| PDAMill Arvale Short Tales Review | | | | hidden fifth character somewhere in the |
| | | | game!) You'll get endless hours of fun and |
| Author: | | | | entertainment with free exploration of |
| | | | open-ended, quest-style gameplay. |
| Dungeons and Dragons, the very first | | | | |
| role-playing game, was also the first game to | | | | Keep playing and relax with a carefully |
| be programmed on a computer. At those times, | | | | thought-out, simplified scoring system. |
| a computer was not a small box connected to a | | | | Explore beautifully painted, stylish |
| monitor or a TV. It was a room full of huge | | | | locations with hundreds of detailed maps. |
| steel cabinets. These computers could only | | | | Meet friendly characters and mendacious |
| display text; they had nothing like billion | | | | monsters. Enjoy the difference between night |
| color displays or surround sound of today's | | | | and day with unique available actions. Take |
| PCs. Yet, role-playing games were still | | | | multiple side quests, experience unique |
| available in text-only mode. | | | | atmospheres, feel the ambience of the sound |
| | | | track. Have fun talking to the characters |
| Just imagine gameplay where a computer would | | | | (some of them are hilarious!) Can't get |
| print something like "You are in a dark | | | | enough of it? Discover the special fifth |
| room." You would type "Light lantern with | | | | character for even more Tales! |
| match", and the computer would reply with | | | | |
| "This room appears to be a library. There's a | | | | Download your free trial copy at: and start |
| table with a crystal ball in the center. You | | | | playing now! You are guaranteed to have hours |
| also see bookshelves, ladder, and a door | | | | of fun and entertainment with Arvale: Short |
| leading east." | | | | Tales. |
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| Was it fun to play? Sure, at the time, it | | | | Compatible devices list |
| was! | | | | |
| | | | Windows Mobile 6.0, Windows Mobile 5.0, |
| Luckily, modern role-playing games are very | | | | Pocket PC 2003, Pocket PC 2002 |
| far from those of the early days of | | | | |
| computers. Today's computer fits in the palm | | | | ACER: n300 Series, n30, n50, n20 and others |
| of your hand, and today's role-playing game | | | | |
| displays pictures and animations, and | | | | ASUS: A626, A636, A639, P505, P525, P535 and |
| produces realistic sounds to make the process | | | | others |
| even more fun! | | | | |
| | | | Cingular: 8125, 8525 |
| Arvale: Short Tales by Handster is a great | | | | |
| modern role-playing game. It's small enough | | | | Dell: Axim X3, X5, X50, X50v, X51v and others |
| to fit even into the busiest person's PDA, | | | | |
| while sports crisp graphics and a dynamic | | | | Dopod: Dopod 838 Pro, Dopod 686, Dopod 699, |
| sound track. | | | | Dopod 828, Dopod 900, Dopod P100, Dopod N800, |
| | | | etc. |
| Unlike simpler Pocket PC based role-playing | | | | |
| games, Arvale: Short Tales includes not one | | | | Eten: E-Ten G500+, E-Ten M600+, E-TEN |
| but four unique stories with four unique | | | | Glofiish, Eten M700, etc. |
| characters to enjoy. (Spoiler: there is a | | | | |