After coming home this evening, I thought I might want to clarify what I meant in saying that the only interesting games ever released on cell phones were Konami’s port-job of the original two MSX Metal Gear games (both of which were again redone for the “Subsistence” version of MGS3). In fact, I’m largely wrong. There have been many interesting games released on cell phones besides my beloved Metal Gear. Off the top of my head, there’s been puzzle games like Tetris, arcade games like Pac-Man and Q-Bert, a few adventure titles like Prince of Persia and a couple of shooters in the 1941 vein. However, all of these have one thing in common with my Metal Gear observation, and I’m sure that all of you should be able to tell what it is:
NONE OF THEM WERE DESIGNED FOR CELL PHONES.