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How to be a Plant and Fish Tycoon (continued)
I spoke to Arthur Humphrey, CEO of LDW Software, about this issue. It turns out that Palm used to encourage developers to use the Unsaved Preferences file to store the status of video games, so LDW did. Their more recent games don't use this file.
I asked how we should back up our games. The best way to do this is to first pause the game, then use a backup program that will allow you to enable saving the Unsaved Preferences file. If you don't pause the game first, when you restore the backup, the game will bring your plants and fish to whatever age and condition they'd be in if you had left the game unattended for that amount of time. The odds are that your plants and fish will be dead. This process will work well for a planned restore (to a new handheld, perhaps), but won't help with a sudden memory loss. Granted, the loss of a game isn't really the end of the world, but it does feel like it!
I rate Fish Tycoon a 4, and Plant Tycoon a 3. Fish Tycoon deserves the higher rating because of its clear pause mode, stunning graphics, and more realistic research modes. Both games, for the right gamer, will provide endless hours of entertainment.
Plant Tycoon
OUR RATING: 3 of 5
Fish Tycoon
OUR RATING: 4 of 5
Product availability and resources
For more information on Plant and Fish Tycoon, visit http://www.ldw.com.
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Dr. Humayun Bakht completed his Ph.D at the School of Computing and Mathematics in Liverpool at John Moores University. Prior to his current course of studies, he has successfully completed his MSc Software Engineering and BSc Electronics Engineering from University of Liverpool UK and Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology in Karachi, Pakistan. Humayun's research interest is mobile ad-hoc networks, in particular, the development of a new routing algorithm for this type of networking. He can be reached at humayunbakht@yahoo.co.uk and you can visit his Web site at http://www.geocities.com/humayunbakht/.
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