<s>
The	O
Tapwave	B-Application
Zodiac	I-Application
is	O
a	O
mobile	O
entertainment	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tapwave	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
system	O
in	O
May	O
2003	O
and	O
began	O
shipping	O
in	O
October	O
of	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
running	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
Operating	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
(	O
5.2T	O
)	O
,	O
Zodiac	O
also	O
provided	O
access	O
to	O
Palm	O
's	O
personal	O
information	O
management	O
software	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
applications	O
from	O
the	O
Palm	O
developer	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
titles	O
for	O
the	O
product	O
included	O
Tony	B-Application
Hawk	I-Application
's	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
Skater	I-Application
4	I-Application
(	O
Activision	O
)	O
;	O
Mototrax	O
(	O
Activision	O
)	O
;	O
SpyHunter	B-Application
(	O
Midway	O
)	O
;	O
Madden	B-Application
NFL	I-Application
2005	I-Application
(	O
EA/MDM	O
)	O
;	O
Doom	B-Application
II	I-Application
(	O
id	O
Software	O
)	O
;	O
Golden	B-Application
Axe	I-Application
III	I-Application
and	O
Altered	B-Application
Beast	I-Application
(	O
Sega	O
)	O
;	O
Warfare	B-Application
Incorporated	I-Application
(	O
Handmark	O
)	O
;	O
and	O
Duke	B-Device
Nukem	I-Device
Mobile	I-Device
(	O
3D	O
Realms/MachineWorks	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
insufficient	O
funding	O
and	O
strong	O
competitive	O
pressure	O
from	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
(	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
)	O
from	O
Sony	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
pre-announced	O
at	O
E3	O
on	O
May	O
16	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
and	O
shipped	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
2005	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
from	O
Nintendo	O
(	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
21	O
,	O
2004	O
)	O
,	O
Tapwave	B-Application
sold	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
multibillion-dollar	O
corporation	O
in	O
Asia	O
in	O
July	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Zodiac	O
console	O
garnered	O
strong	O
product	O
reviews	O
and	O
received	O
many	O
industry	O
awards	O
including	O
Popular	O
Sciences	O
Best	O
of	O
What	O
's	O
New	O
Award	O
,	O
Stuff	O
magazine	O
's	O
Top	O
10	O
Gadgets	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
,	O
Wired	O
magazine	O
's	O
Fetish	O
Award	O
,	O
CNET	O
's	O
Editor	O
's	O
Choice	O
Award	O
,	O
PC	O
Worlds	O
2004	O
Next	O
Gear	O
Innovations	O
Award	O
;	O
PC	O
Magazines	O
1st	O
Place	O
Last	O
Gadget	O
Standing	O
at	O
CES	O
;	O
Handheld	B-Application
Computing	O
magazine	O
's	O
Most	O
Innovative	O
PDA	B-Application
of	O
2003	O
;	O
Time	O
magazine	O
Best	O
Gear	O
of	O
2003	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
Business	O
Week	O
Best	O
Products	O
of	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
MP3	B-Application
music	I-Application
player	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
custom	O
playlists	O
using	O
drag-and-dropping	O
of	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MP3	B-Application
music	I-Application
files	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
from	O
either	O
SD	B-Device
slot	I-Device
,	O
or	O
the	O
internal	O
memory	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MP3	B-Application
files	I-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
alarms	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
conventional	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
alarms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photos	O
(	O
JPEG	O
or	O
PNG	O
format	O
)	O
could	O
be	O
downloaded	O
to	O
the	O
device	O
using	O
the	O
Palm	O
Desktop	O
software	O
or	O
loaded	O
onto	O
SD	B-Device
cards	I-Device
,	O
and	O
could	O
be	O
shared	O
and	O
made	O
into	O
a	O
slideshow	O
(	O
with	O
background	O
music	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bundled	O
video	O
player	O
on	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
Kinoma	O
,	O
would	O
only	O
play	O
videos	O
in	O
a	O
proprietary	O
format	O
,	O
converted	O
using	O
the	O
Kinoma	O
Producer	O
software	O
(	O
which	O
supported	O
conversion	O
of	O
MPEG1	O
,	O
MPEG4	B-Algorithm
,	O
QuickTime	O
,	O
AVI	O
and	O
DivX	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
aftermarket	O
DivX	B-Application
and	O
XviD	B-Algorithm
