+stora Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 HI I was board the other day and started to play on one of the 'in built' games on my GPSr. (beast hunter) I was wondering if anyone else plays these games and if so which ones. Quote Link to comment
+The Bolas Heathens Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 My 7 year old and I have just been outside playing GekoSmak. Really good fun but it does look very odd if you are watching the player as they hurtle round if random directions as fast as they can . Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I play several games with my GPS. One of them is my favourite; Hunt the Etrex. I start at the back of the sofa and work slowly out in a spiral until I find it. I also like Battery Roulette, where I try to find one or more caches before the half-dead rechargables give out, having forgotten to bring any spares. Always lots of fun Quote Link to comment
+M3ZPY Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I play the asteriods game but get flipping dizzy after a while!! Quote Link to comment
rynd Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I play several games with my GPS. One of them is my favourite; Hunt the Etrex. I start at the back of the sofa and work slowly out in a spiral until I find it. I also like Battery Roulette, where I try to find one or more caches before the half-dead rechargables give out, having forgotten to bring any spares. Always lots of fun I play a version of Hunt the GPS but I do it in the cab of the pickup. Quote Link to comment
+McDeHack Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I haven't got any games on my Etrex (Yellow) or have I? If so where are they? Anyway Playing game are for what I have a PSP for. Quote Link to comment
+Ian Too Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I play several games with my GPS. One of them is my favourite; Hunt the Etrex. I start at the back of the sofa and work slowly out in a spiral until I find it. I also like Battery Roulette, where I try to find one or more caches before the half-dead rechargables give out, having forgotten to bring any spares. Always lots of fun Hey I also play these along with the famous 'which pocket am I keeping the charged batteries in' game, where I spend ages searching various pockets and then absent-mindedly put the exhausted batteries in with the charged ones. Oh it is such fun. Quote Link to comment
+The Bongtwashes Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I play several games with my GPS. One of them is my favourite; Hunt the Etrex. I start at the back of the sofa and work slowly out in a spiral until I find it. I also like Battery Roulette, where I try to find one or more caches before the half-dead rechargables give out, having forgotten to bring any spares. Always lots of fun Hey I also play these along with the famous 'which pocket am I keeping the charged batteries in' game, where I spend ages searching various pockets and then absent-mindedly put the exhausted batteries in with the charged ones. Oh it is such fun. I've played a very similar game too, especially check my log for The Craft. I was very lucky that I had fairly recently picked up a Hornet Bug Torch, which had two AA batteries. Quote Link to comment
NickPick Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I'd owned my etrex for about 3 years, using it for mundane everyday tasks like helping me to find my clients' offices, friends' houses, logging the position of manhole covers (for work - I'm not that sad!). Then one day, I discovered that I can play games with it. My favorite is called geocaching - people hide boxes all over the place and publish the coordinates on the internet, then others can go and find them. It's great! Quote Link to comment
+purple_pineapple Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I'd owned my etrex for about 3 years, using it for mundane everyday tasks like helping me to find my clients' offices, friends' houses, logging the position of manhole covers (for work - I'm not that sad!). Then one day, I discovered that I can play games with it. My favorite is called geocaching - people hide boxes all over the place and publish the coordinates on the internet, then others can go and find them. It's great! hmm, sounds a bit geeky to me nick why would you wanna do that? personally, my fav game is etrex roulette. When the time comes, out in the field and a long way from nowhere, I fish around in my rucsac, wondering if I have my GPS or a banana.... Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I once tried a game of "see how far you can drive with a SporTrak on your car roof". Never did find out how well I did :$ Quote Link to comment
+purple_pineapple Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 (edited) I once tried a game of "see how far you can drive with a SporTrak on your car roof". Never did find out how well I did :$ I can tell you how far you can get with an etrex camo on the roof.... not very far at all! The camo lasted about 12 metres out of the car park, whilst the journey until we noticed lasted about 3 miles down the road.... fortunately, being a nice tough etrex, it survived! However, if you want a really amazing story, I can also tell you that a pair of glasses will last 200 odd miles down a german autobahn, at speeds of over 100 mph (yes its legal!), without falling off. We reckoned that they were caught on the seal of the sunroof, and the wind speed was pushing them down onto the car, thus ensuring they stayed caught. Still pretty dadgum shocked to get out at a service station to fill up with petrol, wondering where my glasses were and whether I'd left them in the last one, only to discover them on the roof of the car! edit for wrong where, and also to say whats wrong with d%mn ? Edited March 31, 2006 by purple_pineapple Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 LOL. yeah d@mn is a naghty word aparently, amazing which words AREN'T. I seem to remember this getting out of hand LAST time, so let's not go there eh? Quote Link to comment
+Wizard William and Team Morris Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 Recommend you look at - Hacking GPS. - by Kathie Kingsley - Hughes. It tells you how to improve your own GPSr and how to play games using it rather than playing games that are on it. Of course, geocaching is covered extensively with some great tips. Quote Link to comment
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