Posts Tagged ‘Retro’
Minter’s New Game, ‘Deflex,’ Hits The App Store
Jeff Minter’s latest creation, Deflex [$1.99], a psychedelic puzzle game inspired by a previous Llamasoft release for pre-1985 machines like the VIC-20, is now available on the App Store. As Blake discovered when he got his hands on a pre-release build a couple of weeks back, Deflex isn’t the easiest game in the world to [...]
A Hands-On Preview of Amiga Classic ‘Defender of the Crown’ for iOS
For quite some time now we have been tracking Manomio's upcoming iAmiga emulation system for iOS, designed as a sort of wrapper or delivery vehicle to bring licensed Amiga games to the App Store. At the end of last year, we posted an exclusive preview of the in-development system, including a demo video showing a [...]
Bungie’s Classic Mac FPS ‘Marathon’ Launches for Free in the App Store
It was back in February that we first learned about the guerilla porting project of Bungie’s classic Mac first-person shooter trilogy Marathon [Free] to the iPad. Lone wolf coder Daniel Blezek had taken it upon himself to take these games, which were by this time a part of the open source community, and adapt them [...]
‘Battle Squadron ONE’ – A True Classic Amiga Shooter Comes to iOS
Back in January we heard the excellent news that Cope-Com would be bringing an exact port of their classic Amiga shooter Battle Squadron to iOS. Originally released for the Amiga in 1989 (arriving on the Genesis / MegaDrive the following year), Battle Squadron is widely considered one of the very best Amiga shooters ever released [...]
First Screenshots Released of ‘Lunar: Silver Star Story Touch’
Back in April, we learned that developer SoMoGa was hard at work on an iOS port of classic RPG Lunar: Silver Star Story, and today we finally have the first screenshots from the game. SoMoGa was responsible for porting the Sega Saturn RPG Vay [$4.99] to the App Store in 2008, and did a pretty [...]
First Screenshots Released of ‘Lunar: Silver Star Story Touch’
Back in April, we learned that developer SoMoGa was hard at work on an iOS port of classic RPG Lunar: Silver Star Story, and today we finally have the first screenshots from the game. SoMoGa was responsible for porting the Sega Saturn RPG Vay [$4.99] to the App Store in 2008, and did a pretty [...]
Video: Retro Shooter ‘P-47 The Phantom Fighter’ from DotEmu
Back in March I sat down with Xavier Liard at GDC 2011 to discuss some titles on the way from his retro-centric studio, DotEmu. One of the titles on the list was the 1988 arcade shooter P-47: The Freedom Fighter, which also saw release on the Amiga, C64, and various other platforms. The game pits [...]
Exclusive Hands-On with Jeff Minter’s Upcoming Dexterity Puzzler ‘Deflex’
Long-time hirsute, psychedelic game writer Jeff Minter of Llamasoft has released two iOS games, and they're two of the best games in the App Store: Minotron: 2112 [link] and Minotaur Rescue [link]. His third iOS game, a Universal (iPhone and iPad) release called Deflex, is on the way, and I've been frustrating myself having fun [...]
‘AirFox HD’ Brings the ‘River Raid’ Experience to iPhone, iPad
When Atari's Greatest Hits landed back in April, bringing 100 Atari arcade and VCS/2600 classics to iOS, retro gamers across the land bowed to Atari and the awesome they had brought. But still, there are plenty of great cartridge titles that aren't part of Atari's collections. Most notably, games by other studios. Studios like Activision, [...]
ThinkGeek: iCade SDK Now Openly Available to Developers
Jamie Grove over at ThinkGeek, who was kind enough to show me around their Megaplex HQ and the original iCade prototype, just sent word that, as of 3PM EDT today, the iCade SDK is available for download, without an NDA. Just click the developers link on ION Audio's iCade page. Granted, the iCade Bluetooth keycodes [...]
‘Marathon’ for iPad to Be Released Soon, With a Big Thumbs-Up from Bungie
I think Jared is a time traveler. On last week’s podcast, The Bearded One asked us what happened to Marathon for the iPad. We reported on that back in February, but the project seemed to have gone dark. And here, just yesterday, Bungie out of the blue issued an update of sorts and interviewed the [...]
1-bit Ninja Review
1-bit Ninja Review By Timothy Smith on June 23rd, 2011 Our Rating: :: SUPER BITiPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad Remember the good old days when gaming was actually a challenge? Remember when beating a particularly tough level was something that earned you respect amongst peers? Well, KODE80 is bringing [...]
’1-bit Ninja’ Coming This Thursday – We’ve Got a Launch Trailer and Screenshots
Jared did a marvelous preview of 1-bit Ninja early last month, and the game originally was scheduled to be released a few weeks later. Since then, we've gotten comments, emails, and forum threads wondering where in the heck it was. Well, good news, it's coming this Thursday. Check out the new trailer: And here's some [...]
Manomio Demonstrates iCade Support for ‘iAmiga’ Emulator
Early yesterday I made a post sharing Manomio CEO Stuart Carnie's intent to bring iCade support to his Commodore emulation systems. Early this morning, he posted a video of the Amiga game International Karate + running under his iAmiga emulation system with full iCade support. I've not had a chance to test out his latest development build personally, [...]
