- Original Release: 2002
- Developer: Digital Bridges
- Publisher: Activision
- Platform: WAP
- Not played: No playable builds available
A very early mobile game, made for WAP (Wireless Application Protocol). This is essentially a browser-based game made by people who had a lot of ambition for what mobile phone games could do. First Duty was an adventure game set at Starfleet Academy. You needed to complete a four year training course. I spoke to one of the developers who describe it as a “chose your own path” game.
First Duty was similar to a previous game of theirs called Sorcery!, based on the Steve Jackson book, made as a precursor to their big Star Trek project: Star Trek: Prime Directive.
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I had this. I went to University in 2002 and I remember playing this in the halls of residence on my Nokia!
I always liked games like these where every single pixel counts. On whatever platform.
Wireless Application Protocol, rather than Access, but it’s easy to get caught out by that; I know it used to happen to me a lot.
Oh wow. I remember designing a WAP version of my College’s web site in the early 2000s. These screens looks cool, especially in the light of as someone else commented, every pixel counted.
I thought you were heading in a different direction when you mentioned WAP.
I remember WAP. I even wrote a simple address book for it. It even dialed the number when you tapped it.