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Qik for Android now in the market

You can now stream video straight from your phone to the internet. Search for qik in the marketplace. This is the same video streaming app that is available on the iphone and it works like a charm. I dont think there is sound though, just images, anyone willing to check it out, im at work

Played with it some.. There is audio. Video quality is decent, speed is poor. Stuttered and stalled often too (streaming via WiFi to Qik, PC I was viewing on was wired to a different broadband connection and both links should have had more than enough bandwidth).
Looks fun - will try again in a few days, hopefully it's just bogged down today since it was just released to a new platform.
Oh, and lag ... I haven't used many webcam / streaming apps, but I had the impression they went faster than this usually.. Shortest lag was 10-15 seconds, typically the stream ran more like 30 - 90 sec behind. Again, looked cool enough that I'll give it a few days or so and try again.

testing it now......

Damn it i cant find it on the market.

driguez said:
Damn it i cant find it on the market.
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go to market and search qik

jay22are said:
go to market and search qik
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Thanx that did it. I wonder why sometimes new apps are not bumped to the top on the by date tab, we might be missing out on some great apps.

driguez said:
Thanx that did it. I wonder why sometimes new apps are not bumped to the top on the by date tab, we might be missing out on some great apps.
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it wasnt the newest app on the market right now...so you had to scroll down some more to see the qik app..anyway i tested the live stream real quick on wifi..it seems a bit slow and sound was not great...will test some more

Wow..... This app is amazing!

awesume app, i believe it does have sound

Saiboogu said:
Played with it some.. There is audio. Video quality is decent, speed is poor. Stuttered and stalled often too (streaming via WiFi to Qik, PC I was viewing on was wired to a different broadband connection and both links should have had more than enough bandwidth).
Looks fun - will try again in a few days, hopefully it's just bogged down today since it was just released to a new platform.
Oh, and lag ... I haven't used many webcam / streaming apps, but I had the impression they went faster than this usually.. Shortest lag was 10-15 seconds, typically the stream ran more like 30 - 90 sec behind. Again, looked cool enough that I'll give it a few days or so and try again.
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what can i say its a phone.some ppl ask for a whole lot from a phone. i think its a cool app for some ppl who don't get to c there family that live far away.yall need to stop being so damn ungrateful

Noone is being ungrateful. Someone offered a review of the app, just like anyone else would, unless you want to provide one yourself and sound like you're riding someones nutsack rather than giving a review. But that's just my opinion, just like you have yours. Good day

jacsonmoore3 said:
what can i say its a phone.some ppl ask for a whole lot from a phone. i think its a cool app for some ppl who don't get to c there family that live far away.yall need to stop being so damn ungrateful
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I'm very grateful for this free app. Better? Seriously, I wasn't trashing it - just giving honest feedback. And if you'd read it again, you see I'm making excuses for most of the bad things about the app (newly released to Android, their servers may have been busy -- plus it may need optimization).
Anyway, yeah - I know it's a phone. But it's got more horsepower and RAM than the first few PCs I owned, combined -- so I know firsthand there's enough power in this thing to do some awesome stuff. I get excited when I see an app like Qik that tries to push the envelope a bit. I hope they do get it optimized and working better.

WTF, my $600 phone cannot teleport me to The Starship Enterprise

I have tried but it just fails, and I cannot figure out how to make the teleportation possible over 3G. Looks like it is not supported and the nexus one is the butt of all jokes at the workplace.
Since it said it was a superphone i figure it would work damn you google for lying.

its $600 so it must do this!

