N-Gage collectors thread

[fishsandwich]

Well I don't im really trying not to use letstalk. But I guess im going to have to for the last couple.

I used LetsTalk for the first time last week... the guy on the phone was fairly coherent and very helpful. He couldn't find all the games I wanted very easily, but he eventually found everything after some hunting (their system must suck.) Quite friendly. I guess I was lucky... judging by other's comments it seems that LetsTalk isn't the best company to order from. The only thing he got wrong was Atari Collections 2 (not available yet) but I wasn't billed for it.

Games arrived three days later.

Spiffy. :D

[Slimedog]

I'm about to put together a big order with them for all the letstalk exclusive games, but I'm kind of waiting for a sale of some sort. Does anybody know if they are currently doing any sale that isn't listed on the web site? They used to have a 10% off deal that would save me a ton of cash, but it looks like thats dead now.

[fishsandwich]

I asked what kind of specials they were having. The guy looked it up and said there was a 15% the total order special that was not listed on the website. Good enough for me. There's also some specials if you buy certain combinations of games but they usually include at least one older title.

Have fun.

:D :D

ps

Anyone know what will on Atari Masterpieces 2?

[qbertandernie]

ive got an extra copy of atari masterpieces 1 if anyones interested.

[classicb]

so just for fun i added a poll to this thread to see why we all collect the N-Gage.

[qbertandernie]

i started to collect it simply because i figured it would be one of those overpriced 'this is great' systems that ends up disappearing in a year. since the first acquisition of the taco press kit, ive been on an ngage kick, buying pretty much everything on the system. i love it! even though i never play it.

still have some nfr games for trade if people have any i dont.

[poopnes]

Anyplace to get the memory cards cheaps? Ebay looks sketchy, and Office Depot didn't eben have one. Is the memory card (for emulators and such) hard to find? How about the USB thingie???

:D

Ebay is pretty much your best and only bet. I nabbed a new 512MB MMC card a year ago for around $50 shipped on a BIN. The only place around me that still had MMC cards was best buy and they wanted $40 for 128MB--NO THANK YOU.

As for getting items on to the card you have two choices. Either buy a USB SD card reader or buy a bluetooth USB kit. They'll do the same thing, but the USB card reader will be faster I believe. But by using bluetooth you can backup your contacts and calender and crap, and you can use Nokia's software for converting movies to 3GP--which actually is decent and pretty fast.

[SegaAges]

I have been using letstalk for the past 6 weeks and have not had a problem with them at all. I have gotten about 6 games from them, and they ship really fast. It sucks having to pay retail for the games, but then again, I might as well seeing as I got most of the games for 3 or less when I started collecting for it anyway.

[funkyflea]

If anyone is interested I write some reviews for acegamez, which can be found here:

http://acegamez.co.uk/reviewngage.htm

And no, I didn't write that tony hawks review, I like the game.

[classicb]

If anyone is interested I write some reviews for acegamez, which can be found here:

http://acegamez.co.uk/reviewngage.htm

And no, I didn't write that tony hawks review, I like the game.

LOL no wonder all the reviews are 9's and 10's.

[funkyflea]

LOL , I swear i'm not biased, just understanding of the system, and I have actually played the system.. ;)

[SegaAges]

I was playing High Seize last night, and found it to be very similar to advanced wars (or the portions of advanced wars that I had played). the game is pretty fun. i recommend you guys to go out and get that if you haven't already.

[classicb]

I was playing High Seize last night, and found it to be very similar to advanced wars (or the portions of advanced wars that I had played). the game is pretty fun. i recommend you guys to go out and get that if you haven't already.

yeah its one of if not my favorite N-Gage game as Advance Wars is one of my favorite GBA games.

last year Nokia did a poll to see what people wanted to see on the N-Gage and Advance Wars was the highest voted so I think High Seize was their solution to what the N-Gage owners wanted.

IGN even gave it a pretty good review.

[Oobgarm]

I just noticed the poll.

