Perhaps some people already know this, but I thought I would start a thread about it. It seems if you save flash-based files (i.e. games in .swf files) you can play them offline on your IT's. I've already tried several and they work well. The larger flash games (5-8mb+) are extremely slow, but most of them aren't that large.
If you are using Mozilla Firefox, here's how to save the .swf flash files: Once you are on the page of the flash animation, click on "Tools", then "Page Info"; once there, click on the "Media" tab and find the embedded flash file (usually in .swf format) and click on "Save as" and save it on a memory card or on your HD, and then copy it over to a memory card and it will open in the browser.
As for the flash games, I have been using 2flashgames.com, but there are quite a few others as well. Try some games and let me know what you think!
It seems the all of the smaller flash files I have tried run perfectly. The larger they get, the slower they get. Remember, we only have 400mhz to work with.
I spent a few hours cruising awful, ad-laden flash sites, looking for n800 friendly games. Most of the bells-and-whistles games didn't fare so well. Definitely some nice stuff out there though.
Maybe we could use this thread to get a list going (and perhaps, eventually, a simple database page)?
Title: Hexxagon
Desc: kind of a cross between chinese checkers and othello
Link: http://neave.com/games/hexxagon/
Genre: board/puzzle
Size: 47K
Players: 1/2
Performance: 10
Stylus-friendly? Y
Keyboard required? N
Comments:
Title: Icescape
Desc: avoid freezing to death
Link: http://www.mousebreaker.com/games/icescape/play.php
Size: 2451K
Genre: adventure
Players: 1
Performance: 8
Stylus-friendly? Y
Keyboard required? N
Comments:
Good idea to make a collection of usable Flash games! Some of them are even hardwired to a certain URL and refuse to run if saved.
Enjoy!
Title: The missile game 3D
Desc: Steer a missile through a corridor
Link: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/missilegame3d
Size: 0.5 MB
Genre: action
Players: 1
Performance: 8 (with AA off)
Stylus-friendly? y
Keyboard required?
Comments: Turn anti-aliasing off for a speed increase
Title: Curveball
Desc: 3D pong variant
Link: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/curveball
Size: 57 KB
Genre: action/arcade
Players: 1
Performance: 10
Stylus-friendly? y
Keyboard required? n
Comments: Sometimes stylus & fingers get into the way...
Title: Line game
Desc: Steer a line-worm through a 2D maze
Link: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/linegame
Size: 66 KB
Genre: arcade
Players: 1
Performance: 4
Stylus-friendly? n
Keyboard required? y, works with five-way navigation pad
Comments: gfx are shaded for 24-bit displays, there's serious banding due to lower bit depth on the tablets
Title: Squares 2
Desc: Collect black moving squares, avoid red ones
Link: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/squares2
Size: 0,4 MB
Genre: action/arcade
Players: 1
Performance: 10
Stylus-friendly? y
Keyboard required? n
Comments: Easier with a stylus than with a mouse on the PC
Here's one I found that works well.
Title: Draw then play
Desc: draw lines using stylus and move through obstacles
link:http://www.andkon.com/arcade/obstacles/drawthenplay/
size: ??
genre: platform / puzzle
players: 1
performance: 9/10
stylus friendly: yes
keyboard required: no
comments: www.andkon.com has other flash games that work well on the tablet.
