Android Apps
Hero of Sparta available FREE today for Android gamers
December 22, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
Android Games
Gameloft is offering another free download for fans of its top-notch 3D games. Having previously provided free copies of the adventure game Dungeon Hunter, Gameloft is running a one-day promotion that will provide free copies of Hero of Sparta to anyone with an Android phone compatible with the device.
Hero of Sparta tells the story of King Argos, a warrior king who must destroy a dark god and the wicked Greeks who worship him. Sparta is a classic journey fighting game with lots of stories, bonus points, and special attacks that can be unlocked. It’s a fun, good-looking game that has proven popular in several formats.
Interested parties can open their phone’s browser and navigate to www.gameloft.com/android-hd-games. Then search for the “Limited offer: free download” link and you’ll be able to obtain a free copy of the game. An additional download of game data will also be required, but users will be slashing away in no time once the Wi-Fi connection reappears.
While my previous attempts at purchasing Gameloft games have been so frustrating that I’ve sworn off the company until it distributes the Android Market, I was thankfully able to download Sparta without issue today. Here’s a list of the phones that are compatible:
HTC Google Nexus One
HTC Desire/Bravo
HTC Incredible
HTC EVO 4G
HTC Desire Z
HTC desire HD
HTC My touch 4G
Motorola Droid
Motorola Droid X
Motorola Droid 2
Motorola Milestone
Motorola Motoroi
Motorola Milestone 2
Motorola Jordan
Samsung Galaxy S
Samsung Vibrant
Samsung Epic 4G
Samsung Fascinate
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
For US users: Compatible devices ranked by US carrier:
Sprint: HTC EVO 4G
Sprint: HTC My touch 4G
Sprint: Samsung Epic 4G – Galaxy S
T-Mobile: HTC Desire Z – G2
T-Mobile: Motorola Jordan
T-Mobile: Samsung Vibrant – Galaxy S
Verizon: HTC Incredible
Verizon: Motorola Droid
Verizon: Motorola Droid X
Verizon: Motorola Droid 2
Verizon: Motorola Milestone
Verizon: Motorola Motoroi
Verizon: Motorola Milestone 2
Verizon: Samsung Fascinate – Galaxy S
US Cellular: Samsung Mesmerize – Galaxy S
Various: HTC Google Nexus One
Various: HTC Desire/Bravo
Various: HTC desire HD
Various: Samsung Galaxy S
Various: Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
The link to Gameloft is pointing back to an Androinica page that's giving a 404. It's not going to http://www.gameloft.com/android-hd-games
Clicked on the text message in response to giving my phone # was taken to a page that said no games available for my phone. Droid x
Yeah I'm not getting this to work, I download their dumb app and it says $4.99 in there. I go to downloads and it says nothing.
That was a whole lotta nothin'. No games available for my mobile after clicking on the link in the txt msg. Fail.
For people having trouble with the text message, go directly to the website from your phone: http://www.gameloft.com/android-hd-games/
It just says "Get it again" for me, which downloads that dumb bookmark app again and when I enter that it's $4.99
Isn't this the same company that has sometimes triple-charged customers? I think I'll stay away from them.
I got to pay twice for a game since the webpage was slow and I hit ok twice.. Anyway if I choose phone on that site it takes me to asphalt 5 page instead.
Not a difficult solution. If it selects Asphalt scroll back down and click on Hero of Sparta 'Free' and enter your phone number to get the SMS to download. Preferably go the the site directly on your phone and just download it without having to send it to your SMS. My recent post Gameloft releases Ultimate Spiderman- Total Mayhem for Android
Visit this androinica webpage with your android powered device, change browser's user agent to android, click the link provided in the article, and you'll get to the free download button. After download openbthe downloaded file, and install it. it's called 100% something. after install, open it, and click the download free buttonbonce again, and hero of sparta will be downloaded. Works just fine on my Desire. After all that, you can change the useragent back to desktop in the browser.
Played this game on PSP. Absolutely terrible. you'd have to pay me to play this again.
Why do not distribute through Android Market, especially if the game is free? What could be the downside from their perspective? -Joe Wagner Founder, Gold Flow Points