Zeemote gets Sonic and Lara Croft

And we've got video proof of the former

| Feb 11, 2008

Zeemote has revealed another batch of games using its Zeemote JS1 Bluetooth controller. They include Eidos Mobile's Tomb Raider Anniversary and Sonic The Hedgehog Pt.1.

We know, because we nabbed a phone and Zeemote to have a go on the latter last night at the Showstoppers event, which kicks off the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona.

The game played like a dream – controlling Sonic with an analogue pad is much, much easier than fiddling with a keypad. See the video below for proof:

We didn't have a go on Tomb Raider Anniversary, but from what we know of the game, it's ripe for the Zeemote treatment too.

It's developed by FinBlade, the UK outfit that's also making an original game – Fireworks – for the Zeemote. FinBlade has also converted its Pub Darts 180 game (published by Vivendi Games Mobile) to work with the Zeemote.

The Mobile World Congress is pretty much Zeemote's coming-out party, since it's nominated for an innovation award at the show. The company isn't announcing who its first handset partner is yet, although last night all the demo handsets seemed to be Sony Ericssons.

Stuart Dredge

Stuart is a freelance journalist and blogger who's been getting paid to write stuff since 1998. In that time, he's focused on topics ranging from Sega's Dreamcast console to robots. That's what you call versatility. (Or a short attention span.)

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