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Multiplayer Games Coming to Cell Phones
By MATT SLAGLE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - As millions buy increasingly powerful cell phones, many companies are racing to develop video games to take advantage of the newfound portability.
The newest twist is multiplayer: You can face real people in space battles or fishing tournaments. Until recently, multiplayer on cell phones game meant at most posting high scores on a leader board.
It's difficult to compare ``Momentum'' to the cinematic landscapes and sweeping orchestral scores common in many popular video games, but that would be missing the point.
Unlike most games for cellular phones in the United States, ``Momentum'' lets Allen Eichler challenge up to five people from just about anywhere in the country to collect coins scattered throughout a maze.
Eichler, the creator of ``Momentum,'' said true multiplayer games are a challenge.
There are technical hurdles with pumping game information through slow cell phone networks and with tuning computer servers to handle mobile multiplayer games.
There's also the question of availability. For now, ``Momentum'' runs on a limited number of handsets offered through Verizon Wireless...
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