Ever Wanted to Live the Life of a Viking?

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=16092&associateid=204' target='_blank'>http://www.pocketgear.com/software_...associateid=204</a><br /><br /></div><i>"A Viking Saga tells you the story about the thrilling adventures of a group of Vikings during the 10th Century. This game lets you trade with foreign cities, discover new land, plunder monasteries and villages and even be the first European to set foot in America."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20041212-VikingSaga.jpg" /><br /><br />Max Tillberg has just released <a href="http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=16092&associateid=204">"A Viking Saga"</a> for Pocket PCs running the Pocket PC 2000 OS and later. The screenshot reminds me of the old Age of Empires games, so those of you who spent day after day bashing away at Age of Empires may want to have a look at this new release. It's a little strange that this new release still requires the embedded Visual Basic Runtime files in order for it to work. You can download these <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/windowsmobile/downloads/evb.aspx">here</a>. Nevertheless, the best thing about this release is that it's <b>free</b>! :mrgreen:

[sponge]

This is actually a turn-based trading type game-- nothing like the venerable Age of Empires.

I hope the speed doesn't suffer too bad from eVB.

[Darius Wey]

This is actually a turn-based trading type game-- nothing like the venerable Age of Empires.

Ah - thanks for the heads-up. I just saw "gold", "goods", and whatnot in the screenshot and immediately thought of AOE.

I hope the speed doesn't suffer too bad from eVB.

I'm hoping so too. In this instance, eVB has certainly been dug out of the grave, especially in a world where .NET is now widely used.

[ctmagnus]

You can be Harald Bluetooth in this game. 8)

[sponge]

especially in a world where .NET is now widely used.

And a damn good occasion for it to come back too - .NET CF actually ends up being slower than eVB in the end. (although right now I'm using PPL (http://ppl.arwen.com) which is simply amazing for creating games.)

[Robert Levy]

Unfortunately, eVB won't work on the next version of Windows Mobile (as stated in the Pocket PC 2003 SDK). The download page for the runtimes has more info on this and links to some resources on migrating to .NET

[Jonathon Watkins]

You can be Harald Bluetooth in this game. 8)

Nice. Quick, someone let Ed know. He'll want to try this game out for compatibility! :wink:

[Jason Dunn]

You can be Harald Bluetooth in this game. 8)

I betcha' he has trouble configuring the oars in his longboat. :roll: :lol:

[Darius Wey]

I betcha' he has trouble configuring the oars in his longboat. :roll: :lol:

Not to mention the limited range he'll get while paddling... :lol:

[Darius Wey]

Unfortunately, eVB won't work on the next version of Windows Mobile (as stated in the Pocket PC 2003 SDK). The download page for the runtimes has more info on this and links to some resources on migrating to .NET

Yeah. They clearly want to see the use of .NET take over that of eVB so support will only really extend to WM2003 and no further. They want progression, not preservation. ;)

[ctmagnus]

I betcha' he has trouble configuring the oars in his longboat. :roll: :lol:

Not to mention the limited range he'll get while paddling... :lol:

In the wee bit I tried this game, I lost my sail. :D

[Oleander]

Hey!

Being from Denmark I recent that ! Don't bad mouth our 2'nd king! :evil:

The reason he was chosen to name the standard was that he acheived the daunting task of uniting the danes (under christianity).

Actually, it was probably more of a political move to keep the already christian Germany from invading (which they did anyway). He was probably not overly popular and was probably killed by followers of his own son, Svend Tveskæg (Sweyn Forkbeard). Svend went on to conquer all of England. So if the developers of the Bluetooth standard had any common sense, they should probably have named the standard after him instead.

It will probably please Ed to know that Harald Bluetooth have been dead for more than a millenia. :)

[Pat Logsdon]

Svend (Forkbeard) went on to conquer all of England. So if the developers of the Bluetooth standard had any common sense, they should probably have named the standard after him instead.

I would loveto call Bluetooth "Forkbeard". At the very least, it might appeal more to the bearded, suspendered IT Gurus of the world... ;)