Velocispider Review: An Amazing Eight Legged Retro Arcade Epic
Remember Sneezies ? The same guys behind that awesome casual game with a new game easily described as a super extended SEGA’s boss battle! Velocispider (Universal: $0.99) This site has always been fond of Retro Dreamer games primarily because of their graphics. They deliver us this retro vertical shooter and it quickly found a way [...]
Manomio to Bring Support for ThinkGeek’s iCade
Last month we reviewed ThinkGeek's excellent iPad arcade cabinet, the iCade, and followed it up earlier this month with a visit to the ThinkGeek headquarters to have a look at the original prototype. Tonight Stuart Carnie of Manomio received his own iCade (seen above). This is great news because Stuart is the man behind the [...]
‘Galaga 30th Collection’ – Namco Brings the Galaga Series to iOS
On July 23, 1981, Galaga, one of the most well-loved scrolling shooters of all time, made its arcade debut. In celebration of its coming 30-year anniversary, Namco has released the Galaga 30th Collection [App Store], which brings Galaxian, Galaga, Gaplus (aka Galaga 3), and Galaga '88 to iOS. The collection is a free Universal download [...]
Ice Tales Revives Retro Gaming
If there was one thing that made retro gaming great, it was the simplistic game designs. Never was the player forced to learn different key combinations or gestural controls to play a game, it was just easy and straightforward to understand. While this may not seem like a big deal to some, the newly released [...]
Classic Arcade Game ‘X-Men’ Hitting the App Store Tonight
Coming completely out of nowhere, Konami has just released an iOS port of the classic 1992 arcade game X-Men. The game was just released in the New Zealand App Store a few hours ago, and will slowly filter out to the rest of the world during the course of the day, finally arriving in the US [...]
Freebie Alert: ‘Speedball 2 Evolution Free for a Few Days
The iOS version of the classic Bitmap Brothers game Speedball 2: Evolution [Link] is currently free for the next few days. Speedball 2 is a sports game of sorts, a mishmash of football and hockey (or fockeyball, as I call it) with arcade elements and a futuristic theme. It’s similar to the classic arcade game [...]
‘Velocispider’ Review – Part Spider, Part Raptor, All Awesome
Little known fact about the Araknasaur: its eggs are delicious. And the evil CEO of the Robot Seafood Corporation wants them for breakfast. He wants them so badly, he's willing to bring the full might of his aquatic robot army to bear against the Araknasaurian hero of Velocispider [$0.99], a Universal retro arcade shooter that's [...]
Anodia Review
Anodia Review By Jennifer Allen on May 31st, 2011 Our Rating: :: THRILLINGUniversal App – Designed for iPhone and iPad Anodia takes the tried and tested formula of Arkanoid and mixes it up with great style. Developer: Clueless Little Muffin Price: $0.99 Version Reviewed: 1.0 Device Reviewed On: iPhone 4 Graphics / Sound Rating: [...]
Retro Gaming With A Twist Coming Soon With Hard Lines
Coming soon to the app store is Hard Lines – a game that appears to happily capture the spirit of Pac-Man, Snake and Geometry Wars all in one go. Like all the best arcade style games, Hard Lines is all about how long the player can last. Players must guide Lionel the line through the [...]
Latest ‘TurboGrafx-16 Gamebox’ Update Adds ‘Raiden’, ‘Dragon’s Curse’, and More
Hudson is doing a fantastic job of keeping a fresh batch of new games pouring into their excellent TurboGrafx-16 emulator app called the TurboGrafx-16 Gamebox [Free]. The app launched last December with a decent selection of titles, all of which could be purchased from within the app for $2.99 apiece with one rotating title per [...]
‘Chromanoids’ Review – A Colorful Way to Save the Solar System
The Chromanoids are invading the solar system. You, the Captain of the human fleet, must take charge and shoot them out of the sky before they arrive. With such a classic premise for an entertaining arcade game, Chromanoids™ [$0.99] starts out great. The game is loosely based on Missile Command. You have a central weapon [...]
‘Tecmo Bowl Throwback’ – Tecmo’s Arcade Football Classic Comes to the iPhone
Arcades just aren't what they used to be (with a notable exception or two, of course). But, back in the day, they were wonderful places — the glowing cloud of phosphorescence, that lovely din of beeps and boops from every direction, and rows and rows of stand up cabinets of many shapes and sizes. Of [...]
A Review of the iCade from ThinkGeek
Last year, ThinkGeek may have outdone themselves on April Fools' day by announcing the iCade, a miniature, upright arcade cabinet complete with joystick, buttons, and a coin slot. You just slip your iPad into it and — wham — it's game time! It was well done joke, but it got a huge response from readers [...]
A Discounted Blast From the Past: ‘Myst’ Drops to 99¢
Originally released all the way back in 1993, Myst [99¢] was the best selling PC game of all time until The Sims stole that title in 2002. If you had a computer with a CD-ROM drive in the mid-90's, chances are you've played Myst. If for some reason you haven't, or this era of PC [...]
Preview: A Second Hands-On with ‘Battle Squadron ONE’
Back in March we posted an exclusive hands-on with a pre-beta version of the Universal title Battle Squadron ONE, an iOS port of Cope-Com's excellent Amiga vertical-scrolling space shooter Battle Squadron. Even in its relatively early state, the game was playing just great on the iPhone and iPad. We're happy to report that Martin Pedersen and [...]