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How about telltale games in the handheld space?

bosbeetlebosbeetle
edited October 2010 in General Chat
Hello everybody,

I, as a fan of the work that telltale has done, am wondering how nice it would be to play sam & max or wallace and grommit on a hand held console.

Now people are going to say, that will never be happening because hand held consoles dont have the oomph.

Now enters the special part of this thread. Recently Ive become interested in the Pandora, a handheld console with a lot of oomph. This console has a 3d GSX 3d graphics chip and will outclass DS and PSP in power. It has a touchscreen which would really go well with these type of games. It also has wifi for the episodical downloading of the games directly on the handheld. All in all I think it would be amazing to have a port for telltale games on the pandora.

What do the forumers think of this?

Regards

Bosbeetle.

Ps. I am not trying to make a commercial but for more info on this handheld check openpandora.org

Comments

  • DaVinceDaVince
    edited March 2009
    The Pandora is a very nice and powerful handheld, but it's also not mainstream, so it's not gonna happen. The DS would be pretty good for TTG's adventure games though, just lower the polygon amount, recode the whole engine for the DS and they would work fairly well (DS cartridges can be up to 256 MB, so throwing in all the voices and music wouldn't be a problem either).

    Of course, this would take quite a bit of time and money to do, not to mention expertise, a development license for the DS, overhauling the engine to work fast enough on the DS, etc. etc. But that counts for any console, really.
  • bosbeetlebosbeetle
    edited March 2009
    About the pandora not being mainstream you are right but it could become more mainstream. Since it is probably the first next generation handheld, one of the first if not the only system that combines gaming controls with a full multitasking 'desktop' environment. So nobody knows what will happen to this thing, might as well be the next amiga :) albeit a smaller size.

    -Bosbeetle
  • Ray-The-SunRay-The-Sun
    edited March 2009
    The problem is it costs almost as much as half the price of a PS3, And I would really hate to see the price of it here in england :(
  • bosbeetlebosbeetle
    edited March 2009
    Ray-The-Sun wrote: »
    The problem is it costs almost as much as half the price of a PS3, And I would really hate to see the price of it here in england :(

    It is an english company that makes them the price is based on the pound :), and the price is pretty reasonable considering you'll basically get a mini-mini-laptop.

    But before it becomes a commercial for the pandora which I don't want, how do you feel about telltale games on a handheld for me it would be a dream come true. Luckily the pandora runs scummvm so I can play my old lucasarts titles on it so that is already a part of my dream realized :)
  • Ray-The-SunRay-The-Sun
    edited March 2009
    I'd want some TTG on the DS/DSi, Maybe an exclusive series And although it'll never happen I can always dream that there will be a game where you play as Detective Falco in the Starfox universe.
  • MussKattMussKatt
    edited March 2009
    Ray-The-Sun wrote: »
    I'd want some TTG on the DS/DSi, Maybe an exclusive series And although it'll never happen I can always dream that there will be a game where you play as Detective Falco in the Starfox universe.

    Thank god it will never happen. I think i'd have nightmares.:D
  • Ray-The-SunRay-The-Sun
    edited March 2009
    MussKatt wrote: »
    Thank god it will never happen. I think i'd have nightmares.:D

    What? It fits man! He's got the accent (Because all detectives who work alone NEED an Accent or it just doesn't feel right), The attidue Problem, the 'Old Freind', the Troubled Memories and he's even got a dame he can reminesce about ;)

    It'll never happen though.
  • MussKattMussKatt
    edited March 2009
    Ray-The-Sun wrote: »
    What? It fits man! He's got the accent (Because all detectives who work alone NEED an Accent or it just doesn't feel right), The attidue Problem, the 'Old Freind', the Troubled Memories and he's even got a dame he can reminesce about ;)

    It'll never happen though.