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Have to say that the Holodeck drivers could be snappier. I mean that girl of ill repute in my brothels of the Gamma Quadrant program was only going at 40 fps.
If you've ever made sweet lurv with a strobe light on, you'll know the feeling.
HTC - High Tech Computer Corporation - Pah!! Horrible Technology Calamity, that's what I say. Bring on the iPhone, at least they have Steve's on the Jobs Girls in full 360 degree surround graphics.
Come on HTC let's blow Jobs away, swallow the bitter pill and come out with more thrusting hardware.
Mike

mikechannon said:
Have to say that the Holodeck drivers could be snappier. I mean that girl of ill repute in my brothels of the Gamma Quadrant program was only going at 40 fps.
If you've ever made sweet lurv with a strobe light on, you'll know the feeling.
HTC - High Tech Computer Corporation - Pah!! Horrible Technology Calamity, that's what I say. Bring on the iPhone, at least they have Steve's on the Jobs Girls in full 360 degree surround graphics.
Come on HTC let's blow Jobs away, swallow the bitter pill and come out with more thrusting hardware.
Mike
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I am sorry but girls in bikinis , men in bikinis , or girls in any sort of provocative dress whatsoever are not allowed in any holodeck programs on the Starship Cupertino by order of Captain Steve. So please keep that in mind before transporting up with your $600 superphone for your next tour of duty.

"Gamma Quadrant program was only going at 40 fps."
60 is always enough
and 30 is enough for it to move from slide show to movie
so I think you should just be content with your 40fps and hope for motion blur

denco7 said:
I am sorry but girls in bikinis , men in bikinis , or girls in any sort of provocative dress whatsoever are not allowed in any holodeck programs on the Starship Cupertino by order of Captain Steve. So please keep that in mind before transporting up with your $600 superphone for your next tour of duty.
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LoL - yeah, I was just reading about his immaculately conceived notion of iPhone apps.
Rudegar said:
"Gamma Quadrant program was only going at 40 fps."
60 is always enough
and 30 is enough for it to move from slide show to movie
so I think you should just be content with your 40fps and hope for motion blur
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Motion Blur, she starred in Friction Burns So Good, didn't she?
I never really liked her much because.... well... she always seems a bit out of focus to me. I've never "been with" a babe of fewer than 10 megapixels and as I like to watch, and feel my way around, optical zoom and digital manipulation facilities are essential for me.
Mike

Have you said the magic words?

My Nexus works just fine Beem me up Scotty!

galaxys said:
My Nexus works just fine Beem me up Scotty!
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Beaming went out with infra red ports........it's Bluetooth me up Scotty.............

denco7 said:
Beaming went out with infra red ports........it's Bluetooth me up Scotty.............
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Your right I need to update my Nexus

You must have the international version and not the inter-galactic version.....LOL You have to have the inter-galactic version for the tele-porting feature to be present!
I had read mine wrong too...................
Later

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I have tried but it just fails, and I cannot figure out how to make the teleportation possible over 3G. Looks like it is not supported and the nexus one is the butt of all jokes at the workplace.
Since it said it was a superphone i figure it would work damn you google for lying.
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You may want to use some freeware regedit to fix mispell in hklm/software/600dollarBS/enterpriCe/.
another bs thread.

Sims 3

Anyone have the Sims 3?
Here is my house: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_VAfbiouvI
Post your Sims 3 lives here.

Sims 3 was a big disapointment, and the first expansion I could let slide- as it kind of was interesting- (though I didn't buy it), and the second one (aka the just announced one) is so horrible I can't even think to describe it- wow an expansion pack centered around Jobs- great idea. Maybe they should fix the town system first before introducing more pointless features that should of been in the game from day one.

They had to make that expansion, because there was an obvious hole in the job system. Now you can actually work for 8 Sim hours and have more game play. They also do that for the money.

I need Sim City 6

I had Sims 3, but I could not fast forward anything and had to sit through pointless crap like work and showers and sleep. No fun. Gave it away.

fiktion said:
I had Sims 3, but I could not fast forward anything and had to sit through pointless crap like work and showers and sleep. No fun. Gave it away.
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You can fast forward stuff? I love the last FF button where it only fast forwards until that action is finished. I just recently aquired the 2 latest expansions, haven't had a chance to play with them.
Also, you look exactly like Jorry in your picture from the "Is it a good Idea to this microwave Show" on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuKMkaG_vo0

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You can fast forward stuff? I love the last FF button where it only fast forwards until that action is finished. I just recently aquired the 2 latest expansions, haven't had a chance to play with them.
Also, you look exactly like Jorry in your picture from the "Is it a good Idea to this microwave Show" on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuKMkaG_vo0
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I meant that I could not fast forward anything. FF was broken for me. Not functioning. FF was the same as normal speed, for me...

fiktion said:
I meant that I could not fast forward anything. FF was broken for me. Not functioning. FF was the same as normal speed, for me...
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Got ya.
I cant wait for the jobs expansion.