I've been collecting N-Gage on and off since I got the system back at launch. It gives me things to play on my phone other than NES games. Plus, it's been nice to go into stores and find stacks of games for $6.99 or less.


How about the USB thingie???

If you want to go the USB route, go buy a PSP USB cable. They both use the same thing. Matter of fact, I use my N-Gage one for the PSP. LOL

[Slipdeath]

'Tis a sad day indeed. I got my N-Gage stolen in the locker room, fuckin public high schools!

[slapdash]

Yeah, I've had a sad month... I finally ordered a QD, but it was stolen out of my apartment rental office. :-( Luckily the vendor replaced it (though with the wrong carrier's SIM card, so I STILL can't use it for a few days), and Cingular has been good about it -- not charging me for a second activation, helping me get ringtone orders I didn't make off my bill -- but I've already paid for a whole month in which I didn't actually get to use the phone I'm paying for. Grr...

[Slipdeath]

Yeah I used my N-gage for everything, even the alarm clock. I left it on vibrate so when I called with my friends phone I looked around to see if there was any reactions but p.e. has over 300+ students

[slapdash]

Sorry to hear it. I had a handheld game stolen out of my locker when I was in high school. That sucked enough, but a phone/game, dang.

[fishsandwich]

I just got my last two N-Gage games for a complete lcollection, SSX and Puzzle Bobble. I have decided that Sega Rally does indeed suck, just like you all said. What a waste. I am playing the hell out of three games... Ashen, High Seizes, and Mile High Pinball. Looks like this thing is going to keep me busy! I also ordered and MMC card and I'm interested in playing some emulators and watching some movies. I'm done now.

[Slipdeath]

how do u take off predictive text?

[classicb]

how do u take off predictive text?

# key

[Slipdeath]

now my alarm is going off at random times, have any idea what it might be?

[fishsandwich]

OK. I'm lost now an i'm an idiot. Need help. Everyone has been so helpful here so I came here first.

I have a QD. I also have a 1g MMC chip. I DO NOT use my QD as a cell phone. I have Sprint as a carrier and they don't support the N-Gage.

1. I downloaded the DVD convertor and got a DVD converted over the the correct file type fine and I got it into to the MMC chip. My phone recognizes the file. However, I do not have the DVD player in my applications file on my QD. How the hell do I get it?

2. I downloaded a bunch of emulators. They all require Bluetooth to connect with the QD. What do I do? My PC doesn't have it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

@_@

[fishsandwich]

OK. I'm lost now an i'm an idiot. Need help. Everyone has been so helpful here so I came here first.

I have a QD. I also have a 1g MMC chip. I DO NOT use my QD as a cell phone. I have Sprint as a carrier and they don't support the N-Gage.

1. I downloaded the DVD convertor and got a DVD converted over the the correct file type fine and I got it into to the MMC chip. My phone recognizes the file. However, I do not have the DVD player in my applications file on my QD. How the hell do I get it?

2. I downloaded a bunch of emulators. They all require Bluetooth to connect with the QD. What do I do? My PC doesn't have it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

@_@

UPDATE. I got a Bluetooth adaptor for my laptop and it didn't work. It looks like I'm screwed on the emulator thing unless you folks have another option.

I borrowed a friend's SIM card and the phone DOES connect... is there a place I can download the DVD player to my QD so I can play DVD-to-MMC movies?

Help? Anyone?
:puppydogeyes:

[Captain J]

I'm sure you guys already know this, but I wanted to post this link about Atari Masterpieces 2 for the N-gage. I'm pretty excited about it mainly because Crystal Castles is one of my favorite all time games!

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=14546

[classicb]

I'm sure you guys already know this, but I wanted to post this link about Atari Masterpieces 2 for the N-gage. I'm pretty excited about it mainly because Crystal Castles is one of my favorite all time games!

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=14546

I'm happy people still give the N-Gage press. :) This should be a solid N-Gage game since I enjoyed the first one.

and fishsandwich I sent you a PM hopefully that will help.