    Indeed, it will never happen, and for that, we should celebrate :P

    But....we never know... Mario was transformed into a pinball ball once so... ehhe
  • bosbeetlebosbeetle
    edited March 2009
    I'd still bet on the pandora over the DS, because of power.
  • bosbeetlebosbeetle
    edited September 2010
    I have a pandora now for about 2 months, and I still would like to see telltale games on there. But I guess I am not one of many judging by the reactions here.

    I must say that I play a lot of adventures on the pandora and it works really well. Using the touch screen for point n clicking but also the dpad for some adventures to move around.
  • Comrade PantsComrade Pants
    edited September 2010
    bosbeetle wrote: »
    I'd still bet on the pandora over the DS, because of power.

    There's still the issue of Pandora's market penetration. It's nowhere near as great as the DS. It would probably be more economical for Telltale to dumb down their software to work with the DS or wait for the 3DS than to go to all the trouble of pushing it out on a barely used platform... er, no offence to you as a Pandora owner or anything.
  • bosbeetlebosbeetle
    edited September 2010
    Comrade Pants wrote: »
    There's still the issue of Pandora's market penetration. It's nowhere near as great as the DS. It would probably be more economical for Telltale to dumb down their software to work with the DS or wait for the 3DS than to go to all the trouble of pushing it out on a barely used platform... er, no offence to you as a Pandora owner or anything.

    Thats completely true, sadly 8000+ is a very small market segment. Although porting to the pandora is almost the same as porting to linux and thats quite a market!

    So maybe Im requesting a linux version (with a pandora fork) :P I think a lot of pandorians would buy something like puzzle agent.
  • Comrade PantsComrade Pants
    edited September 2010
    bosbeetle wrote: »
    Thats completely true, sadly 8000+ is a very small market segment. Although porting to the pandora is almost the same as porting to linux and thats quite a market!

    So maybe Im requesting a linux version (with a pandora fork) :P I think a lot of pandorians would buy something like puzzle agent.

    Yeah, but if you're talking about forking, I find it hard to be worth the time when anyone with the technical knowhow to use and install Linux could easily pirate it anyway. Maybe make the Pandora version free with a link to a Telltale paypal account for 'suggested donations.' ;)
  • bosbeetlebosbeetle
    edited September 2010
    Comrade Pants wrote: »
    Yeah, but if you're talking about forking, I find it hard to be worth the time when anyone with the technical knowhow to use and install Linux could easily pirate it anyway. Maybe make the Pandora version free with a link to a Telltale paypal account for 'suggested donations.' ;)

    It does not have to be open source. And it wouldn't be easier to pirate it than the windows version.

    You should look at the "humble indie bundle" ( http://www.wolfire.com/humble specifically the statistics at the bottom of the page) linux people are willing to pay for closed source games. World of Goo is closed source and very succesful.

    Linux is not as scary and nerdy as it sounds the pandora is my first linux device and it easy for me as a windows guy to adapt.

    And I still think it would be great to play telltale games in the train while I commute.
  • roberttitusroberttitus
    edited September 2010
    & a year & a half later....

    Say hello to the 4th revived thread that I have encountered in the last 2 days
  • BlooglspashBlooglspash
    edited September 2010
    Well, Telltale is starting to port games to the Ipad, that would be a way to get your "On-the-go" Telltale fix.
  • ZoninoZonino
    edited September 2010
    Until this thread I had never heard of the Pandora. I've not seen it mentioned in any of the forums I've visited and I don't even remember seeing it in the Edge magazine. That does not bode well at all.

    If anything the DS/DSi/3DS is the perfect handheld for Telltale games. The question is though will they ever port games to it? If they did I'm guessing it wouldn't be in cart format but downloadable. The DSi has it's own store for downloading games/demos and I assume the 3DS. All Nintendo needs to do is remove the draconian download size. (40Mb on the Wii... olol).
  • mightypiratetmmightypiratetm
    edited September 2010
    Zonino wrote: »
    Until this thread I had never heard of the Pandora. I've not seen it mentioned in any of the forums I've visited and I don't even remember seeing it in the Edge magazine. That does not bode well at all.

