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I used to own many game consoles as I was young. The game boy, the nintendo, and you can go old as you can go, I have it.But when I grew older, I slowly realized that gaming with all those big cartridges may not suit me, so it kept the gamers gaming spirit suppressed inside.

Then born was the PSP’s, the Nintendo DS, and other portable gaming consoles that went popular with all those cool graphics and great games of every genre. From racing to RPG, to more casual games when you just want to “kill time” while waiting in line or something like that.

It sure made some high hopes for me, because I can bring my gaming experience anywhere and do it when I choose, but there is another tiny dilemma, working in the corporate world, don’t you think its a turn off seeing a grown man working with a PSP in hand? Well, in my opinion at least, I was not comfortable with the thought.

I wanted something discreet, yet it could deliver the gaming experience I always wanted, the great graphics, the gameplay, and the gamer inside of me could be unleashed.

The iPhone, ah, the sheer genius of Macintosh, isn’t it? A great company creating a hip phone with all the cool graphics and interface built in a pocket size mobile phone.

The news broke out that iPhone was made, and there was a “sub-world” if I may call it, iPhone gaming. Because of the great hardware Mac created with the iPhone, applications did not only came in calculators or the default games like Snake, but it created a whole new opportunity to enjoy gaming even in a mobile phone such as the iPhone.

The individuals of the past two decades hooked to video games are very acquainted with Mario and Nintendo. Of all the video games created in the 1980s, the Mario games were the most popular.  You will certainly agree with me when I say that Mario games were the best video games in those days! This somewhat hard to play game with a casual concept was more than addicting! The first Mario game was the Donkey Kong devised for the Atari game. Mario, with his cute looks and smart actions was the heartthrob of all the children back in 1980s and 90s.

With the help of Mario, Nintendo was always capable to win over problems. These escapades of Mario and his companions contributed to popularize the Mario game series in the video games world.  The games that had Mario on the binding produced more sales than those video games that had Nintendo and other companions on their covers. Thus, the voracious plumber Mario, who survived on a diet of spaghetti, mushrooms and flowers, was regarded as the cash cow for the success of Nintendo’s adventures.

With progression in technology, producers of Mario games are recreating the adventures of Mario and Nintendo. This has resulted in you catching up with all your childhood escapades. The Mario games are now accessible on the internet. Interestingly, the makers are now coming up with new adventures of Mario for the existing generation of kids. The sites devoted to Mario games have all the games from the days when the Mario series began. You can now live over your childhood on the Mario games internet site.

So, just what is a game server? Before answering that question, it’s important to understand how online gaming works. Many popular games today, first person shooters in particular, support online play. Such Internet-based play expands the game to whole new levels, and provides an experience not possible in single player environments. Players ranging in numbers from half a dozen to as many as sixty-four can all join what’s called a game server and play on the same map (game level) at the same time. Gaming servers work much like web servers, but instead of hosting websites, host game matches that others can join. Though the game itself is not loaded from the server, important game information such as player scores and rules are. Think of them in terms of a soccer stadium. The stadium provides a scoreboard and a field to play on, and the players come to the stadium to play.

While it is possible for a gamer to host a server on his computer, such servers are only suitable for a small number of players due to the slow speed of their connections. Game servers of any decent size are hosted by what are known as server providers in large data centers. With high-speed connection speeds and high-end server hardware, these providers can host servers of any size. The most popular games hosted these days include the Battlefield series, Counter Strike: Source, the Call of Duty games, the Medal of Honor series, and Unreal Tournament. Most providers offer free support, the ability to change the hosted game on the fly, free voice servers for oral communication, and web hosting. Prices for gaming servers vary greatly from provider to the provider and game to game, but the average is around $2 per player. People who run game servers sometimes pay for them out of their own pockets, but often times a group of gamers will form what is called a clan and share the cost of the server. Once a server is setup, anyone can play on a server for free, though some servers are private and require a password to join.

With the rise of users of Apple’s iPhone, more and more software developers are making really cool games for your mobile on the road. It is said that iphone gaming will rule over the world (of gaming at least), and software developers are responding to such calling. Plug in the iPhone and you are good to go, being on the road should will not be boring that is for sure.

It is one of the great ways to save money to be involved in this because you can still enjoy cool games and graphics with a portion of the cost as compared to other gaming platforms such as Sony and Nintendo. With being more practical with money nowadays a must, the iPhone gaming era is worth considering.

With all of the many game developers out there for the iPhone, you can get any game that tickles your fancy, from puzzles to rpg games and the list goes on. But if your the type of person who wants to have “bang for the buck” games on iPhone gaming without compromising the fun and excitement, here is a trick that you can do.

Independent software developers launching new exciting games and concepts are the thing to watch out. They opt to launch unique and new games that may bring the iPhone gaming era to a whole new level. Buying ot testing games from them will give you the first hand experience of what is it to come with the future of iPhone gaming.

The good thing about this is that when they launch, you can either have it for free as a tester or for a cheaper price than the iPhone app store, or many have many bonuses. But do not let the price fool you, it is cheap because they are in the launching stage, but may even be cooler and more exciting than more costly games out there.