Asteroids

In many ways, Asteroids is the classic video game. Long before the graphic rich environment of flash and java games were developed, this simple black and white, monoline plot game captivated a nation. Millions of people plunked down twenty-five cents to try and blast away at oblong, ameba like images that we were told to believe were killer asteroids. Our "star ship" was nothing more than a line drawing of the letter "A." The weapon? A space bar produced period.

Yet now that the game is available as a free mobile game, it is making a comeback. More and more people are reliving their youth by playing on their phone or PDA while waiting for a bus, a dentist appointment, or a boardroom meeting.

Yet Asteroids is not just for those over forty. Even twenty-something -- who have grown up in an age where you need three days to learn how to play the latest twenty gigabyte games -- are turning to Asteroids. Maybe it's the simplicity they crave. The game can be learned within ten seconds. Make that five. Yet it is challenging and addictive. I am waiting to finish this review so that I can give it one more shot.

Don't ever count a game out because of its age. Games like Pac-Man, Asteroids, and Star Gazer have a lot to offer. Think about it, if millions of people spent countless hours playing this game when it cost money, isn't a few rounds with a free mobile version worth your time? What they would have given in the seventies to carry a version of Asteroids with them on a cell phone. Now that to me speaks of the progress that gaming has made. Keep your Unreal Tournament, I will stick with the intergalactic battle of Asteroids!

Test Word and Poker Skills in WordKing Poker

Combine two skills and double your fun!

If you have ever enjoyed any form of gambling, and at the same time craved some intellectual stimulation, WordKing Poker has got to be the game for you. At least, that is what I feel about it. In WordKing Poker you get to play poker and scrabble all at the same time! What this game is in effect is a poker game which uses scrabble pieces! That is why I always call it poker for the intellect. And you can play it wherever you are at any time of day or night since it comes on the mobile phone.

Why I love to play WordKing Poker

For me, while I always loved playing scrabble (because of the concept of the whole word forming thing of the game), I did find that it was not as cool as more high tech modern games are today. So when I found out about WordKing Poker, and saw the super cool graphics, I saw that as my opportunity to play scrabble at a higher, cooler level. The only thing I would change about WordKing Poker is making it multiplayer. It is unfortunate that this feature is not yet included in the game.

Variety in WordKing Poker

The other cool thing about WordKing Poker is the variety it entails. You can play lots of different types of poker like 7 card stud, 5 card, Texas Hold'em and more, and at the same time use your word play skills. The game has a really comprehensive dictionary too and the higher level game you play, the more challenging it will be for those real word buffs.

How to play WordKing Poker

Players get dealt 2 scrabble cards which have a letter and the point score (as in regular scrabble). The aim of the game is to use the letters you have (along with ones you will take from the community pile like in a poker game) so that you can create the longest and highest score words. Depending on how much you bet will depend on how much you win.

Mars Invasion

Mars Invasion is a great, fun mobile game that can be downloaded to your cell phone or PDA. In fact, it is one of the best free games I have played. That's because it's incredibly addictive. Unlike most free games, the levels just keep coming and coming, each one getting harder and harder.

The concept is simple. You are invading Mars. You have to capture a certain percent of the territory to move up to the next level. On the first level, you need to conquer eighty percent of the area. By the ninth level, that percentage has been increased to the almost impossible eighty-six percent.

While you are going around conquering area, the Martians are fighting back. Every level, there is one more Martian you are faced with fighting. So on level nine, you are facing nine separate enemies, all intent in reclaiming the land you have conquered already. That is what makes the game so challenging. At one time, you are just two percent away from finishing the level. Then the Martians come along and all of a sudden you are ten percent back.

You start off with three lives. After level four, you earn an additional life for every level you conquer. If you spot a special power-up, drive over it and you can gain a turbo boast or even slow the Martians down with a freeze ray. But be careful, these effects are only temporary. At any time, the Martians come back to life with a vengeance.

A great strategy is to create traps for the Martians and divide and conquer. Keep them apart and you will have an easier time conquering territory. Otherwise, there will be just too many of them in a small space for you to do any serious damage. Conquer small bits of territory at a time, it is a much safer than going for a quick win (although quick wins are more satisfying.)

