Android games: what have you been playing lately?

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richierich1212

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Jul 5, 2002
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Hmm I don't see it at all in the market.

I didn't see it at all on AT&T either. I just downloaded it from one of the links posted earlier.


Anyways, Grave Defense is kind of fun. Any other good tower defense games? I miss some of the good ones on iOS.
 

SandEagle

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Aug 4, 2007
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Addicted to angry birds. Full version is out there for free. Make sure u spell angry and birds right :-/
 

ponyo

Lifer
Feb 14, 2002
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They need to put out adfree version of angry birds. I'll pay a buck for it. Game looks gorgeous on the SAMOLED screen.

Homerun Battle3D is still my favorite.
 

tfinch2

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Feb 3, 2004
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Tried out Angry Birds on my HTC Hero and it did not turn out too well. Levels took forever to load, gameplay was jittery, and it seems like the graphics were not displaying properly. The stage texture for the sling shot was all white.

Oh well, I'll just play it on my iPad. :)
 

CurseTheSky

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Oct 21, 2006
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Tried out Angry Birds on my HTC Hero and it did not turn out too well. Levels took forever to load, gameplay was jittery, and it seems like the graphics were not displaying properly. The stage texture for the sling shot was all white.

Oh well, I'll just play it on my iPad. :)

There's definitely something wrong with your phone or AB installation. It works flawlessly on my Droid X.
 

ponyo

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Feb 14, 2002
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has anyone here tried it on a G1? could be the older gpu is having issues...

I tried it on my MT3G running CM5.08 and had texture landscape graphic problems as well. There's little lag but it's not too bad. It's definitely playable. Good thing is you don't see any ads because of the white landscape texture problem.
 

destrekor

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Nov 18, 2005
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I rarely play games on my phone, but Angry Birds is pretty cool. :)

I'd play them a lot more if I was somewhere I just wanted to waste time, and could use my phone. Unfortunately, there is a zero-tolerance no-phone rule at work.. so I read.. a lot. Already blew through two novels, working on Under The Dome right now. Thankfully, it's quite a bit thicker than the last two books.
 

CurseTheSky

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I rarely play games on my phone, but Angry Birds is pretty cool. :)

I'd play them a lot more if I was somewhere I just wanted to waste time, and could use my phone. Unfortunately, there is a zero-tolerance no-phone rule at work.. so I read.. a lot. Already blew through two novels, working on Under The Dome right now. Thankfully, it's quite a bit thicker than the last two books.

Where do you work that they allow you to read books but not look at a phone (or presumably other electronic devices)? What about e-Readers? ;)
 

destrekor

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Nov 18, 2005
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Where do you work that they allow you to read books but not look at a phone (or presumably other electronic devices)? What about e-Readers? ;)

Security booth for a lumber yard.

Zero electronic devices. Anything else is fair game. Could even do homework, if I still had homework.

I can't even have a radio to listen to football scores on Saturday. :(

I doubt they'd accept a eReader, but that'd be awesome if they did. I do keep forgetting to ask about that. But yeah, I always did all my news reading on my phone, and get sports scores at the same time.

It'd be funny to try doing the Shawshank thing with a book - cut out the middle of the page, put some device inside. Flip pages from time to time - and just make sure I keep the device out of the view of the cameras that surround the area.
 

blackangst1

Lifer
Feb 23, 2005
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Birds. Angry fucking birds.

Analysis: Coming off of a full charge on a rooted stock Evo, battery will last about 6 1/2 hours of non stop birds until the 15% low batt warning shows :p
 

AstroManLuca

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Jun 24, 2004
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Hmm I don't see it at all in the market.

You still have a Samsung Moment, right? It might not be available for the Moment. Probably wouldn't run right. I had trouble with a lot of games when I had one.

However you can download it from Getjar. I had to do this and then transfer it to my SD card and install. Every time I tried to download it, it would finish and then say "Download Unsuccessful."
 

rudeguy

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Dec 27, 2001
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Birds. Angry fucking birds.

Analysis: Coming off of a full charge on a rooted stock Evo, battery will last about 6 1/2 hours of non stop birds until the 15% low batt warning shows :p

I hate that stupid game. I play it for at least 2 hours a day now. How am I supposed to get an accurate reading on my battery life if I am playing this stupid game so much? How??? HOW???????
 

AstroManLuca

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Jun 24, 2004
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Here's what I have installed on my phone:

Air Control Lite - land airplanes
Andoku - Sudoku
Angry Birds
Bonsai Blast - puzzle game sort of like Snood or Peggle
Droid Mini Golf Free
Ethereal Dialpad - Not really a game, just tap/drag on the screen to make different sound and light patterns
Fruit Ninja
GameBoid Light (GBA emulator)
Homerun Battle 3D Free
Jewels
Leave Devil Alone - tower defense similar to Plants vs. Zombies
Light Racer 3D Basic
Need For Speed Shift
Pocket Racing Lite
Replica Island - free platformer
Robo Defense Lite - traditional tower defense
Solitaire
Spaghetti Marshmallows Lite - similar to World of Goo
Traffic Jam - sliding block puzzle
Wixel Lite - like Scramble or Boggle
Word Mix Lite - like Word Twist, get 6 letters, find all words that can be made with them
 

shortylickens

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Jul 15, 2003
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In the week I was banned I played the shit out of some Polarbit games. They have a 3D scorched earth thats pretty fun.
And the racing games look great. I didnt know my Droid was so powerful.
I feel sorry for owners of older stuff like the G1.