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Guest reviewer Kevin Crossman, author of the world famous Lip Balm Anonymous site, takes a look at ZioGolf for the Palm OS. ZioGolf is a real-time, 3D golf game for color and monochrome devices.

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ZioGolf/fatal exception errors

I.M. Anonymous @ 9/5/2001 6:59:25 PM #

I tried the demo of this a few months ago and I kept getting "Fatal Exception Errors", so I took it off my palm. It would be a good game if this were not occurring.

RE: ZioGolf/fatal exception errors

kevdo @ 9/5/2001 7:20:28 PM #

Apparently earlier versions were unstable especially on new models (e.g. m505). 1.06 should work better.

RE: ZioGolf/fatal exception errors

I.M. Anonymous @ 9/5/2001 8:34:43 PM #

Well it is a good game, although the resource file still SUCKS. Like the other guy, I always get fatal exception errors, and it happens everytime I finish a golf course on my Clie. And leaving the ZioGolf file in RAM always resulted in fatal exceptions after a soft reset... Now I have to place it in the memory stick using PowerRun... Game design and graphics are great, but the stability IS FAR FROM PERFECT.

RE: ZioGolf/fatal exception errors

I.M. Anonymous @ 9/6/2001 7:53:30 PM #

Make sure you are using the right program. There are three. 1. for palm color 2. for palm handspring color 3. for palm gray. I had the same problem until I found that I was installing the gray version on a color device. Oh!!! No!!! that is noy going to work. Now the game plays great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do you know which file is which? They all look same.

I.M. Anonymous @ 9/6/2001 8:44:01 PM #

sucks.

Great game

I.M. Anonymous @ 9/5/2001 7:43:23 PM #

I have this game on my PPC and it is really fun. Oddly enough my wife who doesn't like games, likes this alot. Ziosoft did an excellent job in making this and am happy to see this making it's way around to other platforms.

Anyone who has this... and tried it, I would love to know how itplays on the Palm as I am thinking about buying it for relative for their Palm.

RE: Great game

lorenzszabo @ 9/8/2001 3:31:38 AM #

I have a Palm IIIc and Play ZioGolf 2 with several courses. It's a lot of fun and although it takes lot of memory, I love to play it. I even configured the Palm GamePad to play it.

I never had any problems! By the way: Upgrade to ZioGolf 2, and do not play ZioGolf 1.0x ...

:-) Lorenz

RE: Great game

I.M. Anonymous @ 9/21/2001 4:41:07 AM #

Whenever was there a Ziogolf 2 for Palm?

Is it just me, or?

Davy @ 9/5/2001 8:34:36 PM #

Hasn't this been out for like several months? I remember getting this game for my m505 when I got it in May, and it wasn't new then. What's the release date on this?

RE: Is it just me, or?

I.M. Anonymous @ 9/5/2001 8:40:46 PM #

Who cares? What difference does that make?

RE: Is it just me, or?

I.M. Anonymous @ 9/5/2001 11:54:38 PM #

Well what if I posted a review of the Palm Vx? Wouldn't that be a little silly. That is what he's saying. This is old news.

RE: Is it just me, or?

kevdo @ 9/6/2001 12:28:11 AM #

The game may have been out for a while but it is not universally known to the Palm community (unlike, say, Zap2000!).

It was my idea to suggest running this review - as it was a really good game but I hadn't seen much mention of it anywhere (took me several weeks to get around to doing the review).

-Kevin Crossman aka Kevdo

RE: Is it just me, or?

kevdo @ 9/6/2001 12:30:19 AM #

Also on the dated review issue: yes, a review of a Palm Vx would be a bit silly now. a) because it has been out forever and reviewed to death and b) because newer hardware is available.

Neither of these issues apply to this software-based review. a) This game has been out for a while - but not forver -- and this thing definitely hasn't been reviewed to death and b) until a new version of this game is available then the review is "timeless" in that it serves the needs of folks looking for a cool game.

Finally, remember that the story was presented as a **REVIEW** not a **NEWS** piece. If it was presented as News, then yes that would not make as much sense.

RE: Is it just me, or?

I.M. Anonymous @ 9/6/2001 12:34:15 AM #

It's a review, and not news, and why is the assumption, that just because you know about it, that we all know about it.

RE: Is it just me, or?

I.M. Anonymous @ 9/6/2001 5:16:11 AM #

Boy, you give an example, like the Palm Vx, and someone beats you on the head. I got your point, you could have used a toaster instead, but then again, the same guy would focus on the toaster and not the fact that its still old news.

RE: Is it just me, or?

I.M. Anonymous @ 9/6/2001 6:34:05 AM #

Probably a marketing stunt. Usually, they will call...lets say Ed in this case...and ask him to review a product. They pay him to review it knowing that a ton of people will see it. It doesnt matter how old the product is. If someone calls you and offers you a thousand bucks to review a Palm III, would you take it? Absolutely...

In all fairness, these companies will ask that the reviewer be nice but critical....

RE: Is it just me, or?

admin @ 9/6/2001 8:39:09 AM #

Probably a marketing stunt. Usually, they will call...

What? That is preposterous! First off, we do not get paid or accept "bribes" to post news stories or reviews. Heck, we did not even get a free copy to review. Kevin bought the registered version and offered to send us a review that he did on his own time. Please lighten up people.

Yes, the game has been out for some time now. IMHO, reviews are relatively timeless as long as the product is still on the market. If you hadn't heard of it before than it's news to you.

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RE: Is it just me, or?

I.M. Anonymous @ 9/7/2001 1:28:12 AM #

I totally agree with you. And it's ALWAYS nice to see a good review, no matter how un-fresh it is. I love reviews here. Please keep up good job.

A friendly word of warning!

JDM @ 9/6/2001 6:58:30 AM #

I've just downloaded the ZioGolf trial and sync it onto my m505.

I've tried to open the game 3 times now and it has caused my palm to do a soft reset each time.

I think its safe to say that there are still problems with ZioGolf working on newer palm models.

Its a shame 'cos it looked like a fun game. Is anyone else having similar problems?

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JDM

Earth...mostly harmless.

RE: A friendly word of warning!

I.M. Anonymous @ 9/6/2001 7:27:23 AM #

It is safe to say that this game does not run properly on the m505. I've tried 1.05 and 1.06 and it only runs the first time you install it. After that you get a blank white screen.

RE: A friendly word of warning!

hockeychiro @ 9/6/2001 10:04:41 AM #

I also downloaded this to my m505 last week and tried to play it, and gave up after 4 soft resets. I never did get the game to launch. I ended up just deleting it. It's a shame, because I am not a big game player, I just like to have a few available while killing time in the car waiting to pick the kids up from sports practices or piano lessons.