Every now and then, a popular game will be scaled down and brought to the mobile venue. Sometimes it works like a charm and sometimes things don't translate well to the small screen. Concrete Software Inc. has released a mobile version of the popular PC game, Sid Meier's Pirates! ($4.99). The game's origins date back to the days of the Commodore 64 and Pirates! would see considerable success on the PC, MAC, and other gaming platforms such as Nintendo and Xbox.

Could the mobile version of this popular game be as successful as the previous versions?  Just past the break, see if Concrete Software has created a hit or a miss in bringing Pirates! to the mobile platform.

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Here comes the weekend and I'll be spending some of it working and the rest of it playing Concrete Software's 3D Lawn Darts (buy at WMExperts Store) - a fun little game that uses the camera on your Windows Mobile device to detect how hard and in what direction you're throwing the dart. It's a blast.

Below, for your viewing pleasure, is myself and Chris Kingree nerding it up with the Lawn Darts game. We're playing multiplayer over bluetooth, but it also comes with a fun single player mode that you can demo for free (choose "install now" at this link to have a link to the demo SMS'd to you auto-magically).

(Concrete Software also makes a Texas Hold'em game that's my favorite of the poker-on-your-WM device bunch.)