E3 - John Romero's Newest FPS, Via N-Gage

It seems that Nokia's 'mobile game deck', the N-Gage has lured John Romero and his Monkeystone Games posse back from reliving their 2D shareware glory days with Hyperspace Delivery Boy, and onto his 3D shareware FPS glory days, with their own adaptation of THQ's first-person shooter Red Faction. Here are links to the new Red Faction N-Gage trailer in MPEG-4 and Quicktime.Update: 05/13 15:58 GMT by H : We had a story on N-Gage a couple months back.

Re:Oh No! Romero!

[sweeney37]

what article? it's a bunch of links to different web sites.

if you're referring to the post, it says clearly "with their own adaptation of THQ's first-person shooter Red Faction"

seems pretty clear to me.

Mike

Portable Playstation

[Cpt_Kirks]

Since it takes /. about a week to catch up (Really Old News For Nerds, Stuff that mattered last week) how about the newly announced Sony handheld thingy [com.com]?

the MP4 trailer

[zephc]

is in fact NOT MP4 (or its some bastardization thereof), but is in truth some form of ASF that my OS X Windows Media Player can't handle.

You Insensitive Clod!

[Anonymous Coward]

I have no eyes!

(after having read the last games.slashdot.org story).

Is it Linux compatible?

[pyite69]

If so, where can I download a demo? If not, why
is this story on Slashdot.

little info

[GunFodder]

The N-Gage hasn't been released yet, but it has the same processor, OS, screen resolution and basic buttons as the 3650/7650. The main differences will be:

1. Uses removable media cards for games
2. Buttons are laid out like a handheld game system

I have played some games on my Nokia 3650 and it is a very capable gaming platform. The battery lasts for several hours while gameplaying. The screen is bright and clear, and the controls are reasonable if not exceptional.

If you want a perfect device for every possible function then more power to you. I found that my Palm PDA stayed in my bag because it was too large to carry in my pocket. I would rather have a slightly less functional device that I can (and do) carry with me all the time. I don't care for the idea of a batbelt for a separate phone, portable game machine, PDA, camera, etc.

Re:OT: .ZIP file?

[Anonymous Coward]

And if you'd bother downloading it, you'd notice there were other files bundled in with the video...

Right. We can't expect /.ers to show any restraint.

Re:Romero jokes

[zephc]

good romero-as-hot-chick jokes:
here [penny-arcade.com], here [penny-arcade.com], here [penny-arcade.com]

Re:Portable Playstation

[Anonymous Coward]

*YOU* should have submitted the story a week ago, not waiting for others to catch up.

If you were able to peek at the story reject queue you'd probably spot at least one attempt to submit this story to the /. editors.

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

[blincoln]

Defiance [eidosinteractive.com] was revealed at the last minute along with Eidos other offerings.

There's some other cool-looking products at this year's E3, but I know what *I'm* pre-ordering as soon as it's available =).