Chances are you know what the above image is all about. If you have owned a PC , you have probably played the minesweeper a few times. But what I didn’t expect when I got my Kindle was to have the very same game on it. It was an Easter egg, but one that could make me dream about seeing more games on my Kindle.
Now, Kindle has ways to go to catch up with the iPhone and PSP as far as graphics and hardware are concerned. And let’s not forget that Kindle is an ebook reader and not a gaming device. But I can easily see Amazon or third-party developers selling Kindle games in the Kindle store.
Creating simple games for the Kindle shouldn’t really require too much processing power. Amazon can and will improve Kindle’s processor, and that should be enough to allow folks to design simple Kindle games.
Having color screen (and touch screen) on Kindle is not a necessity but would be a great addition. We already know that Kindle 2.0 will come with the “gift of touch.” And you can expect current Kindle games to work with the new feature, so the opportunity is clearly there to develop more applications for Kindle.
The biggest challenge at this point is creating and SDK for Kindle. Amazon should take a page out of Apple’s handbook and create an SDK that gives developers enough wiggle room to get creative. But right now that looks so far away.
At this point, 2010 is the earliest we can expect such changes to happen. But will they?
What’s your take: would you like to see more games on Kindle?
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8 comments
#1CaryMGJune 8, 2009, 12:58 pm
Given the Kindle 2′s procspeed, rez & storage — 1.5 GBs — I’m working to get these games on it ….
1] Star Wars — The ATARI vektorgrafik masterpiece
2] BattleZone
3] BurgerTime
4] Space Invaders
5] Scrabble — But With A Name ["WordChallenge", Maybe ?] That Won’t Get Me A LawSuit lol
8^ ]
#2CarolAugust 27, 2010, 8:12 pm
what is 3G? Can you play games on Kindle? Where do you get them from?
#3CyrusAugust 28, 2010, 4:29 pm
Kindle 3rd Gen can play some of the games Amazon is preparing. Most of them are word games though.
#4CyrusJanuary 1, 2011, 5:07 pm
I have listed some of the Kindle games here: http://www.bestebookreaders.com/best-kindle-games…
#5davaskarApril 1, 2011, 5:36 am
3G means it is wireless yes you can play games on kindle you get the game on kindle app store
#6DebbieJanuary 1, 2011, 2:38 pm
You can buy games for the Kindle at Amazon.com under kindle. Some are free. Some are a couple $.
Solataire, Black jack, 3 or four word games. About 10 hat I looked at.
#7Maximilian BucksternJune 14, 2011, 2:12 pm
I interpreted the idea with playing "on the Kindle" very literally. Lately I produced a Kindle-eBook ("Fun Games Pure – Game boards") just with fields of popular board games (Chess, Nine Men's Morris, Checkers, Backgammon, Ludo, etc.). This gives the user the possibility to convert his/her Kindle at home or while traveling into a game board. Very simple. Always available. You just need to have a few small playing pieces or chessmen. Or you and your fellow players improvise. Suitable are buttons, beans, pieces of wood, paper, etc. Just anything that does not leave any dirt or scratches on the screen.
Some people think it is silly to play like this on the Kindle. Others think it's cool.
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