I'm having lots of fun creating freeware for the Palm Pilot since I
retired. I'm just toying around (nothing serious), but I'll share some of the
"stuff" that I create.
All of the following programs are Free. No nags, no guilt, no incentives.
Just good clean fun! My only hope is that you'll enjoy them. I wrote them all
using the PocketC compiler from
OrbWorks.
Always check back here for the most current version of any of these programs.
I post them here before uploading them anywhere.
Dice Poker
Like 5-card draw poker, except with dice. You against the Palm. Statistics
are kept of win percentages and best games. A 28K download ZIP file.
Download DicePoker 1.03
Hungman
Play the game of Hangman with your Palm Pilot. Use only the word lists
that appeal to you. Fun and educational. Word lists provided are:
BTW - did I tell you that I like your program!(Hungman) Thanks! -tom
vanderpool
Hungman's great. My wife and I were just playing it on my Visor and we
plan to let our young sons use it in the car as both an educational and fun
game (slipping in a little schooling with the fun :) ). - Walter Jeffries
Mirrors
A simple drawing game for small children. Whatever they draw on the screen
is mirrored in all four quadrants. I said it was simple! A 22K
download ZIP file. Download Mirrors 1.00
I just downloaded your programs for my 8 year old son to see and play
with. What great games! Thank you so much. The mirror program is such a
fabulous idea. -Mary Ann McDowell
Pig
A dice game. You against the Palm. A simple and exciting game, but don't
be too greedy! A 27K download ZIP file. Download Pig 1.07
Just a quick note to tell you that I really enjoy your game(Pig). It has
made long plane rides a bit more bearable. Thank You. -Bruce H. Smith
Just a quick note to say that I've enjoyed killing time with the Pig
game recently. It really is a fairly educational game of statistics and
probability once you get right down to it. -Chip Downs
Just wanted to let you know I love Pig. It is addictive. -Mike Haddon
I've been playin' Pig 1.00 on my pilot for a few weeks now, and like it
a lot. I was very pleased to see the updates, they make it even better -Eric
Lundquist.
You're going to get me fired! PIG is terrific. Thank you for investing
your time and skill creating such an interesting diversion. -Patrick K.
Nicholson
Pig is an addictive little game. It's not often the Palm beats me more
than half the time in any game, but the Palm is either smarter or luckier
than me in this game. (The engineer in me wants to plot out the statistical
odds of the darned Palm winning all the time...) I wouldn't call it a
must-have game, but it's in my top 10 or 15. -Lisa Reid
pSoundex
A tool for Genealogists. Give it a surname and it displays the
corresponding soundex code. A 25K download ZIP file. Download pSoundex 1.01
Robots' Lair
A reconstruction from my memory of a game that was popular in the early
days of microcomputers. And I've enhanced it a lot! Escape the robots, but
don't touch the walls! Use the teleport pads, your zapper belt, and a wild
leap to escape. Multiple random levels, with statistics. A 27K download ZIP
file. Download Robots' Lair 1.15
THIS IS AWESOME!(Robots) I'm addicted. This game is a lot of fun. -Jerry
Kreifels, USA
This was a very nice experience that a simple game like this has taken
me for hours behind the Palm. I can't stop playing your Robot game. It's
really a very good game. -Michael Remachi
This is a very simple but very fun game(Robots). If you decide to try
it, make sure you have some time on your hands because you will not want to
put it down. Addictive? Ha! What an understatement. -Jason Debler
I'm just writing to tell you how much I enjoy playing your version of
Robot's Lair (v1.06) for the Palm Pilot. It really takes me back to my early
unix days. -Simon Raik Allen
Damn! This thing's addictive!(Robots) I've lost literally hours playing
it. ...This sucker just keeps getting better. ...*love* the speed
improvements and the improvements in the "move" directions, including "stand
until in danger", although *that* one got me killed once because I didn't
notice a robot which had cuddled up next to me from the other side. :)
-Geoffrey Kidd
BTW I LOVE this game!(Robots) Good Work! -Howard Chui
Man, your game(Robots) is addictive!!!! -Juan Antonio Martinez
A great game.(Robots) I think I've maxed out at level 83 -Roby Trotter
I've been spending too much time playing Robots... There are clearly
people who are much smarter than me or who have much more time to waste, er,
spend. Thanks a lot, it's a fun game. -Brett Levay-Young, Ph.D.
Thank you for this great game(Robots). It happens to be one of the first
games I played on a computer ever. -Brian Altschul
Downloaded your robot game yesterday (I got my Handspring Visor the day
before that). Your game was a fun way of learning to use the stylus. -Ken
Parker
I am a Palm user and have played around a bit with your Robots app.
Reminds me a great deal of late night BBC-fare. Anyway, have had fun during
extremely boring meetings, so well done. -Steve Kohler
Make sure you have some foam padding before you download this game
(Robots), because you'll be on your knees worshiping both it's simplicity
and it's genious. Quite possibly the one of the simplest and most addictive
games i've ever played. I recommend this game to anyone who has a lifetime
to spare. -Jay Hamman
I love this game (Robots)... fun? yes yes. Thanks for making the game, i
worship your ingenuity and lack of better things to do. -Darthbert
Sorting Hat
The Sorting Hat, as described in Harry Potter book 1. It looks deep inside
you, selects the House for you at Hogwarts, and tells you about your parents.
Your kids will be thrilled with this program. A "cheat" mode has been added. A
27k download ZIP file. Download Sorting Hat 1.01
This program is ingenious(Sorting Hat). It is simple and beautiful in
design. Hat's off to Jim Knopf for recognizing an opportunity and seizing
it. Like the description says, kids are guaranteed to LOVE this program.
P.S. I'm in Gryffindor. -Jeffrey Blatt
This is a wonderfully clever idea(Sorting Hat). My two children loved
it. My daughter was proud of the fact that she was in the same house as
Harry. -Erik Rauch
(Sorting hat)Tip of the hat to Jim Knopf! My 10-year-old daughter loves
the program (I had to explain to her why taking my Visor to school to sort
her friends was a bad idea). Our whole family is in Ravenclaw! Except for
our black dog, which wound up in Slytherin. I always knew there was
something about her... -Derek Gilbert
Just thought I'd drop you a note to say thanks for the Sorting Hat
software. Just downlowded it today and the kids are "Sorting" everyone they
can think of. They are having a blast with it. -Kevin Skinner
I just wanted to thank you on behalf of myself and my nephew for your
"Sorting Hat" program... we both are avid fans of Rowling's "Harry Potter"
books, and have used "Hat" dozens of times on our family members and
friends... -Jonathan Abucejo
Positively top notch. Keeps my kiddos busy sorting themselves and their
friends. Really, really well done. Lord Voldemort may not like it but
SORTING HAT is a winner! -Mark Roberts