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Game and App Review

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Hello and welcome to the largest compiled list of games/applications for the Pocket PC on PPCgeeks.com. I am working to upload as many games/applications as I can to make it easy for PPC users to download games/applications for their phones.

I got sick of searching the forums for every program I wanted. Yes, I could find them but I wanted a thread I could go to and find every game/app I would need for my phone. So I decided to do it myself!

Please do not discuss the games/applications in this thread! If you want to talk about them - please create a new forum or search for a forum that already discusses the game/application. We are trying to keep this thread as low-clutter as possible!

If you have a good recommendation that is not showing up on my list of games/apps then Private Message it to me and I will get it up and reviewed!

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Update: I have now included links to the page number the game is reviewed at to make it easier to find specific games!

Update: I have included brief descriptions of each program on the front page for easier navigation. I have also listed if the program/application is free for those who are looking for a quick list of free downloads.

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Games Listed In This Thread:
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Ages of Empires (Page 1)
Entertaining RTS game popular for the PC/Mac.
Arvale: Journey of Illusion (Page 1)
Simple RPG for the PPC.
Arvale II: Journey Through Time (Page 1)
Simple RPG for the PPC second saga.
Bejeweled 2 (Astraware) (Page 1)
The classic cell phone game where you shift jewels to create combos. Addictive!
Bomber Man (Page 1) FREE!
Cheap remake of the old classic, Bomber Man. Lay bombs to destroy enemies.
Bust'Em 2 (Page 1)
Breakout clone.
Call of Duty 2 (Page 1)
First Person Shooter remake of the console-popular Call of Duty 2.
Dope Wars (Page 1) FREE!
Evolved from your calculator comes Dope Wars for the PPC.
Frogger (Pay and Free) (Page 1) FREE!
Arcade game where you hop across busy roads and rivers to make it to the finish.
Kevtris (Page 2) FREE!
Tetris Clone.
Machines at War (Page 2)
One of the most popular Real Time Strategy games out for the PPC.
Monopoly (Page 2)
Buy and sell property to beat your friends/computer in this exciting tycoon simulation.
Pocket Mini Golf 2 (Page 2)
One of the best Mini Golf games for the PPC.
Pocket Snake (Page 2) FREE!
Snake for the PPC. Crawl around, eat apples, get bigger, next level.
Sand Game (Falling Sand Game) (Page 2) FREE!
Sand falls from the top of the level. Draw lines to stop it and create your own works of art in this addictive free PPC game.
Sim City 2000 (Page 2)
Sim City 2000 remade for the PPC. Become the mayor of a new city and watch your creation grow to a huge metropolis!
Snood (Page 3) FREE!
Snood is a game where you shoot weird little faces upwards to clear the level. 3 in a row makes them fall down! Free version available, pay for more features.
Spb Brain Evolution (Page 3)
Train your brain with this awesome and addictive game from Spb Software House!
Morph Gear (GBA, SNES, NES, Genesis, GBC) (Page 3)
Play thousands of games that are familiar to you from years ago on your PPC. Morph Gear is one of the most stable emulators out there (not to say it doesn't have it's own little problems).
Tiger Woods PGA Tour (Page 3)
A stunning golf-simulation game that has found it's way onto many consoles. Play golf and advance your professional golf career in Tiger Woods for the PPC.
Tomb Raider (Page 4)
Play as Lara Croft. The PSX game port to the PPC.
Handmark UNO (Page 4)
The classic card game, UNO on the PPC!
Warfare Incorporated (Page 4)
Another fun and addictive RTS for your PPC.
Warring Nations (Page 4)
Risk type of game for your PPC!
Worms, World Party (Page 4)
Take control of army worms and destroy your opponents using a ton of cool and crazy weapons in this awesome arcade game.

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Applications Listed In This Thread:
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PocketRAR (Page 4) FREE!
Open ZIP and RAR files directly from your Pocket PC.
SpB Finance (Page 5)
Keep track of all your finances and become a more responsible person.
Sprint Navigation (Page 5)
For GPS-enabled phones, get turn-by-turn directions and never get lost again.
Dashwire (Page 5) FREE!
Clone your PPC onto your computer. Any pictures you take are automatically put onto the site. Your contacts automatically update and are backed up. Awesome program and worth a try!
1-Calc (Page 5)
Calculator software which is very powerful and offers tons of cool and exciting features. Worth taking a look!
Finger Friendly Friends (Page 6) FREE!
Sick of using your stylus to type in a friends name and navigate through your contact list? FFF is the most powerful finger-friendly contacts solution I have run across! You can even send your GPS location via SMS. Pay for extra features.
Spb Screenshot (Page 6) FREE!
Take a screen shot of your PPC screen.
Softkey Changer (Page 6) FREE!
Change the bottom left and right keys on your screen easily and change what they say.
VetVito's Custom ROMs (Page 6) FREE!
Custom ROMs that will upgrade your phone's look and feel. A must!
TouchPal Keyboard (Page 6) FREE!
Another favorite of mine. For when you don't want to have to open the keyboard every time you type a message. A powerful "touch friendly" keyboard.