    If anything the DS/DSi/3DS is the perfect handheld for Telltale games. The question is though will they ever port games to it? If they did I'm guessing it wouldn't be in cart format but downloadable. The DSi has it's own store for downloading games/demos and I assume the 3DS. All Nintendo needs to do is remove the draconian download size. (40Mb on the Wii... olol).
    Telltale can develop games for psp's psn too! I would love to see games like puzzle agent on the psp go
  • jp-30jp-30
    edited September 2010
    roberttitus wrote: »
    & a year & a half later....

    Say hello to the 4th revived thread that I have encountered in the last 2 days

    So long as they're being resurrected with new, relevant information, it's cool.

    I personally prefer people upping old threads and continuing discussion than starting new threads that have an existing thread. I find it nice to read previous people's thoughts, rather than starting fresh.
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited September 2010
    I'd play the earlier Telltale Games if someone ported them to the 3DS, which is at least as powerful as an N64. No real specs so far, but I'd estimate at somewhere between a PS1 and a PS2. You could totally play Sam & Max Save the World on that.

    EDIT: Just read the Wikipedia page. Apparently, the system possesses processing power that "far exceed the Nintendo Wii" (scroll down to 'How Powerful is the 3DS?'). And since the Wii got the first two seasons (god I hate using that word, bloody Americans...) of Sam & Max, well...
  • bosbeetlebosbeetle
    edited September 2010
    Sorry for gravedigging this one I just did because the pandora has seen the light recently and more of them are out in the open. And I realized that puzzle agent would be great on it :)
  • Jon NAJon NA
    edited September 2010
    Thanks for introducing Pandora bosbeetle! I'venever heard of it before! i think I just found my perfect subNoteBook! or even my perfect notebook! I'm a huge fan of it now ...
    bosbeetle wrote: »
    Sorry for gravedigging this one I just did because the pandora has seen the light recently and more of them are out in the open. And I realized that puzzle agent would be great on it :)
    Just search for guides for installing Ubuntu on it, Then install WINE, or install WINE directly.
    I don't know if the distro that Pandora uses supports WINE or not.
    Then, install your copy of Puzzle Agent following this instructions :)
    :( I wish I had it too ...
    EDIT: According to pandora's FAQ, WINE doesn't work on it ...
  • bosbeetlebosbeetle
    edited September 2010
    Milkman08 wrote: »
    Thanks for introducing Pandora bosbeetle! I'venever heard of it before! i think I just found my perfect subNoteBook! or even my perfect notebook! I'm a huge fan of it now ...

    Just search for guides for installing Ubuntu on it, Then install WINE, or install WINE directly.
    I don't know if the distro that Pandora uses supports WINE or not.
    Then, install your copy of Puzzle Agent following this instructions :)
    :( I wish I had it too ...

    That wouldnt work, WINE is not an emulator and the pandora runs on a ARM chip, so even if you put WINE on it it would never run windows programs unless they are ported to ARM.

    (ARM are the chips you find in cellphones)

    Also because of that it would be an option for telltale since they already ported stuff to ipad that also runs on ARM chips, so they can do it but, but I dont know if they want to.

    Were talking about the pandora here and there isnt a picture of it here so I will put a picture of mine so people see what we are talking about

    this is a pandora a handheld that runs linux

    62-3.jpg

    To see what you can already play on it check the 'appstore' http://apps.openpandora.org (you can even add everything debian repository if you want) or check the forums http://boards.openpandora.org

    I use it to play all my old adventures via scummvm in the train :) works like a charm.

    I must say that Im also pretty impressed by videos of scummvm on the ipad though! It just doesnt seem that portable.
  • bosbeetlebosbeetle
    edited October 2010
    Okay there maybe another we can add to the list

    PSP
    DS
    Wiz/Caanoo
    Pandora
    3DS

    And now there comes the Panasonic Jungle http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/04/panasonics-jungle-portable-gaming-system-emerges-gets-shown-of/

    :D

    Would still love to see telltale games on any of these.
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