[98PaceCar]

I'm a newbie to the Ngage collecting world, or at least kind of. My girlfriend got me a QD system for Valentine's day, so I can finally play all of the games I picked up while Gamestop/Eb were blowing them out. I'm at 41 games right now and am looking at getting some of the newer releases from LetsTalk.com. Are there any that are becoming harder to find? How many titles are there right now? I've seen a few emulators for the system, but what else can I do with it? I've already unlocked it and have a 128mb MMC, so I think I'm ready to go!

[fishsandwich]

I'm a newbie to the Ngage collecting world, or at least kind of. My girlfriend got me a QD system for Valentine's day, so I can finally play all of the games I picked up while Gamestop/Eb were blowing them out. I'm at 41 games right now and am looking at getting some of the newer releases from LetsTalk.com. Are there any that are becoming harder to find? How many titles are there right now? I've seen a few emulators for the system, but what else can I do with it? I've already unlocked it and have a 128mb MMC, so I think I'm ready to go!

The NES emulator is SUPER COOL. The MAME and SMS emulators depend on the game you're running. The SNES emulator... not so much.


You can convert your DVD's into a file format the Ngage can read.

The rarest game I know of (and I'm not the expert... that would be classicb) would be Sega Rally. It was only released in the Pacific region (Australia, some Asian countries) and it SUCKS. Not very many tracks AND they didn't even bother to use the same tracks from the Arcade/Saturn version! Your car just seems to float along. It's the only game that hasn't been released in the States.

http://images.ciao.com/ifr/images/products/normal/207/product-304207.jpg

Thanks for all your help classicb!!!!!!

[qbertandernie]

for those not in the know, apparently civilization has been released, though who knows when letstalk will get it.

http://www.n-gage.com/en-US/games/gamedata/civilization.htm


anyone laying odds that these 5 that are announced but have yet to be released will be the last games released for the system?

http://www.n-gage.com/en-US/games/All_Games/

[Slimedog]

for those not in the know, apparently civilization has been released, though who knows when letstalk will get it.

http://www.n-gage.com/en-US/games/gamedata/civilization.htm


anyone laying odds that these 5 that are announced but have yet to be released will be the last games released for the system?

http://www.n-gage.com/en-US/games/All_Games/

They probably will be the last and if it were any other company I'm sure they would have been canned long ago. I don't know how or why Nokia does it, but god love em. They can't be making any money on these things.

[classicb]

for those not in the know, apparently civilization has been released, though who knows when letstalk will get it.

http://www.n-gage.com/en-US/games/gamedata/civilization.htm


anyone laying odds that these 5 that are announced but have yet to be released will be the last games released for the system?

http://www.n-gage.com/en-US/games/All_Games/

I think the true indicator will come at this years GDC in March. If no new games are announced then I think its safe to say we're not getting anymore games.

However, I think we will hear about some new games. I think Nokia wants to continue developing games so they have some really good titles when they launch the download system for their other Nokia Smartphones.

For people who don't frequent the N-Gage Arena it is still active and Nokia continues to hold tournaments where you can win stuff. Nokia is still active with the N-Gage and I would be surprised if we heard nothing come this March.

I could see Nokia giving up on the US market though since the N-Gage is all but dead here with only one online retailer. The N-Gage is much more popular overseas in Spain and Germany.


Also to add to what fishsandwich said I like the GB/GBC emulator for the N-Gage. It runs and looks great its really the only one I use.

[Slipdeath]

Nokia is already scheduled for E3, so I guess we might yet receive more games.

[classicb]

So letstalk.com decided to put release dates on their upcoming games. Who knows how accurate they are but i don't remember them ever doing this before.

Warhammer 40,000 - March 23rd, 2006
Civilization - March 28th, 2006
Atari Masterpieces 2 - April 18th, 2006
Payload - May 23rd, 2006

There could be something to this delay though since the Game Developers Conference is March 20-24. Maybe Nokia will have some big news. Nokia does have an event at the confrence called "The Next Generation of Mobile Gaming by Nokia"

[Slipdeath]

Fuck man after I get my N-Gage back, I fuckin run over it. Jesus today is probably one of the worst days of my life.