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Update: It would seem that a block was put into how long a post could be. So I was forced to continue the front page to the second post. I will have to stop updating the first few posts after awhile.

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Applications Listed In This Thread (Continued):
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Call Firewall (Page 6) FREE!
Block unwanted calls from coming onto your phone.

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Games Listed In This Thread (Continued):
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Shadow of Legend MMORPG (Page 7) FREE!
First of it's kind, a Windows Mobile (and PC client) MMORPG.

MORE TO COME!

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-- Ages of Empires Gold --
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Price: $29.95
Free Trial Available (Click Link)

http://www.pocketgear.com/en_US/html...OEanimated.gif

Overall a good game. RTS style true to the AoE game. Best RTS I have played for the PPC. Definitely worth the money.

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-- Arvale: Journey of Illusion --
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Price: $14.95
Free Trial Version Available

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Pretty cool RPG for a PPC game. Many hours of play.. not something I look for in a PPC game though, personal thought.

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-- Arvale II: Journey through Time --
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Price: $14.95
Free Trial Version Available

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Alright game, same as Arvale just the sequel with better graphics and gameplay. I would buy this before the first one.

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-- Astraware: Bejeweled 2 --
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Price: $19.99
Free Trial Version Available

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Classic, comes with the Treo which I used to own and it's great to have it back! Worth the money!

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-- Bomberman Freeware --
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Price: FREE
Click to Download

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Pretty cool game. Multiplayer support but never tried it. Fun for a free game!

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-- Bust'Em 2 --
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Price: $6.95
Free Trial Available

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Kind of like breakout - a sweet game but I don't think it would be worth the $7.

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-- Call of Duty 2 --
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Price: $29.99
Free Trial Version Available

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Clicking to Enlarge wont work, dont be stupid!

Pretty cool game for the PPC - works but it hard to get used to. Great graphics, worth the money!

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-- Dope Wars --
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Price: FREE
Click Here to Download EXE (Install From PC)
Click Here to Download CAB (Install from Phone)

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Dope Wars for the PPC - nostalgic memories of my calculator games days brings me to have great fun buying and selling drugs using my cell phone. I became a millionaire (close to billionaire) then I looked up and got hit by reality. MMM, best free download you will ever do!

One of my favorite parts of this game is the customization you can do. You can add new drugs to the list, you can rename drugs, do whatever you want! Awesome.

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-- Frogger Free Version --
-- Frogger Pay Version --
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FREE VERSION:

Click Here to Download (Scroll Down)

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The free version of frogger is the one that I have tried. Clunky graphics, not the best quality but a great and fun game to play.

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PAY VERSION:

Price: $14.99
No Known Trial Version

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Never played this, about the same as the above version with better graphics.

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thanks, don't know how i missed bomber man until now!

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-- KevTris --
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Price: FREE
Click Here To Download (EXE For PC to PPC)
Click Here to Download (Cab for PPC Install)

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Tetris clone for the PPC - awesome game and fun to play. Free download, why wouldn't you!?

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NOW you're talking. Way better.

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-- Machines at War --
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Price: $19.95
Click Here to Download Free Trial (EXE PC to PPC)
Click Here to Download Free Trial (CAB, PPC Direct Install)

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Awesome RTS - matches AoE!

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-- Handmark Monopoly --
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Price: $14.99
Click Here to Download Trial (EXE for PC to PPC)
Click Here to Download Trial (CAB for PPC Install)

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Monopoly for the PPC - cant go wrong... up to 4 players.

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-- Pocket Mini Golf 2 --
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Price: $19.95
Click Here to Download Trial (EXE PC to PPC)

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Pocket Mini Golf is the best Mini Golf I have found for the PPC. You can purchase additional courses (the flame one is an expansion screen shot) and expand the game even further. Multiplayer support makes the game even more phone. Definitely worth the money!

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-- Pocket Snake --
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Price: FREE
Click Here to Download

http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/img2/pocket-snake.JPG

SNAKE, the old Calc/Nokia game that has now made it's way to your phone. The goal is to eat apples, and you get bigger every time you eat an apple. After playing for a certain ammount of time a door opens and you can progress to the next level.

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-- Pocket Sand --
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Price: FREE
Click Here to Download (Version 0.8.3)

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The sand falls from above, you use your Stylus to create barricades and the sand piles up on the lines. You can create cool effects with the different options on the bottom. Stupid, pointless, but I think you will find yourself playing it every once in awhile.

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-- Sim City 2000 --
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Price: $29.95
Free Trial Available

http://www.pocketgear.com/en_US/html...screenshot.gif

Sim City 2000 ported to the Pocket PC by VioSoft! Awesome game and plays great.

