Jan "Jenkings" Škoda - blog

This one was fully functional. However, for some reason, it is only available in English and Spanish. I do not know why. It has the biggest drive space for games though, so it could fit a lot of them, as well as the best ones in my archive. I am going to spend some time with this one and play a few games.

For these old-school titles, there's Earthworm Jim. It's a really old game that has been ported to Windows Phone. It's a silly shooting platformer based mostly on fun and absurdity — it's fine, relaxing and funny. I would definitely give it a try!





The next game I got working is Rayman. It's not the classic Rayman, but a kind of runner platformer. The player has just one button to control everything. The principle is the same as in the newer games Manuganu 1 and 2. I quite like it; it's a really relaxing game — nothing sophisticated, just pure fun.



But when it comes to old games, my favourite is Sonic CD. It was the first time I could play a Sonic game on my phone. I mean, yes, there are emulators for old consoles, which are fine, but the touchscreen controls are usually really tricky. There are also modern ports of Sonic for Android, but they're really annoying and I deleted them from my phone immediately after discovering that they require a permanent internet connection. As I always have my data and Wi-Fi off when I don't really need a connection, this is a deal-breaker for me. I hate offline single-player games that rely on internet connections.

I would really enjoy this Sonic and would like to go through it. It looks really cool and I've never played this version anywhere before.



I also installed Tetris (both the official version and clones), Minesweeper and Solitaire. , but none of them are interesting enough to write about. Of the "modern" games, I would mention two.

Jetpack Joyride was quite popular a few years ago and is a good game. It's also part of the relaxing genre and I play it from time to time, but it's nothing special.



Of all the games I have installed, I like Real Racing 2 the most. It's a great racing simulation with good graphics and physics, and it's quite challenging. The controls and behaviour can be adjusted in many different ways. The game lets you start with various assists, such as steering, braking and stability. In that instance, you just tilt your phone (or use any other steering method you select), because everything else is done automatically. It looks nice, but it's boring to play.

So I would recommend turning off the braking and steering assists at least, to enjoy the game. The gas pedal is automatic, which is fine because you don't have to hold the screen most of the time. However, you can also turn the gas pedal on if you want to.

I guess the best controls are tilt, automatic gas and braking by touching the screen anywhere. However, there are a lot of different presets, so you can choose.

I played this game on Android a few years ago and I think this Windows Phone version has worse graphics, but they're still fine and nothing too bad.

The AI opponents are not stupid and are quite competitive. Based on the release date, I'd say it's above average, and they don't try to ram you every chance they get, as was usual.



As I recall, I've only played a few races in career mode, so I have no idea which cars would be available. I only have two simple hatchbacks at the moment. But this is one of those games that I would really like to play for a long time and try to make some progress through the career mode.

So, if I can find the time to play, I'd really like to write an article about my progress in the game and the tracks and cars. We'll see!