# Palm Games? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-games/409382 "2007-06-25T19:50:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-games/409382/1 "2007-06-25T19:50:32Z")
No, not _that_ kind of palm, you perverts 🙂 I mean the kind one plays on a specific brand of PDA. What games do you play on your handheld? Any recommendations? I’ve got the Astraware Sudoku (addictive). A Popcap card that has Alchemy (OK), Seven Seas (like Daleks; OK); Atomica (I don’t like, others might); Mummy Maze (which is OK but I’ve played all the levels and am bored), and Bejeweled which is an old standby. Also Minesweeper. I had a version of Maj Jongg which was buggy as all get out and not that engrossing. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-games/409382/2 "2007-06-25T19:58:58Z")
I don’t have a palm pilot anymore, but when I did I was addicted to Space Trader. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-games/409382/3 "2007-06-25T20:23:21Z")
Tetris, until I pwned it so completely it wasn’t fun to play anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-games/409382/4 "2007-06-26T05:24:58Z")
Text Twist, mostly. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-games/409382/5 "2007-06-26T07:36:06Z")
I downloaded a Palm emulator just so I could play Ackwire, the best computer version I’ve found of the classic board game Acquire. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-games/409382/6 "2007-06-26T08:29:10Z")
I’m thinking about splashing out on Arcade Reality - it only works with camera-enabled Palms, but it’s just incredible. [http://toyspring.com/arcade/](http://toyspring.com/arcade/) Bike or Die (same author) is also a favourite of mine. ---
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-games/409382/7 "2007-06-26T11:39:11Z")
TX user here, so these will all work on Palm OS 5: Crosswords (Scrabble clone) [FreeJongg](http://www.freewarepalm.com/games/freejongg.shtml) (Mahjongg solitaire) [Puzzles](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~jharvey/puzzles) (Various types of puzzle game ported to Palm OS [Traffic!](http://www.palmgear.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=software.showsoftware&prodID=3975) [Vexed](http://vexed.sf.net) Sokoban-type game. Many level packs available. These are all in colour and free too. ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-games/409382/8 "2007-06-26T11:50:19Z")
I have this [version of Crosswords](http://www.standalone.com/palmos/crossword_puzzles/). It downloads new puzzles when I do my daily HotSync, so I’m never short of new challenges. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-games/409382/9 "2007-06-26T15:36:08Z")
[QUOTE=GSV Consolation of Dreams] [FreeJongg](http://www.freewarepalm.com/games/freejongg.shtml) (Mahjongg solitaire) [/QUOTE] Thank you! I recently went from a T3 to the TX (which I _love_), and am still in the process of making sure that all of my “extra” apps are on the TX. When it comes to games so far I just have Bejeweled, and hadn’t looked for FreeJongg yet. But now I don’t have to. 🙂 I’ll also thank you for the Crosswords link: I didn’t have that app on my T3, but it looks great. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-games/409382/10 "2007-06-26T17:43:04Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I’m thinking about splashing out on Arcade Reality - it only works with camera-enabled Palms, but it’s just incredible. > **[Arcade Reality - Introduction](http://toyspring.com/arcade/)** [/QUOTE] Arcade Reality is my favorite game right now. It’s not a particularly great game, design-wise… but as a technology demo, it’s just damned cool. It’s a lot of fun to show off. They just released a new version of the game, and the new feature is that you can make your own images to shoot. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palm-games/409382/11 "2007-06-26T18:31:31Z")
Dope Wars got me through more than a few meetings.