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February 10, 2010

In search of the “killer” Android game

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Written by: greymarch
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Nexus One

Nexus OneLike many of you, I bought my Nexus One the moment Google released it.  When I got my impatient little hands on it, one of the first things I searched for on the Android marketplace was a wicked game to put the new phone through its paces.  I didn’t find any amazing games on the Android marketplace, so I started cruising the net looking for an Android game that would impress my friends, startle my neighbors, and make my fianc’ee fall in love with me all over again!  Guess what, I am still looking for that elusive “killer” Android gaming app.  Does such a game even exist?  The lack of such a game couldn’t be due to the impressive 800×480 Nexus One screen, could it?  Nah!  The absence of such a game couldn’t be due to the 1.0 gigahertz snapdragon processor in the Nexus One, could it?  Nyet!  Many believe, including the author of the following link, that it is the the lack of floating point instruction support in the Android SDK that is holding up the creation of the one true killer Android gaming app.  What do you think?

http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Nexus+One/news.asp?c=18352

Source: Pocketgamer.biz







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greymarch
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38 Comments


  1. daveknights

    Homerun battle 3d has my full attention right now. damn good graphics, online play, power ups, and a ranking system. cross platform with iphone


  2. daveknights

    Homerun battle 3d has my full attention right now. damn good graphics, online play, power ups, and a ranking system. cross platform with iphone


  3. daveknights

    Homerun battle 3d has my full attention right now. damn good graphics, online play, power ups, and a ranking system. cross platform with iphone


  4. Jay

    Yes Homerun battle 3d is great, and Armageddon Squadron and Iron Sight are good 3g games as well.. Check it out :)


  5. Jay

    Yes Homerun battle 3d is great, and Armageddon Squadron and Iron Sight are good 3g games as well.. Check it out :)


  6. Jay

    Yes Homerun battle 3d is great, and Armageddon Squadron and Iron Sight are good 3g games as well.. Check it out :)


  7. Yea.. agreee homerun battle 3d is pretty amazing. Also, papapstacker is pretty addiccting I’m stuck at the last level. But for a killer game MYSTIQUE. Games pretty awesom and chapter 3 should be in the market pretty soon! =D


  8. Yea.. agreee homerun battle 3d is pretty amazing. Also, papapstacker is pretty addiccting I’m stuck at the last level. But for a killer game MYSTIQUE. Games pretty awesom and chapter 3 should be in the market pretty soon! =D


  9. Yea.. agreee homerun battle 3d is pretty amazing. Also, papapstacker is pretty addiccting I’m stuck at the last level. But for a killer game MYSTIQUE. Games pretty awesom and chapter 3 should be in the market pretty soon! =D


  10. Casper Bang

    Could someone clarify what exactly is missing regarding working with floating points in the SDK? You have the same standard float type as in vanilla Java.

    The older devices (Dream and Magic) may only have had hardware support for ints but that’s not the case with i.e. the Nexus One. So that would be my theory why we’re only just starting to see awesome 3D games!


  11. Casper Bang

    Could someone clarify what exactly is missing regarding working with floating points in the SDK? You have the same standard float type as in vanilla Java.

    The older devices (Dream and Magic) may only have had hardware support for ints but that’s not the case with i.e. the Nexus One. So that would be my theory why we’re only just starting to see awesome 3D games!


  12. Casper Bang

    Could someone clarify what exactly is missing regarding working with floating points in the SDK? You have the same standard float type as in vanilla Java.

    The older devices (Dream and Magic) may only have had hardware support for ints but that’s not the case with i.e. the Nexus One. So that would be my theory why we’re only just starting to see awesome 3D games!


  13. l3reak

    Raging Thunder 2 is looking really good. Of course it isn’t out yet, but it’ll be enough of a killer app game when it releases, so long as that’s not TOO long from now.


  14. l3reak

    Raging Thunder 2 is looking really good. Of course it isn’t out yet, but it’ll be enough of a killer app game when it releases, so long as that’s not TOO long from now.


  15. l3reak

    Raging Thunder 2 is looking really good. Of course it isn’t out yet, but it’ll be enough of a killer app game when it releases, so long as that’s not TOO long from now.


  16. Michael

    Robot wars ruined my life.


  17. Michael

    Robot wars ruined my life.


  18. Michael

    Robot wars ruined my life.


  19. +1 for homerun battle 3D


  20. +1 for homerun battle 3D


  21. +1 for homerun battle 3D


  22. Patrick

    Take a look at ExZeus Arcade, already released for the droid and upcoming soon for the Nexus One. It uses the Google NDK to allow native access to OpenGL for some impressive graphics and gameplay.

    http://www.hyperdevbox.com/exzeus-android/

    and a video of the game: http://androidforums.com/android-games/41056-upcoming-exzeus-arcade-game-android-preview-gameplay-video.html


  23. Patrick

    Take a look at ExZeus Arcade, already released for the droid and upcoming soon for the Nexus One. It uses the Google NDK to allow native access to OpenGL for some impressive graphics and gameplay.

    http://www.hyperdevbox.com/exzeus-android/

    and a video of the game: http://androidforums.com/android-games/41056-upcoming-exzeus-arcade-game-android-preview-gameplay-video.html


  24. Patrick

    Take a look at ExZeus Arcade, already released for the droid and upcoming soon for the Nexus One. It uses the Google NDK to allow native access to OpenGL for some impressive graphics and gameplay.

    http://www.hyperdevbox.com/exzeus-android/

    and a video of the game: http://androidforums.com/android-games/41056-upcoming-exzeus-arcade-game-android-preview-gameplay-video.html


  25. Xpost

    Homerun battle 3D is maybe the best looking android game right now. It moves very nice in the nexus one. But of course it consume a lot of the limited ROM :-(


  26. Xpost

    Homerun battle 3D is maybe the best looking android game right now. It moves very nice in the nexus one. But of course it consume a lot of the limited ROM :-(


  27. Xpost

    Homerun battle 3D is maybe the best looking android game right now. It moves very nice in the nexus one. But of course it consume a lot of the limited ROM :-(


  28. BEST ANDROID GAME : ExZeus
    watch my video :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfBo2O56dJk&feature=email
    run on droid and nexus one


  29. BEST ANDROID GAME : ExZeus
    watch my video :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfBo2O56dJk&feature=email
    run on droid and nexus one



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