[classicb]

Fuck man after I get my N-Gage back, I fuckin run over it.

its not still ok? I always thought the N-Gage was industructable after all the shit I did to mine. That sucks if it broke though.

[Daria]

I ran into a GameStop yesterday that actually had Ngage games for sale. A whole shelf of them too, all $7 naturally. Ended up getting Elderscrolls, Xanadu, and Requiem of Hell. I think the only RPG I'm missing now it Rifts, which irnoically is the only game I've ever really wanted for the system.

Rifts WAS released right?

[classicb]

Rifts WAS released right?

it sure was but if you live in the US the only place you can get it is online here http://n-gage.letstalk.com I'd also recommend getting High Seize if you liked Advance Wars at all.

[Daria]

Rifts WAS released right?

it sure was but if you live in the US the only place you can get it is online here http://n-gage.letstalk.com I'd also recommend getting High Seize if you liked Advance Wars at all.

Thanks! *bookmarks*

[Slipdeath]

Fuck man after I get my N-Gage back, I fuckin run over it.

its not still ok? I always thought the N-Gage was industructable after all the shit I did to mine. That sucks if it broke though.
Nope , the screen inside is all messed up, but outside the case just has some serious scuffs/scratches and some buttons are missing.

[Auxilla]

Fuck man after I get my N-Gage back, I fuckin run over it.

its not still ok? I always thought the N-Gage was industructable after all the shit I did to mine. That sucks if it broke though.

Mine was sent thru a wash cycle and a partial drying and stil worked after all of that.

[neuropolitique]

I recently picked up an Ngage. I opted to pay $100 and get a cheaper mothy rate. Works out to be $20 less in the long run. I got 4 games at that time; Catan, Worms, Pocket Kingdom, and High Sieze. I was surprised to find a pack-in Tony Hawk when I received the system.

Today I went to Gamestop to see what they had. When I asked the manager if they had any, he said "No,....errr yes." Not a good sign. I picked up Glimmerati, The Roots, and Requiem of Hell, each $6.99. The guy who checked me out said Wow when Ibrought them up. I asked if it had been a long time since he sold any. He said it was the first time. O_O

Overall, I'd say that I am a bit surprised by the Ngage. I'm having more fun than I thought I would. But it is still a flawed machine.

I do have to say, though, that the game case design is brilliant. I keep two of those platic holders snapped together, so I can carry 8 games in one small package.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

I'll second the comments made about Sega Rally being the rarest / hardest to get hold of N-Gage game out there. I got mine by pure chance, and I remember a time when we were all speculating whether or not it even existed...

Also, Nokia recently announced these games, so there may be hope yet:

Unreleased / Coming Soon

Atari Masterpieces - Volume II (March 06)
Hinter Wars: The Aterian Invasion (Just Announced)
NBA 2006 (Just Announced)
Payload (April 06)
Shade: Wrath Of Angels (Just Announced)
Shadow-Born (Just Announced)
SPIRITS (TBA)
Warhammer 40,000: Glory In Death (March 06)
Xyanide (Just Announced)[/i]

Whether or not all of them make it is another story... Although, I do agree with what was said above about Nokia maybe wanting a few more games added to the list ready for the new wave of compatable smartphones that they intend to integrate N-Gage technology in as standard...

[classicb]

Also, Nokia recently announced these games, so there may be hope yet:


Shade: Wrath Of Angels (Just Announced)
Xyanide (Just Announced)

I was under the impression that these got canned some time ago.


NBA 2006 (Just Announced)

I hadn't heard about this yet. Where did you see this?

[fishsandwich]

here are a couple of links.

http://ngage.dcemu.co.uk/
http://www.zophar.net/consoles/ngage.html

the verticle screen starts to become an issue with emulators. the Vampnet GBC (http://vampent.com/emu.htm) is the best emulator for the n-gage. It plays full speed and full screen. NES plays full speed but the screen options aren't that great.



