Freeware

DigiPet
Developer: Masanori Shimozato and Shuji Fukumoto
More serious in tone than the Porta-pet series by Minor Demons, but still somewhat cutesy. You may feed, bathe, play with, clean up after, scold, and take your digipet to the doctor, as needed. Bars in the lower part of the screen indicate the pet's happiness, hunger, and IQ. The pet is a little blob that smiles when happy. This is a port for the Palm from the original application for the Zaurus. Digipet will pop up alarm messages even when you're not in the application, indicating that it needs attention - you may or may not find this annoying. Neither DigiPet nor the PortaPets were quite what I was looking for in a digital pet. I'd like to see something that's sort of a cross between them - Digipet with better graphics, or a Porta-pet with a slightly more serious tone. DigiPet needs to do more than it actually does, and it seems to have a little glitch with the hunger bar not accurately reflecting its weight at times. Warning: it may make you crave a good cup of tea.

PortaMonkey
Developer: Minor Demons / Eruptor Entertainment
The original Porta-pet from this team. It is billed as the "world's dirtiest digital pet," and they're certainly right. Nasty, nasty, nasty. To be honest, this one gets a little gross. Feed this filthy, sexually hyperactive monkey, give it a soda, let it play with the pet bunny, dress it up in a frilly dress, help it recover from Ebola or electrocute it if it hurls feces at your screen. You be the judge. As with the other Porta-pets, indeed, as with any software, I would advise parents to review this to make sure they approve of their children having it, if the child has a Handspring or Palm. This is the only freebie in the line of Porta-pets; see the shareware list for the other options. If the ESRB rated it, they'd probably give it a T for Teen. Animated violence, sexual innuendo.

Xenoprobe
Developer: Minor Demons / Eruptor Entertainment
Created in cooperation with SciFi.com, this is less a game and more of a party trick. It simulates a scanner for your Palm that detects alien infection in humans. You might be walking amongst Lucretian Sentries, Linbari Leeches, Venusian Overseers, Numonian Drones and more, all with various attributes, most of them negative. I can't see anyone actually using this among other humans, save perhaps 12 year olds, and most of them are space aliens anyway, aren't they? (If you're a twelve-year old reading this, you're probably not one of the ones I'm talking about.)

Shareware

PortaFish
Developer: Minor Demons / Eruptor Entertainment, $4.99
These people have an off-the-wall sense of humor that comes shining through in their software. PortaFish is a parody of virtual pets - this is the virtual "guppy from hell", to quote the creators. Less a game and more of a digital toy (if something that's part goldfish and part piranha can be considered a toy), your options include Feed, Love, Nuke and Flame, among other choices. A little twisted fun for your palmtop. Not something you're likely to keep very long, but good for a chuckle. PortaMonkey makes a cameo appearance in this game. Demo version expires in 48 hours. If the ESRB rated it, they'd probably give it a T for Teen. Animated violence, heavy sexual innuendo.

PortaHo
Developer: Minor Demons / Eruptor Entertainment, $4.99
I'm not making it up. Yes, you too can feed your PortaHo with hot dogs, offer a little comfort from the bottle, and even pay for a dance. Works with PortaPimp. If you like South Park, you'll probably like PortaHo, too. A lot depends on your sense of humor. It's meant to be funny and over-the-top. PortaMonkey makes a cameo appearance in this game. Demo version expires in 48 hours. If the ESRB rated it, they'd probably give it a T for Teen. Animated violence, heavy sexual innuendo.

PortaKitty
Developer: Minor Demons / Eruptor Entertainment, $4.99
Give it a mouse, give it catnip, give it water, give it a firecracker up the tail. PETA would not like this one, but it's more humor from the folks at Minor Demons. Kitty has that mad gleam in its eye that suggests homicidal lunacy. So endearing you'll want to toss it in the garbage disposal or the dryer's spin cycle. Strangely fun. Out of the series, this is probably the one I'd be most likely to have on my machine just because this cat is far more active than my real-life version. PortaMonkey makes a cameo appearance in this game, as in others in the series. Demo version expires in 48 hours. As with the others in the PortaPet line, If the ESRB rated it, they'd probably give it a T for Teen. Animated violence, heavy sexual innuendo.

PortaPimp
Developer: Minor Demons / Eruptor Entertainment, $4.99
Yo, baby, it's PortaPimp! Call that PortaHo with your cell phone, chug a "fohtee," chow down on a chicken leg and count your money. Another in the Porta-pet series from Minor Demons, works with PortaHo if beamed to another's Palm Pilot. Not for the faint of humor, and parents should review any of the Porta-pet products to see if they deem them suitable for their kids, depending on their age and maturity. PortaMonkey makes a cameo appearance in this game; I thought PortaHo was a bit more entertaining than PortaPimp. Demo version expires in 48 hours.