Frogger Puzzle Complicates Road Crossing

Frogger had always been a firm favorite of mine. A game that I loved playing on the computer because it didn't require all that much brain power. And that was exactly why I was so thrilled when I found Frogger Puzzle ? pretty much the same game that I was able to download (for free) on to my mobile phone. Frogger Puzzle is all the same fun as standard computer Frogger (although there are a ton of different versions of these now too ? those I play on line, on the game boy, etc.) but with extra features that make Frogger Puzzle even more fun! First of all, with Frogger Puzzle you actually get to feel like you are in a real arcade because the graphics are so hot (must be the software used). Second of all, the colors and sounds in Frogger Puzzle make you feel like you are playing for real (as opposed to on your mobile phone). Third, there are different versions of Frogger Puzzle that you can play ? classic and game play. and fourth, like the regular Frogger I enjoyed so much, the rules and the game controls are simple ? no Einstein required here. The aim of Frogger Puzzle is for you (the Frogger) to get across the other side of the street. You are standing on one side of the street, and you have to cross. There is a lot going on though while you're trying to cross so you have to be aware of everything all at once. In fact, as my friend said recently when we were both about to leave for work that day and just having one last game of Frogger Puzzle, ?it's a bit like every day driving in New York ? there are things coming at you from all different directions.? And I guess it is that, which really appeals to me about Frogger Puzzle!

Play Fun Cards With Jewel Quest Solitaire

Go puzzle crazy with Jewel Quest Solitaire with all the top puzzle games in a great mobile package.

If you have ever liked the old solitaire card game, then you will simply love Jewel Quest Solitaire that you can play any time, any place, once you have downloaded it on to your mobile phone. Jewel Quest Solitaire is so much more than just Solitaire (although it is that as well). Jewel Quest Solitaire has much more of an exciting, safari feel to it, with its quite mystical jeweled deck of cool and wild cards. Indeed, you actually feel as if you could even be on safari or somewhere cool like Mexico while playing Jewel Quest Solitaire. Players first get to play through more than 30 different card layouts while they seek to unlock the confusing and exciting Jewel Quest board at the same time. While they do this, they get to see a whole load of ancient secrets of the jungle city revealed. And at the same time, if you're really lucky (and successful) at Jewel Quest Solitaire, you get to make treasure, turning regular sand in to gold! What players have to do in Jewel Quest Solitaire is move all the cards (that originally start on the layout) on to the foundation pile. Any face up card that is either a rank lower or higher than the card on the foundation pile can be played. And once you have completed this level (moving all the cards to the foundation pile) the game gets even more exciting as you get to play a Jewel Quest Solitaire mini game using all the jewels you have collected. (Hence the more jewels you collect in the first level, the better off you'll be in this level.) And your goal in this part of the game is to make as many of the squares go gold as possible. Use the 2 button to move up, and down, 8 to move left; 4 to move right and 6 to select the card; 5 to select the jewel. As you will find from just your first game of Jewel Quest Solitaire, this is so much more than just a game of mobile phone solitaire. And so much more excitement and graphically pleasing too.

Improve Puzzle Skills with Platinum Sudoku

I guess I had never been all that good at puzzle games, but maybe it was for that reason that Platinum Sudoku really appealing. The hugely exciting thing (for me at least anyway) about being able to play a game on my mobile phone was the fact that I could just access it any time, any place, anywhere! And in as much as you can do that with a computer too, it is only to a certain extent. Plus, I enjoyed the privacy aspect (nobody could see me playing) and the fact that once I had made the initial payment, I could play as many games as I wanted and it felt like it was for free! That gave me the ability to practice a lot. And with Platinum Sudoku the old adage of practice makes perfect really does ring true.

I started off on the first level (there are 5 levels to the game). What is great about that is that even for someone like me I did not feel intimidated or useless; it was easy enough for me to understand and although the first game took me a while, by the fifth game I felt like I was an old hand at it. That was nice as it encouraged me. Like I said, puzzle games had never really been my thing, so seeing that I could be successful on this game pretty much straight away, was indeed very encouraging.

I know that I will never get bored of Platinum Sudoku either. There are hundreds of thousands of grids to choose from so the game goes in to eternity! The draft option (which let me try out different options before committing to the Sudoku grid) was really helpful and again added to my confidence. So if you want a challenge that is a lot of fun, download Platinum Sudoku on to your mobile phone; it is not surprising it is such a popular game.

Choose From a Variety of Categories of Fun Mobile

I guess my favorite mobile game right now is Sudoku. My boyfriend's mom actually introduced me to Sudoku as she regularly plays it from her daily newspaper. When I told her I could play Sudoku while waiting for the bus, she was like, "but how do you do that standing up?" having no idea no paper or pen were needed as I played it on the mobile! I was never even any good at Math at school but with Sudoku - even though there are numbers involved - it doesn't matter. It's just about filling the 9 x 9 grid with the numbers from 1 to 9 without having any digit repeated in any of the rows or columns. Because I downloaded Sudoku to my mobile, I get a choice of thousands of different grids so the game will never run out! I can choose from 5 different skill levels (which I do depending on how confident I'm feeling!) and can even get the same puzzles my boyfriend's mom uses as I can download newspaper puzzles too! Oh and I simply love the sound and vibration effects - it makes my Sudoku the best ever I'm sure!