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