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Here is a list of Location-Based Mobile Games found by Mjriam Struppeck from www.interactionfield.de in Bauwelt, (a german architecture Magazine)

Pac-Manhattan, by Dennis Crowley, Frank Lantz (instructor) and others
http://pacmanhattan.com
Location: Manhattan, New York, USA - 2004

Navigate the Streets, by Level 28 Brands
http://www.navigatethestreets.com
Location: Several Cities in Canada - 2004

I Like Frank in Adelaide, by Blast Theory
http://www.blasttheory.co.uk/frank/play.php
Location: Adelaide, Australia - 2004

Pirates!, by PLAY research studio, Interactive Institute
http://play.tii.se/projects/pirates/index.html
Location: HUC conference in Bristol, UK - August 2000

CitiTag, by HP Labs, the Open University's Knowledge Media Institute (KMi)
http://cnm.open.ac.uk/projects/cititag
Location: Bristol, UK - 2004

Undercover, by YDreams
http://www.playundercover.com/index.jsp
Location: Hong Kong / Portugal - since 2003

Uncle Roy All Around You, by Blast Theory
http://www.uncleroyallaroundyou.co.uk
Location: London, UK - 2003

Can You See Me Now?, by Blast Theory
http://www.canyouseemenow.co.uk
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands, March - 2003

Mogi, Newt Games
http://www.mogimogi.com
Location: Tokyo, Japan - since 2003

, by Amy Hung
http://a.parsons.edu/~awhung/thesis
Location: Times Square, NYC, USA - 2003

Urban Challenge, by Verizon Wireless
http://www.urbanchallenge.com
Location: Several Cities in USA - since 2002

NodeRunner, by Yury Gitman, Carlos J. Gomez de Llarena
http://www.uncommonprojects.com/noderunner
Location: NYC, USA - since 2002

The Go Game, by Wink Back, Inc.
http://www.thegogame.com/brownie/index.asp
Location: San Francisco, USA - since 2001

MobileHunt, by HIPnTASTY
http://www.mobilehunt.com/about.asp
Location: USA and Canada - since 2001

Cutlass - Treasure Hunt, by DCA Productions, Steve Bull (CEO)
http://ctlss.com/treasure_hunt/html/main.html
Location: Times Square, NYC, USA - since 2001

GunSlingers, Mikoishi Studios
http://guns.mikoishi.com
Location: Singapore - 2003

TreasureMachine, Unwiredfactory
http://www.unwiredfactory.com

BattleMachine / Zonemaster, by Unwiredfactory
http://www.de.battlemachine.com
http://www.zonemaster.myorange.dk

BotFighters, by It's Alive
http://www.botfighters.com
Location: Sweden, Finland, Ireland, Russia - since 2000

Geocaching/GPS Stash Hunt, by Groundspeak
http://www.geocaching.com

Outdoor Mixed-reality Games

NetAttack
http://www.fit.fraunhofer.de/projects/netattack

Human Pacman
http://mixedreality.nus.edu.sg/research-HP-infor.htm

Demor
http://student-kmt.hku.nl/~g7/site/index_.html

From Locative mailing list

See also:

Asphalt Games (Intel Research)
http://www.asphalt-games.net/

Operation Urban Terrain
http://www.opensorcery.net/OUT/

thx Anne

and M.A.D. Countdown, by Steffen P. Walz.
www.madcountdown.de/

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See also:

Asphalt Games (Intel Research)
http://www.asphalt-games.net/

Operation Urban Terrain
http://www.opensorcery.net/OUT/

Clay Shirky

See also:

Big Urban Game, also by Frank Lantz
http://design.umn.edu/go/project/TCDC03.2.BUG

Swordfish - Blister Entertainment has developed North Amercica's first location-based game using GPS technology.

BLISTER ENTERTAINMENT
Swordfish - North Amercica's first location-based game using GPS technology.
www.blisterent.com/swordfish

Yo! LOOTWAR by Mikusoft. Can't get more urban than that. Check it out at http://www.LootWar.com - multiplayer coming on strong. This is a paid announcement. J/K

check out lootwar.com
now that is urban!

Crenshaw

Lootwarfrom lootwar.com looks off the hook yo, where can I get a copy of this game?

Hi,

Our Game Research Lab in Tampere, Finland is researching and developing a location-based mobile game in the Mogame project:

http://www.uta.fi/hyper/projektit/mogame/english.html

Best,

-- Frans

Nike ran "Operation 6453" in May, an SMS-based scavenger hunt in NYC, developed by R/GA.

ConQwest: Camera phones + Semacodes (2D barodes) combined to create a treasure hunt featuring giant inflatable animals as game pieces.

http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/~dc788/conqwest


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