Redshift Software has been doing some impressive work on the Nokia Communicator, and now they're bringing it to the Palm OS; RPG Dragonfire this week, and blockbuster Civilization will early next year.
Game development on handhelds has been on a steady upswing for months. The latest to announce is Hungary-based Redshift Software. Redshift has already released several impressive titles for the Symbian-based Nokia Communicator 9200, and is now bringing several of them to the Palm OS.
The first is Dragonfire, a large turn-based RPG. Dragonfire's Symbian version includes 15000 map locations, hundreds of monsters, hundreds of objects that can be accessed, and an assortment of quests for the player to complete. As with most RPGs, the player increases in skill levels the further into the game he gets. A full port of the game to the Palm is expected by the end of the week, and will support grayscale, color, and high-res screens.
The second and perhaps more interesting is Civilization. Sid Meyer's turn-based world-conquest Civilization series is one of the most successful and addictive games of all time. The player must build a civilization from a stone age village to a military, cultural, and political superpower over the course of 5,000 years, while competing against foreign powers seeking world domination themselves, and finally fulfill humanity's destiny by launching a spaceship to Alpha Centauri. Redshift has already ported Civilization to Symbian, and plans to have a Palm OS version out in February or March of 2003.
Some high-res screen shots of Dragonfire are available on the following page.
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