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| Classic Sensible Software titles to be recreated for Symbian smart phones Mobile games publisher Telcogames and video games publisher Codemasters announced a deal to bring a number of classic games titles to the new generation of Symbian Smartphones. Telcogames will be developing brand new, Symbian-based versions of the hugely popular and widely acclaimed titles: Cannon Fodder, Sensible Soccer, Sensible Soccer International Edition, and Mega Lo Mania. These titles were originally released in the early 1990s by Sensible Software, a legend in the video games industry, appearing on many of the computers and early consoles available at the time. All of the titles were critically acclaimed and proved hugely popular with the media and consumer alike. Sensible Soccer in particular quickly gained a reputation as the most playable and enjoyable football game ever, with fans worldwide. Codemasters purchased Sensible Software in 1991. Telcogames will also develop a Symbian-based edition of Codemasters? classic Psycho Pinball. All of the games will be created to incorporate and utilise the full power of the Symbian operating system and the powerful hardware present inside the current generation of Smart phones. Both Sensible Soccer and Cannon Fodder were recently released for Java-enabled mobile phones and have been a great success with mobile gamers and network operators. The new Symbian games will build on this success to give Smart phone owners a gameplay experience as close to the original titles as possible. As gaming on mobile handsets has grown, the Symbian operating system has proven to be a powerful and capable new system for creating larger, richer and more involved games. Mobile network operators and consumers alike see Symbian-based titles as much closer to the quality expected from dedicated handheld game devices such as the Nintendo Gameboy or DS. The popularity of Symbian and the number of handsets on the market is continuing to grow rapidly. The installed based of Symbian handsets has now reached approximately 39, 000, 000 globally** with industry analyst Ovum predicting this figure will reach 100, 000, 000 by 2007. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Game News :: home page |