May 9, 2008

Download First Zune Games - Here's How

If you want your first taste of Zune gaming, here is how you do it. Now, we warn you here - this ain't going to be easy.

But it should be a lot of fun.

The XNA 3.0 Games Studio "Community Technical Preview" comes with the ability to "test" Zune games on any Zune with the 2.5 upgrade (or better obviously).

Basically you use the system to put the games on your Zune, play them/test them on you Zune and then go from there.

And, yes, they come with some "demo" games. We've played 'em and, darn it, they're kinda fun.

No cost at this point and a fun look at where Zune Games are going.

Now remember, this is a bit of a "hack" as the real purpose for this product is to test the XNA system against a Zune. But, you smart Zune Luvers know what to do, don't you?

If you've done it, please report your results below. Which is your favorite game?

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  • diananichole
    oh yeah, i just remembered that i have checkers in my zune games... where can i install games? i really need help
  • diananichole
    gosh, you know what, my zune just hanged... i didn't used it for one night.. i can't sleep
  • diananichole
    hey, where can i download zune games? i already have sudoku, space battle, hexic, texas hold 'em. where can i find more games?
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  • diananichole
    i love zune... i never leave without it.. how can i install games again?
  • TurboBunghole
    i dont understand, i have the game on my zune, but every time i open it up my zune just shuts off. its really annoying.
  • this takes sooooooooooooooo long 2 download and i dont even know how to do itcan microsoft make something simple 1 time
  • kelley
    ok this is a stupid question but where is the link for other games..
    so far i only have sudoku, checkers, space battle and texas hold em. where do i get the others?
  • Nooby
    Every time i click on the .snl file in the RAR software it opens up in Microsoft Visual C# 2008 and says:
    " One or more projects in the solution could not be loaded for the following reasons:
    The project file or web has been moved, renamed or is not on your computer.
    These projects will be labeled as unavailable in Solution Explorer. Expand the project node to show the reason the project could not be loaded."

    Ive been trying everything to be able to put games on my zune but this problem doesnt allow me to. PLEASE HELP!!! thx.
  • Jasmine
    I've tried to download games on my zune. I'm completly lost. I know EXACTLY what to do, but my zune won't load onto this one thing I need it too. HAH!!! I can't do it yet. Please help??? Any easier way to do this???
  • Hugoo
    Thisis probally really dumb of me but where do you get the link to download the games? I've allready got teris, collapse, alien aggressor. where can i get the apps and the other avaliable games. Thnks
  • Josh
    I couldn't really figure out how to play the worms game on the zune. tetris is ok, there are a couple of good applications. I like the clock on it. you can still listen to music in your playlists while you have the clock app running. there are a couple others too that are good. Overall, the ability to play games on the zune at all is a big feat. It's cool to be one of the handfull of people to be able to know how to do that.



    P.S. anyone looking on how to put games onto their zune can go to zuneboards.com or go to the zune.net forum section and there's a link on where to go to start getting games. Have fun and pass this info around and maybe people will make more games and expand on the possibilities that zune holds. ZUNE RULES!!!!
  • george
    i like the "worms" from zuneboards.com
  • I disagree, it was quite easy, I was surprised at how hassle free MS made this and have already started work porting some of my games :)
  • jon
    My favorite game is tetris. Never gets old. What are these demo's you are talking about. From Microsoft? If so, where?
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