[APP] Chicks'n'Vixens: No Donuts, [R] 30/06/11 [V] 0.10A

Name: Chicks'n'Vixens: No Donuts
video of 0.9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16GskXn0ksQ
Updated to Alpha 0.10A
Changes:
Made ads smaller
Tweeked some levels
New physics gameplay elements
New chickens
Levels redesigned
all new UI
http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=ab4a09b4-5e9f-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8

This game is coming along great.
I'd say once you have a good number of levels built and the graphics tightened up, you're fully entitled to charge for your hard work! Or perhaps always have a free basic version, but have to pay for advanced features like the level editor?
Great fun anyway, thanks

Want to compliment you on an excellent game. It's coming along nicely. The latest updates greatly improve the gameplay. Would like to see the implementation of tapping the screen anywhere to activate the chicken's special features. Tapping directly on the chicken can be a pain.

That's by far the best WP7
Game out there. Thank you.
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This game is coming along great.
I'd say once you have a good number of levels built and the graphics tightened up, you're fully entitled to charge for your hard work! Or perhaps always have a free basic version, but have to pay for advanced features like the level editor?
Great fun anyway, thanks
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I'm not sure how I'm going to make money from this, I'm really glad I released the beta but I don't want to charge people after playing it. What I might end up doing is releasing a big massive level pack of something and charging for that, but hopefully there will be at least 60 high quality 100% free levels for everyone to play as that's what I'm aiming for by version 1.0 which will be free I think what I'll end up doing is turning the original game into a trial with the 60 levels as well as simultaneously releasing a 'light' version containing the 60 levels, that way hopefully people won't think 'trial' means limited, I think 60 levels is plenty of fun for everyone especially for $0. Actually I'm still not too sure, 60 levels might be too much or too little for a trial, I don't want to put people off playing the game because the trial is too short but I don't want to make the trial so long and epic that people never get around to finishing it (therefore have no motivation to buy the full version).
At any rate the full version will hopefully be going for $0.99, if I can't beat Angry Birds in sheer content I can at least beat them on value for money.
MartyLK said:
Want to compliment you on an excellent game. It's coming along nicely. The latest updates greatly improve the gameplay. Would like to see the implementation of tapping the screen anywhere to activate the chicken's special features. Tapping directly on the chicken can be a pain.
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I'm glad you like the latest update, I'm aiming to make future updates even better, specifically I'm looking into tweaking the way objects break and making it so that you can fire the cannon like it were a slingshot, as well as adding a tracer so you can see the rough path your chicken will take when you fire. If you have any suggestions do please throw them my way
Oh and you don't have to tap on the chicken to use its power, what makes you think you have to?
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That's by far the best WP7
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Hey thank you so much Hopefully I can make it better still, I think Angry Birds is still overall a better game and I know Rovio is going to totally squash me when they eventually release Angry Birds on WP7 They get Xbox Live branding and paid by Microsoft for the port..

