Vector Blaster (remake of Tempest) interview

[catharton]

I've just done a brief interview with the brilliantly named Rude Scotsman who's done a remake of Tempest for Symbian Series 60 and UIQ smartphones:

 

http://www.tapaga.com/viewpage.php?page_id=45

 

 

[JB]

That's almost enough to make me want a game phone.

Almost.

[catharton]

That's almost enough to make me want a game phone. Almost.

 

You don't have to have a game phone, just a Symbian phone. You might possibly already have one without knowing it.

 

Symbian Series 60 or UIQ smartphones are just normal-looking phones (game phones are basically just normal smartphones with a different casing and a better direction pad). Most people with symbians don't even realise they own one, because it hardly ever gets mentioned by the shop they buy it from.

 

All the major manufacturers make Symbian phones (Motorola, Nokia, Siemens, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Panasonic etc etc.) and the Symbian operating system is jointly owned by them all.

 

There's about thirty different Series 60 and ten different UIQ models but they're all basically the same two phones and can run the same programs and games.

 

Here's a list of them all if you want to check if you have one: http://www.tapaga.com/viewpage.php?page_id=33

 

(This photo isn't complete, just a selection)

 

Edited May 15, 2005 by catharton

[Stingray]

Sweeeeet! I'm off to load that up on my N-Gage.

 

-S