| PDAMill Arvale Short Tales Review Author: | | | | open-ended, quest-style gameplay. Keep |
| Dungeons and Dragons, the very first | | | | playing and relax with a carefully |
| role-playing game, was also the first game to | | | | thought-out, simplified scoring system. |
| be programmed on a computer. At those times, | | | | Explore beautifully painted, stylish |
| a computer was not a small box connected to a | | | | locations with hundreds of detailed maps. |
| monitor or a TV. It was a room full of huge | | | | Meet friendly characters and mendacious |
| steel cabinets. These computers could only | | | | monsters. Enjoy the difference between night |
| display text; they had nothing like billion | | | | and day with unique available actions. Take |
| color displays or surround sound of today's | | | | multiple side quests, experience unique |
| PCs. Yet, role-playing games were still | | | | atmospheres, feel the ambience of the sound |
| available in text-only mode. Just imagine | | | | track. Have fun talking to the characters |
| gameplay where a computer would print | | | | (some of them are hilarious!) Can't get |
| something like "You are in a dark room." You | | | | enough of it? Discover the special fifth |
| would type "Light lantern with match", and | | | | character for even more Tales! Download your |
| the computer would reply with "This room | | | | free trial copy at: and start playing now! |
| appears to be a library. There's a table with | | | | You are guaranteed to have hours of fun and |
| a crystal ball in the center. You also see | | | | entertainment with Arvale: Short Tales. |
| bookshelves, ladder, and a door leading | | | | Compatible devices list Windows Mobile 6.0, |
| east." Was it fun to play? Sure, at the time, | | | | Windows Mobile 5.0, Pocket PC 2003, Pocket PC |
| it was! Luckily, modern role-playing games | | | | 2002 ACER: n300 Series, n30, n50, n20 and |
| are very far from those of the early days of | | | | others ASUS: A626, A636, A639, P505, P525, |
| computers. Today's computer fits in the palm | | | | P535 and others Cingular: 8125, 8525 Dell: |
| of your hand, and today's role-playing game | | | | Axim X3, X5, X50, X50v, X51v and others |
| displays pictures and animations, and | | | | Dopod: Dopod 838 Pro, Dopod 686, Dopod 699, |
| produces realistic sounds to make the process | | | | Dopod 828, Dopod 900, Dopod P100, Dopod N800, |
| even more fun! | | | | etc. Eten: E-Ten G500+, E-Ten M600+, E-TEN |
| | | | Glofiish, Eten M700, etc. HP: hw68xx series, |
| Arvale: Short Tales by Handster is a great | | | | hw69xx series, hx21xx series, hx24xx series, |
| modern role-playing game. It's small enough | | | | hx29xx series and others HTC: TyTN, Wizard, |
| to fit even into the busiest person's PDA, | | | | Prophet, Hermes, Artemis, Universal, Herald, |
| while sports crisp graphics and a dynamic | | | | P3300, P3600, P4350, P3350, X7500, Athena |
| sound track. Unlike simpler Pocket PC based | | | | IMATE: i-mate JASJAM, i-mate JAMin, i-mate |
| role-playing games, Arvale: Short Tales | | | | PDA-N, i-mate K-JAM, i-mate JASJAR and others |
| includes not one but four unique stories with | | | | O2: XDA series T-Mobile: MDA series QTek: |
| four unique characters to enjoy. (Spoiler: | | | | 9000, 9100, 9600, S100, S110, S200, G100, |
| there is a hidden fifth character somewhere | | | | 2020, 9090 Other Windows Mobile Powered |
| in the game!) You'll get endless hours of fun | | | | Devices. |
| and entertainment with free exploration of | | | | |