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I'm glad you like the latest update, I'm aiming to make future updates even better, specifically I'm looking into tweaking the way objects break and making it so that you can fire the cannon like it were a slingshot, as well as adding a tracer so you can see the rough path your chicken will take when you fire. If you have any suggestions do please throw them my way
Oh and you don't have to tap on the chicken to use its power, what makes you think you have to?
Hey thank you so much Hopefully I can make it better still, I think Angry Birds is still overall a better game and I know Rovio is going to totally squash me when they eventually release Angry Birds on WP7 They get Xbox Live branding and paid by Microsoft for the port..
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Sorry, maybe I just wasn't doing it right. It seemed I tapped several time elsewhere on the screen and nothing happened but when I specifically tapped the chicken, it did its special feature. But I do love this game. It has so much potential and I believe...just my opinion, now...that once you have it perfected, MS might try to buy it or partner with you. [thinking of Halo] There's no doubt MS wants an Angry Birds type blockbuster game. Yours has that potential.
From what you've done, you are an extremely talented dev and I wish the best for you.

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Sorry, maybe I just wasn't doing it right. It seemed I tapped several time elsewhere on the screen and nothing happened but when I specifically tapped the chicken, it did its special feature. But I do love this game. It has so much potential and I believe...just my opinion, now...that once you have it perfected, MS might try to buy it or partner with you. [thinking of Halo] There's no doubt MS wants an Angry Birds type blockbuster game. Yours has that potential.
From what you've done, you are an extremely talented dev and I wish the best for you.
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Thank you very much for the compliment Though I don't think Microsoft will want to buy me out, I'm just one guy, it would be easier to have me killed and take my code
As for the tapping thing, hmm, I'm starting to wonder that maybe you stumbled on a bug somewhere..

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Thank you very much for the compliment Though I don't think Microsoft will want to buy me out, I'm just one guy, it would be easier to have me killed and take my code
As for the tapping thing, hmm, I'm starting to wonder that maybe you stumbled on a bug somewhere..
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LOL...gotta watch out for those maniacal types...hehe - Reminds me of a movie I saw long time ago about how MS began and then also a crime drama about a MS type where the top dog was ordering hits on garage-type devs to get their code.

jabberworx said:
Hey thank you so much Hopefully I can make it better still, I think Angry Birds is still overall a better game and I know Rovio is going to totally squash me when they eventually release Angry Birds on WP7 They get Xbox Live branding and paid by Microsoft for the port..
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I don't really think so. People would have to pay for angry birds, wouldn't they? But even if not, I think both games can coexist without any problem. I mean, I loved Angry Birds on Android. But you know what's better than one high quality games of a certain type? Two high quality games of that certain type. And yours is definitely high quality. No doubt about that, mate. Excellent job.

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I don't really think so. People would have to pay for angry birds, wouldn't they? But even if not, I think both games can coexist without any problem. I mean, I loved Angry Birds on Android. But you know what's better than one high quality games of a certain type? Two high quality games of that certain type. And yours is definitely high quality. No doubt about that, mate. Excellent job.
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It would be great if they could co-exist, I guess we'll see what happens...

I think they will co-exist nicely, depending on pricing as you know MS will prob charge £3.49 or more for Angry Birds going by the price differences between WP7 and iOS apps

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I think they will co-exist nicely, depending on pricing as you know MS will prob charge £3.49 or more for Angry Birds going by the price differences between WP7 and iOS apps
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I hope you're right, I'm going to be pricing this at the $1 mark and pushing more free content so hopefully that will make up for the fact it's not angry birds
A lot of people giving the game reviews want more levels, so I've released 0.6 now, it doesn't have eerything I wanted to put into it but..
In addition to five more levels the cannon now behaves like a slingshot (i.e. pull back to fire), if you move your finger to the right side of the cannon you dis-engage it.
If you're pinching or dragging the camera around there is no chance of activating the cannon.
The camera will go back to its last position/zoom setting after a chicken has finished being fired (and stopped moving). This only works with ch
ickens when their special power is not activated.
Level loading speeds have been dramatically increased, after an initial ~7 second wait for the first level to load the rest will load very quickly (almost instantly) until the app closes The reason for this is that content is now shared between all levels.
And here's a teaser screenshot of one of the new levels: http://imgur.com/fNYH3
I think there are about five new levels in the update, I'm sorry I couldn't make it more, I have a day job and it's 2am (I get up at 6 XD).
I will be working on more levels so by the time this gets approved I'll hopefully have v0.7 ready for submission
Release date is whenever Microsoft approves the update (hopefully sometime later this week).
So I've hopefully addressed the annoyances with the clumsiness of the cannon and now levels load much faster (after the first load anyway) so that should be good. On my Omnia 7 there are no load times, it's circle in/circle out.