GREAT. The GB emulator was so fantastic that I bought it. Then I had to reformat my memory card. Now Vampent's site (the emulator writers) has been down for four days and I can't get my activation code and my e-mails are bouncing. I'm back to SMS now.

Anyone know what happened to www.Vampent.com?

[fishsandwich]

UPDATE. Vampent is now back up and running... I have no idea what happened. I tried to make due with a SMS emulator with a bunch of SMS and GB game, but it just wasn't the same thing for many reasons. Number one- the games available for the SMS and GG just aren;t as good as the GB/GBC games, especially when you're talking about portability. The SMS games are fit to the N-gage screen, amking them weird-looking and the text near impossible to read. The GG games fare better as they are letterboxed, but the GG library simply isn't as good or as bountiful as that of the GB/GBC. Number two- the emulator just isn't as good as the GB/GBC one. It seems the emulator won't run the largest games (VF Animation being one) and you have to keep exiting out and going back to change games. It S a nice way to run rare GG games like Panzer Dragoon Mini and Gunstar Heroes, though. Plus the emulator is free. That being said, I'm glad Vampent is back.

[classicb]

aparently Civilization is shipping now on letstalk.com Several n-gage arena members have gotten their copies. I haven't ordered mine yet but I thought I'd give everybody the heads up that this one might be out.

Has anyone here got theirs yet?

[DreamTR]

I got mine, bar code is blacked out!

[classicb]

I got mine, bar code is blacked out!

hey have you gotten anything else recently?

[swlovinist]

Well, you can give Nokia crap about their advertising, but dang they sure stick with their products to the bitter end...I just pray that I can find some of these final games down the road. I also know how they are funding these games...I just sent them my cell phone bill, LOL

[DreamTR]

Atari Vol 2 is on its way to me...

[qbertandernie]

got vol. II today. i imagine everyone else will too. really poor job blacking out the bar code, but its nice they didnt try to update the games...it claims they are originals, and screen shots make it look that way too. i hate when the classic games are updated to appeal to younger audiences.

[fishsandwich]

Atari Volume II was waiting for me when I got home from vacation. I am charging my deck now and I shall be giving it a try shortly. I also just ordered Civilization from LetsTalk. It was my second order from LetsTalk and my second LetsTalk employee who seemed reasonably intelligent. Let's hope the luck continues!

:D

[swlovinist]

can someone explain the blacking out the barcode thing O_O.?

[qbertandernie]

i assumed they gave the item a barcode but because it has not been released for sale from a store that would require the bar code that it (the code) was reassigned. because the orders are all online, i guess theres no need for the code. this is just a guess, however.

anyone have more certain information?

[Slipdeath]

can anyone take a picture of the new games?

[fishsandwich]

can anyone take a picture of the new games?

Which ones? Atari Volume 2 and Civilization?

The bar code on Civilization is completely black. They did a much better job blacking it out than they did on Atari 2.

[qbertandernie]

civilization is shipping? im gonn a have to call letstalk...again

[classicb]

so we're almost done with collecting the physical mmc cards for the n-gage. we're at 54 including Sega Rally. it seems we'll only get two more with Payload and Warhammer. Nokia made it pretty clear that they're moving ahead to the download format. So it looks like our N-Gage collections will top out at 56 games.

I know there are other games Nokia has announced like Shadow Born but my thinking now is those games will be launch titles for their download system.

on a side note this thread is almost a year old now

[fishsandwich]

so we're almost done with collecting the physical mmc cards for the n-gage. we're at 54 including Sega Rally. it seems we'll only get two more with Payload and Warhammer. Nokia made it pretty clear that they're moving ahead to the download format. So it looks like our N-Gage collections will top out at 56 games.

I know there are other games Nokia has announced like Shadow Born but my thinking now is those games will be launch titles for their download system.

on a side note this thread is almost a year old now

I've heard the N-Gage is much more popular in certain overseas markets. Might they get some physical releases that the States might not get?

