Cell Phone Games Get Bigger
You could be holding the next big video game system in your hand right now
With more and more developers programing games for cellphones, you could be holding the next big video game system in your hands right now
While the wait is still on for the Nintendo Wii and Sony's Playstation 3, (nevermind the price tag it'll command when it is released) the next big system may already be in your pocket.
Many gaming giants have abandoned traditional handheld systems to develop games playable on cell phones.
Square Enix, makers of the seminal Final Fantasy series, have already released a version of the snowboarding mini-game from Final Fantasy VII for cell phones.
Soon gamers will be able to download Dirge of Cerberus, a first person shooter and lost episode to Final Fantasy VII.
Aside from Final Fantasy, commuters can also blast monsters while waiting for the bus with a cell phone version of the classic DOOM.
iD Software (producers of DOOM and Quake) co-founder John Carmack told CNN in May that with video game development budgets reaching Hollywood block-buster budgets, many developers are looking for ways to reduce overhead. The simplicity of cell phone games has been one way to save costs.
Cell phone games have come along way from Snakes (or Nibbles in some circles) included on old Nokia phones. Now Rockstar Games just needs to get in on the action with some cell phone Grand Theft Auto.
There'd be nothing like wrecking havoc with a stolen taxi while riding in the back of one.