Jabber
I went to install this app on a LG Quantum and it does not show up. One issue might have been my battery may have died during installation(died 5 minutes after I hit install). Zune says its installed, but I can't even find it. Any ideas? I neeeeeed this app!!! Thanks.

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I went to install this app on a LG Quantum and it does not show up. One issue might have been my battery may have died during installation(died 5 minutes after I hit install). Zune says its installed, but I can't even find it. Any ideas? I neeeeeed this app!!! Thanks.
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Yeah it's probably because it shutdown half way through, not too sure what you can do about that htough. Maybe try asking in a WP7 specific help forum?

As good as your game is, I also want to recognize you for doing something most others do not do in app making: adhering to themes for the tiles.
Thank you so much for this.

MartyLK said:
adhering to themes for the tiles.
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I'm sorry I don't know what you mean by that?

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I'm sorry I don't know what you mean by that?
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Sorry for being unclear. I mean the proper colors. Like right now my theme is red. The homescreen tile of your game is red.

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Sorry for being unclear. I mean the proper colors. Like right now my theme is red. The homescreen tile of your game is red.
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oh right, yeah that's fairly easy to do using png transparencies...

If you are going to keep it free indefinitely then perhaps you should open source it so that other devs and join in and improve the game?
If you alone could make something that's so close to Angry Birds, imagine what a group of devs could do. It just needs a bit more polish, but it's oh so close.

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If you are going to keep it free indefinitely then perhaps you should open source it so that other devs and join in and improve the game?
If you alone could make something that's so close to Angry Birds, imagine what a group of devs could do. It just needs a bit more polish, but it's oh so close.
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I'm hoping to profit from it eventually I don't think I'll make much money though considering the status of the game but it would be nice to get something material in return for all the work I've put into it

[Q] Spectral Souls

Has anyone tried downloading this and running it on their Gtabs? just checked today and they had a new update that allows for tegra 2 support. I've had my eye on this game for quite some time but was reluctant due to the lack of tegra 2 support and the small disclaimer/known issue in the description that said "could not work & crash on 'uncertified' Google Android devices like Archos Tablet, Nook, etc".
So before i go psycho on my wallet and spend +/- 15 usd on this thing, I need someone who owns a Gtab, and was brave enough to buy this game, to confirm compatibility and if so, list down known issues based on experience. Thanks again xda peeps!

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Has anyone tried downloading this and running it on their Gtabs? just checked today and they had a new update that allows for tegra 2 support. I've had my eye on this game for quite some time but was reluctant due to the lack of tegra 2 support and the small disclaimer/known issue in the description that said "could not work & crash on 'uncertified' Google Android devices like Archos Tablet, Nook, etc".
So before i go psycho on my wallet and spend +/- 15 usd on this thing, I need someone who owns a Gtab, and was brave enough to buy this game, to confirm compatibility and if so, list down known issues based on experience. Thanks again xda peeps!
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nice, there is another thread about this game i think. a guy was wondering why the game would crash on him lol. you should search for that thread and ask him to update his app.

ketjr81 said:
nice, there is another thread about this game i think. a guy was wondering why the game would crash on him lol. you should search for that thread and ask him to update his app.
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i must be getting rusty w/ my searching skills but so far the only threads i've seen about the game are for non tegra 2 devices (NC, Dell Streak, phones, etc) so really somewhat of an "apples and oranges" type of comparison. anyway just checking if anyone who owns the Gtab specifically have tried this game out lately... but no rush (considering that the update was just rolled out less than 24 hrs ago). eagerly awaiting for some first-hand insights!

