I really think Macromedia Flash is the best thing since sliced bread. It's small, capable and extremely at home in the web. When it was first ported to the PPC, I wrote an article on "How To Get Started on
Macromedia's Flash player for the Pocket PC" for
PocketGamer
which was soon translated and posted at
Palmare.
It was lots of fun working on animated flash for my church's worship services and converting 'em to be taken (for showoff) on the PPC. Now that Flash is preloaded with Sony Clie NX, NZ, and TG-50, Palm PDA users can also have a go at Flash animated games. AFZANE is first off the gate with some of the finest Flash games I have ever seen for the Palm. As a diehard retro fan and Flash lover all rolled into one, I am excited at the future of Flash games for the Palm. Take a look at the 4 offerings by AFZANE
- these games are not only well animated with great sounds, but they look good, play well and are a delight to own. At less than 5 bucks each, I unhesitatingly give them the thumbs up! Here's a closer look at 3 of 'em.
Fishy Fishy
An adaption from Nintendo's Tropical Fish, like all of AFZANE's stable, the graphics, sounds, movements are flawless. The cutesy cartoons are very funny! Typical of Watch & Game genre, there are the easy and hard levels to choose from. In the easy level, only one tank is operational. In the hard level, there is no time to blink your eyes when Tabby starts to mess with 2 tanks! Not to worry, the game starts slowly at first but picks up the pace with more and more fishes in the air. You'll be kept playing this game with 'just one more go!'
Monkey Menace
You can tell right away that Monkey Menace is a labour of love. Although based on the Game & Watch look and feel, this is a multi-screen game running several screens bearing the features of several of them like Zelda, Green House, Oil Painic, Rain Shower etc.
Your quest is to rescue Maia and meeting the Spirit of the forgotten People. Watch out for those demon watermelons coming at you at full speed!
As each succesive increase the difficulty level, don't loiter around at the bottom level too long or the monkey will get irritated and throws the watermelons at you at a faster rate!
Drunken Sherif
Drunken Sheriff is the latest game offering by AFZANE - like all previous games, flash in design and retro is look and feel. You play the trigger happy Sheriff running wild in a local saloon, guzzling down whiskey and shooting at flying objects. The bartender starts to throw things across the bar to let you practice his sharp-shooting skills. This is just the beginning
Next Billy the kid will drop by for a drink and then challenge you to a gunfight in the saloon. The sheriff has to defeat this guy to proceed to the next stage! If you survive, Billy will throws in sticks of dynamite in an effort to blow you into pieces!
After this, Billy comes back, this time with a super strong Armor! You're gonna need some silver bullets and lots of prayer to defeat this guy! He's not gonna go easy on you!
Also there is a shootout between you and Billy at the High Noon stage. When you hear the clock tower bell strikes 12, draw your weapons! The first person to shoot will earn bonus points. If you cheat and shoot before the clock strikes 12, the game is over!
The action never stops!
