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Price: $29.95
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Downloads: 13549
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Submitted: 09/27/02
Download Time: 24 min @ 56k
Author: Microsoft Corporation
Support: http://support.microsoft.com
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Microsoft Entertainment PocketPak
Take a well-earned break with the Entertainment PocketPak
10 GAMES!
The Pocket PC Entertainment PocketPak includes ten classic crowd pleasers such as BlackJack and Hearts, especially adapted for the Pocket PC. When you just want a quick break while waiting to board your plane, start up a quick game of Space Defense
to pass the time. Relax before the next meeting or de-stress after a long day of work or travel. Play on your own or against another person via infrared. All Windows Powered Pocket PCs have built-in industry standard infrared capability. Enjoy wireless play with another person in Hearts, Reversi, and Sink the Ships. These classic games and puzzles provide a range of mental challenges for many preferences and skill levels.
Microsoft Entertainment PocketPak includes:
- BlackJack -- Lose your shirt
playing BlackJack on your Pocket PC.
- Chess -- The classic game of
chess.
- Cinco -- Cinco is a word game
where you try to guess a word by matching letters in other words.
- FreeCell -- The Solitaire card
game that's become a desktop favorite.
- Hearts -- A card game where all
hearts and the Queen of Spades are to be avoided. It's also infrared-play
enabled.
- Minesweeper -- Find the mines
before they find you.
- Reversi -- An ancient Chinese
tile game -- the person with the most tiles when the board is full wins.
Infrared-play enabled.
- Sink the Ships -- Fill a grid
with ships, then hunt out your opponents. Also infrared-play enabled.
- Space Defense -- Stop the
incoming lasers before they destroy your outposts.
- Taipei -- Tile matching game --
remove all the tiles to get a fortune.
Minimum requirements for desktop computer:
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Color or black-and-white Pocket PC
- PC with Pentium 90 or higher
- Microsoft® Windows® 95 or later, with
ActiveSync® 3.5 installed
- 15 MB of available hard-disk space for
installation
- VGA or higher-resolution monitor
- Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing
device
Minimum requirements for
Pocket PC:
Works with Pocket PC 2002 and these Pocket PCs: Casio E-115/E-125/EM-500, HP Jornada 54x Series, Compaq iPAQ 3600 Series, Compaq Aero 1550.
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Great if you don't want options.
A reviewer
from Boston, MA, June 5, 2006
Great set, love every game.
Games:
BlackJack - Way to many popup windows for everything, very unsmooth to play.
Cinco - is nearly impossible. When using built in keyboard on screen keyboard keeps activating which gets annoying and covers board.
FreeCell - Works fine.
Minesweeper - took me a while to figure out keys. Now I am getting better. Does not rotate well.
Reversi - Standard game, works fine. Does not rotate well.
Sink the Ships - doesn't tell you when a ship is sunk (should also show you your own board when the other player is firing, but it does not).
Space Defense - Does not rotate well. Would be nice for option of using the long way of the screen and having all cities on one side of the screen not two. Current way is fine, but both this and classic layout would be a nice option.
Taipei - wont let you choose other tile layouts (I prefer the classic layout not the one used).
Sum up.....
I haven't tried Chess of Hearts yet. In general all the games work well. Except for most don't rotate well. None use the PocketPC soft keys to bring up submenus so learning what to tap when is a bit of an annoyance but ease to get used to. Most games lack several options. The lack of any help or version information is a bit annoying. Granted microsoft has not released any updates.
Ways it could be improved. Add in some more minor options. Fix rotation problems (I have a side slider). Include help and version info. Use softkeys for game menus or function buttons in game (ie flag in minesweeper).
In short a good set but much room for improvement that seems to have been forgotten in the last 3 years since its release. Worth having, not sure worth $30, maybe $15 for the number of games included.
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careful or you''ll miss your flight!
Bash
from London, December 31, 2005
5 stars for nostalgia and addictive qualities! Ideal for those hours you need to kill in an airport waiting lounge .. but careful or you might miss that final boarding call!
PS: The games have no online help, but its not exactly rocket science to figure out the keys. Minesweeper uses a combination of stylus and keypad (on my phone pressing up+stylus tap clears a square and pressing down+stylus allows you to flag a square)
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Cool
A reviewer
from Australia, October 29, 2005
It''s Sooooooo cool
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