Just noticed it this morning too. Good chance that I will try it this evening. I honestly don't see why it would crash on the nook though. If all else fails, I still have my Captivate to play it on. It did look nice on the g-tab when I watched it on youtube. I can say this, if your a fan of classic rpgs the sound track alone will blow you away, at least all of what I heard.

I took the $15.00 plunge this morning. The game has a 1 GB download for game data, so you're going to go well beyond the 15 minute refund limit. On the other hand, you gotta love any program that simulates Pong while the download is being counted down.
Once the download is complete, I'll let you know. Looks like it's gonna' take a couple of hours as I'm running this off a EVO hotspot.

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I took the $15.00 plunge this morning. The game has a 1 GB download for game data, so you're going to go well beyond the 15 minute refund limit. On the other hand, you gotta love any program that simulates Pong while the download is being counted down.
Once the download is complete, I'll let you know. Looks like it's gonna' take a couple of hours as I'm running this off a EVO hotspot.
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looking forward to your impressions of the game -especially those very noticeable pros and cons! i've been a long standing fan of classic JSRPG's ever since i first played final fantasy tactics a long while back and have been left hooked ever since (even enjoyed 2D JSRPG's with mediocre-to-crappy graphics)

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looking forward to your impressions of the game -especially those very noticeable pros and cons! i've been a long standing fan of classic JSRPG's ever since i first played final fantasy tactics a long while back and have been left hooked ever since (even enjoyed 2D JSRPG's with mediocre-to-crappy graphics)
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Also am interested on this. I really want to purchase, but I want to know that it will work on the GTab (Vegan B5.1.1).
-Ted

tklotzii said:
Also am interested on this. I really want to purchase, but I want to know that it will work on the GTab (Vegan B5.1.1).
-Ted
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The download continues...and Pong is suddenly less fun to watch than it was in my youth. About 1/3 of the way home....

Winner!
Download is done....and Pong now totally sucks. Anyway, bottom line is.....it works. While I haven't had a chance to go too far into the the game, I can tell you that the soundtrack and graphics are both top notch! Is it worth $15.00? Yes.....yes it is if you're into this kind of game.
If you were waiting to buy this but were worried about it running on the GTab, I say go for it. Mind you, I'm on Vegan 5.1.1 so I can't talk about any other ROM.

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Download is done....and Pong now totally sucks. Anyway, bottom line is.....it works. While I haven't had a chance to go too far into the the game, I can tell you that the soundtrack and graphics are both top notch! Is it worth $15.00? Yes.....yes it is if you're into this kind of game.
If you were waiting to buy this but were worried about it running on the GTab, I say go for it. Mind you, I'm on Vegan 5.1.1 so I can't talk about any other ROM.
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perfect! it's a good thing i chose vegan on the get-go. time for me to cough up the 15 bucks...hehe

jag_oh said:
i must be getting rusty w/ my searching skills but so far the only threads i've seen about the game are for non tegra 2 devices (NC, Dell Streak, phones, etc) so really somewhat of an "apples and oranges" type of comparison. anyway just checking if anyone who owns the Gtab specifically have tried this game out lately... but no rush (considering that the update was just rolled out less than 24 hrs ago). eagerly awaiting for some first-hand insights!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=964883&highlight=spectral+souls
ah yes, I looked for it too and thought I was going crazy or something lol.
It was in General forum not the app forum.
I posted a link on their thread to this thread.

Ronin916 said:
Download is done....and Pong now totally sucks. Anyway, bottom line is.....it works. While I haven't had a chance to go too far into the the game, I can tell you that the soundtrack and graphics are both top notch! Is it worth $15.00? Yes.....yes it is if you're into this kind of game.
If you were waiting to buy this but were worried about it running on the GTab, I say go for it. Mind you, I'm on Vegan 5.1.1 so I can't talk about any other ROM.
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Thanks for taking the plunge. I had been reading the market reviews to see if a gtablet owner was satisfied. Its way easier to toss 15 bones into the aether knowing your getting something from it.