I'm really looking forward to Payload. Hate to hear that Shadowborn might ne download-only.

I'm glad this thread is still active. None of the gaming mags have reviewed any of the recent releases as far as I can tell. Gotta get my news somewhere!!!

[qbertandernie]

talked to the folks at 'letstalk' today...after convincing the salesgirl that they sold ngage games('sir, youll have to check with the supplier for games...we dont sell them'), she informed me that payload is listed as 'in stock', so we may see that sent out sometime next week.

[fishsandwich]

talked to the folks at 'letstalk' today...after convincing the salesgirl that they sold ngage games('sir, youll have to check with the supplier for games...we dont sell them'), she informed me that payload is listed as 'in stock', so we may see that sent out sometime next week.

Ah, you got a LetsTalk idiot. I have been lucky enough not to encounter one, but I've heard stories. When I called late last year, even my seemingly knowledgable salesman said that Atari Volume 2 was in stock. I wasn't... it still had months to go. They didn't bill me for it and instead automatically shipped it when it was released.

[chimp69]

[quote=qbertandernie]Atari Volume 2 was in stock. I wasn't... it still had months to go. They didn't bill me for it and instead automatically shipped it when it was released.
you were never charged?

[chimp69]

[quote=qbertandernie]Atari Volume 2 was in stock. I wasn't... it still had months to go. They didn't bill me for it and instead automatically shipped it when it was released.
you were never charged?

[chimp69]

[quote=qbertandernie]Atari Volume 2 was in stock. I wasn't... it still had months to go. They didn't bill me for it and instead automatically shipped it when it was released.
you were never charged?

[fishsandwich]

Oh, no... I was charged. I guess my post might have given the impression that I was never billed. I was charged when they shipped it out several months later. There you have it.

:D

[Slimedog]

Letstalk has the Warhammer 40K game listed as a new arrival and its off the Coming Soon list. Has anybody received this one yet? I've been putting off a big order until this one is out.

[Slipdeath]

Better question, is classicb alive?

[classicb]

Better question, is classicb alive? LOL

man i haven't had much time for games lately but I'm still keeping up with the N-Gage since no matter how busy i get I still always have my phone with me.

[Slipdeath]

Yeah me too man, fuckin women.

[Postermen]

Does anyone know what happened to the Leisure Suit Larry game that was supposed to come out around the same time as the Xbox and PS2 game?

[classicb]

Does anyone know what happened to the Leisure Suit Larry game that was supposed to come out around the same time as the Xbox and PS2 game?

It got cancelled

[Postermen]

do any prototypes exist of it?

[classicb]

i don't really follow that type of stuff but I do believe the game was at least part way through development so there might be something floating around out there.

[classicb]

Has anyone recieved Warhammer yet? Its listed as instock on letstalk.com now.

I didn't get a shipping confirmation but it disappeared off my back order list of two games. Now only Payload is left.

[K3V]

Just had to pop in and say something in this thread. I got an N-Gage the other day in the big clearance and I'm converted :)

First, I was able to unlock it to work with my T-Mobile SIM card. Then I got UltraMP3 on there, along with MAME and a handful of games. Then I got into checking out Smartmovie and its capabilities and am completely impressed with everything the N-Gage can do.

It's too bad the original system had such obvious design flaws that the general gaming public ran it into the ground with (sidetalkin, having to remove the battery to change games, etc). The QD really is a great little system, though I would prefer stereo output when listening to MP3's but I'll let that slide for it's versatility.

Games wise I've been enjoying Tony Hawk, Snakes, Worms World Party and King of Fighters. As far as the newer releases that are up on LetsTalk, has there been any indication how long they will stock the games? I'm definitely interested in High Sieze and Mile High Pinball and don't want to miss out on them if they'll be disappearing any time soon.

Wow, big rant...but I really am impressed with this little system. For the closeout price it was a steal.