players	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
TCPMP	B-Language
)	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
bankruptcy	O
,	O
Tapwave	B-Application
were	O
working	O
on	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
supply	O
MPEG-4	B-Algorithm
hardware	O
decoding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
metal	O
construction	O
of	O
the	O
Zodiac	O
,	O
the	O
device	O
was	O
seen	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
solid	O
than	O
other	O
PDAs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Zodiac	O
is	O
a	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
5-compatible	O
device	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
software	O
compatible	O
with	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
5	O
runs	O
without	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
most	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
5-compatible	O
games	O
play	O
on	O
the	O
Zodiac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tapwave	B-Application
also	O
provided	O
proprietary	O
APIs	O
to	O
allow	O
developers	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
Zodiac	O
's	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
great	O
deal	O
of	O
freeware	B-License
and	O
shareware	B-License
games	I-License
and	O
emulators	B-Application
are	O
therefore	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
versions	O
of	O
Doom	B-Application
,	O
Quake	B-Application
,	O
Hexen	B-Application
,	O
Hexen	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Heretic	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
versions	O
of	O
emulators	B-Application
such	O
as	O
UAE	B-Device
,	O
ScummVM	B-Device
,	O
and	O
LJZ/LJP	O
,	O
a	O
multi-system	O
emulator	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
have	O
also	O
been	O
attempts	O
to	O
emulate	O
PlayStation	B-Device
games	O
onto	O
the	O
Zodiac	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
successful	O
emulator	B-Application
being	O
PPSX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Zodiac	O
used	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
designated	O
version	O
5.2T	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
came	O
with	O
the	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
Productivity	O
Suite	O
(	O
containing	O
a	O
calendar	O
,	O
to	O
do	O
list	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
which	O
utilized	O
some	O
or	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
Zodiac	O
's	O
hardware/software	O
are	O
incompatible	O
with	O
standard	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
does	O
exclude	O
platforms	O
outside	O
of	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Doom	B-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
also	O
out	O
for	O
PC	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Zodiac	O
version	O
listed	O
here	O
wo	O
n't	O
run	O
on	O
standard	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
handhelds	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
list	O
also	O
excludes	O
standard	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
games	O
which	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
Zodiac	O
handhelds	B-Application
,	O
which	O
were	O
either	O
identical	O
or	O
slightly	O
improved	O
on	O
Zodiac	O
,	O
called	O
"	O
Zodiac	O
tuned	O
"	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
a	O
game	O
available	O
for	O
standard	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
only	O
has	O
the	O
extra	O
features	O
of	O
vibration	O
and	O
shoulder	O
buttons	O
as	O
extra	O
usable	O
buttons	O
when	O
played	O
on	O
Zodiac	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gloop	O
Zero	O
by	O
AeonFlame	O
:	O
(	O
was	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
but	O
is	O
now	O
freeware	B-License
)	O
puzzle	O
game	O
where	O
you	O
direct	O
the	O
flow	O
of	O
liquid	O
slime	O
material	O
to	O
its	O
goal	O
by	O
drawing	O
platform	O
lines	O
and	O
using	O
other	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terminator	B-Device
3	I-Device
:	O
Complete	O
game	O
,	O
few	O
sound	O
elements	O
missing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
homebrew	B-Application
(	O
freeware	B-License
)	O
games	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
ports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
pPSX	O
,	O
Emulates	B-Application
psx	O
games	O
at	O
limited	O
speed	O
without	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zodtris	O
,	O
Zodiac	O
only	O
version	O
of	O
Tetris	B-Device
.	O
</s>