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-- Snood --
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Price: Free/$19.99
Click Here to Download Trial (EXE PC to PPC)

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Snood is one of my personal favorite games for the PC and now I can enjoy it with my Sprint Mogul! Awesome. Download this - the trial is very generous. You pay for a few extra features that honestly don't matter.

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-- Spb Brain Evolution --
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Price: $19.95
Click Here to Download Trial (EXE or CAB available)

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Brain Age for the PPC - awesome game and props to Spb... one of the harder Brain training games I have played.

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-- MorphGear --
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Price: $19.99/emulator (discount for multiple)

Program Host:
Click Here to Download (CAB PPC Direct)

Super Nintendo Emulator Trial:
Click Here to Download (CAB PPC Direct)

TurboGrafx-16/PC-Engine Emulator Trial:
Click Here to Download (CAB PPC Direct)

Sega Genesis Emulator Trial:
Click Here to Download (CAB PPC Direct)

Sega MasterGear, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, Nintendo (NES) Trial:
Click Here to Download (CAB PPC Direct)

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Emulate thousands of games on your Pocket PC. My favorite of which is Grand Theft Auto for GBA! Awesome and fun. A must and 100% worth the money. Tons of configurations and easy to use.

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I tried a Genesis emulator way back in the day when I had a iPaq Pocket PC. Was hard to control, so I had uninstalled it.

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-- Tiger Woods PGA Tour--
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Price: $29.95
Free Trial Available

http://www.pocketgear.com/en_US/html...creenshots.gif

Tiger Woods golf for the PPC - professional and works great. Worth the money if you like golf games, I don't, so I wouldn't personally have purchased it.

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nice work here, it's obvious you're putting alot into it!

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I agree with nautica, nice work. Rarely do we see someone post a lot of games/apps with screenshots, information, and direct download links to the trials. Thanks for your efforts.

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I need some information on MorphGear. I've downloaded the files, but it keeps crashing? Is that fixed in the payed version? It especially crashes in landscape mode, which is the only way worth playing.

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I haven't experienced many crashes? I use VetVito's extended rom. Hmm, what is the error when it crashes?

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Great work!

*cough* if anyone wants to PM me about where to find *cough* the Super Mario Brothers 3 ROM *cough* I'd appreciate it *cough*

Hmm? What? Anyone have a ricola?

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Originally Posted by saumaun (Post 245553)

Great work!

*cough* if anyone wants to PM me about where to find *cough* the Super Mario Brothers 3 ROM *cough* I'd appreciate it *cough*

Hmm? What?

You sound horrible... want a cough drop?

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-- Tomb Raider--
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Price: $29.95
No Trial Found (Let me know if you find one)

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I loved this game for the PSX but it isn't very fun on the PPC. It is extremely hard to find for the PPC now and isn't really worth looking for.

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-- Handmark UNO --
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Price: $19.99
Trial Not Available

http://www.handmark.com/images/produ...uct1811-s1.jpg http://www.handmark.com/images/produ...uct1811-s3.jpg

I used to love UNO - its entertaining to play with my little nephew.

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-- Warfare Incorporated --
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Price: $19.99 (WORTH IT!)
Click Here to Download Trial (EXE PC TO PPC)

http://www.pdagameguide.com/images/w...l-skirmish.JPG http://www.pdagameguide.com/images/w...-trooper-2.JPG

Amazing! Great RTS and fun to play - very long gameplay, campaigns, multiplayer. I love it! Handmark has done it again.

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-- Warring Nations --
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Price: $14.95
Click Here to Download Trial (CAB Direct PPC Install)

http://www.mobiletopsoft.com/pocket-...a_screen_3.jpg http://www.clickgamer.com/products/p...ge/Recruit.jpg

Fun risk style game. Definitely work the $15 in my opinion. One of my favorite next to the game below this one! WORMS!

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-- Worms World Party --
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Price: $24.95
Click Here to Download Trial (EXE PC to PPC)

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Worms World Party is the best game I have played for my Mogul. Definitely one to buy right away or at least try the trial!

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-- PocketRAR (App) --
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Price: FREE
Click Here to Download Now (EXE PC to PPC Install)

http://4pda.ru/forum/uploads/img-247...aScreen023.jpg

PocketRAR is the most powerful archiving program out there for your PPC. It allows you to open ZIP and RAR files directly from your PPC. A must have!

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one request, could you include the memory footprints. I know at times Age of Emires will eat up 18mb of ram. By the way this is one of the best threads i have seeen on here in a while.

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Request to move this to the PPC Software and Aplications Forum.......

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Originally Posted by saumaun (Post 246497)

Request to move this to the PPC Software and Aplications Forum.......

agreed that would be a better place for this...

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they are mogul specific tested which is why i put them here.

VetVito: i will definitely work on getting the footprints up.

I just aquired about 15 new games and 20 new apps so we should get more up soon!