to change it to a 32bit compiler (atleast that's what it said in the SourceNotes.txt file ). I downloaded the source, but became... what's that word? Well, I didn't bother, partly because it didn't have a nice Workspace for me to look through.<br><br>My goal, when I become the master CE programmer (ya, that will happen, sometime in the next 10 years) is to create a port/clone of XCom:UFO Defense. That game is so kick arse and would be perfect with a stylus/touch screen. If anyone wants to take a shot at it before me then be my guest ;D<br><br>Oh, ya. Who made Heretic? What's the website? It was Raven, but I don't know their website.<br>Last modification: Moose Master - 03/11/01 at 15:53:59

[randall]

yeah it was Raven Software, Source can downloaded here: http://www2.ravensoft.com/source/<br><br>Last modification: randall - 03/11/01 at 16:31:50

[Mike Wagstaff]

Guest4:<br>Just to let you know, you can find a complete listing of all Pocket PC games (whether ported from the PC or not) at http://www.pocketpcgames.net<br><br>OK, publicity-mode off now! <br><br>One PC game I'd personally love to see ported is Transport Tycoon. If you've never played it, think it as Sim City meets buses, trains, boats, and planes - it's the best strategy game I've ever played.<br><br>Anyway, I live in hope... <br><br> -Mike http://www.pocketgamer.org

[Matt Keys]

I want to see road rash ported. its a small game and there are options on the actual game to play really small to get better fps, so when played landscape ther should be hardly any loss of quality. And it is a rather old game so maybe the source is out. Anyone want to tackle this one?

[Raven]

I would like to see some more strategy games for the Pocket PC. you don'y have to worry about frame rates much (especially on turn based games) and they can last a long time when it comes to replayability. One specific game I would like to see is Heroes of Might and Magic (I, II, or III).<br>Also, as said before Starcraft would be nice, but aquiring the source code from the stingy folks at Blizzard is highly unlikely. Or how about Lords of the Realm. And most of all Seven Kingdoms II. However the business of the game on Real-time strategy games like Seven Kingdoms and Starcraft could be hard to push when heated battles arise. Having said that I hope it encourages some one to port one of those titles!

[Dr. Phat]

What about SC2K? That would be extremely Phat.  I would pay for that. Get like some sort of liscence from Maxis or something.  That would be WICKED phat.  My first push is still for Pong!

[randall]

OH PONG WOULD BE SWEET, but I don't think the PocketPC is capable of such complex graphics~<br><br>(notice the new little ~ mark for sarcasm, thanks moose )<br><br>Sim City has been ported to everything- including Nintendo. Since there are nintendo emulators for PocketPC I guess that would work.<br><br>I admit it isn't Sim City 2000, but hey...

[Dr. Phat]

But SimCity sucks, i only love SC2K!

[Moose or Chuck]

Phat, pong would take maybe 2k on your device, but you'd get so tired of it. Did you ever play the original pong? The ORIGINAL? I didn't think so, because you were born in '86

[Terry]

I am about 2 weeks away from releasing a port of Hexen to the pocket PC. <br><br>It is not Hexen 2 which was based on the quake engine but the original Hexen which used the Doom engine.<br><br>The code is complete and the last of the bugs is being ironed out.<br><br>Should be available for all the major PPCs.<br><br>It will be posted on www.raven-games.com<br><br>Terry<br><br>

[Gods Gift]

Terry, Hexen would be great.<br><br>All those happy days of turning people into chickens and then hitting them with a crossbow.<br><br>Ah ... sweet memories.  How long till beta release etc.<br>

[Moose or Chuck]

Darn it. I wanted to recode Hexen