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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby psj3809 on Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:41 pm

DreamcastRIP wrote:Battle3D 2: Iron Punch

Just played this game for my first time after downloading it for free the other day. Only played it a brief while but it's quite fun and would probably be best described as a Space Harrier clone mixed with a bit of After Burner from what I've seen so far. The tilt controls work well too. :D


Yeah that looks decent and its free. But i HATE the way it doesnt auto-rotate, feels so weird playing it with the big menu button on the left!
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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby Darran@Retro Gamer on Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:33 pm

I love how there's so much love for iOS now. It seems like only yesterday when we were covering iOS games before virtually every other games mag and people were complaining about it.
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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby DreamcastRIP on Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:37 pm

Darran@Retro Gamer wrote:I love how there's so much love for iOS now. It seems like only yesterday when we were covering iOS games virtually every other games mag and people were complaining.

Other games magazines complained that RG was covering iOS games?
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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby Morkin on Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:47 am

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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby psj3809 on Sat Jun 30, 2012 12:04 pm

Darran@Retro Gamer wrote:I love how there's so much love for iOS now. It seems like only yesterday when we were covering iOS games virtually every other games mag and people were complaining.


I hold my hands up and admit I was so so so wrong. Thought I would hate iOS due to no physical buttons and in the past most mobile phones I disliked. But I was sooooo wrong and just love iOS gaming. Downloaded over 1000 games and have 620 installed on my iPod!

Love the new releases every week
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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby jb1014 on Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:06 pm

new star soccer - its to the iphone what football manager was to the spectrum. classic stuff.
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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby Darran@Retro Gamer on Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:32 pm

So I've just picked up an Icade for the rather bargainous £34. I have the Atari collection and spectrum collection and the ideay collection. What else uses it?
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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby AmigaJay on Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:41 pm

jb1014 wrote:new star soccer - its to the iphone what football manager was to the spectrum. classic stuff.

I was going to order an iCade but Im tempted to jailbreak it to use it for Mame.

Btw if you search iCade on the AppStore it has a some more compatible games there.
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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby Darran@Retro Gamer on Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:28 pm

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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby jdanddiet on Sun Jul 01, 2012 5:55 pm

jb1014 wrote:new star soccer - its to the iphone what football manager was to the spectrum. classic stuff.


A few of us have mentioned this one. The problem is it does get a bit monotonous.
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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby Antiriad2097 on Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:00 pm

So its very realistic?
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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby jb1014 on Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:09 pm

jdanddiet wrote:
jb1014 wrote:new star soccer - its to the iphone what football manager was to the spectrum. classic stuff.


A few of us have mentioned this one. The problem is it does get a bit monotonous.


which is precisely what makes it so similar to football manager :D it is better when you are on the way up. once there, its a bit boring and you end up changing teams too often. next time round i will see if i can stick with one team and take them from non league to premiership!
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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby Bub&Bob on Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:26 pm

jb1014 wrote:
jdanddiet wrote:
jb1014 wrote:new star soccer - its to the iphone what football manager was to the spectrum. classic stuff.


A few of us have mentioned this one. The problem is it does get a bit monotonous.


which is precisely what makes it so similar to football manager :D it is better when you are on the way up. once there, its a bit boring and you end up changing teams too often. next time round i will see if i can stick with one team and take them from non league to premiership!

Its nothing like Football Manager - but its quite similar to Footballer of the Year... :wink:
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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby merman on Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:12 am

Darran@Retro Gamer wrote:So I've just picked up an Icade for the rather bargainous £34. I have the Atari collection and spectrum collection and the ideay collection. What else uses it?


Jeff Minter's Minotaur Project games - I'd recommend Gridrunner, and the forthcoming Super Ox Wars (should be out this week)
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Re: iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch game recommendations

Postby Darran@Retro Gamer on Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:57 am

merman wrote:
Darran@Retro Gamer wrote:So I've just picked up an Icade for the rather bargainous £34. I have the Atari collection and spectrum collection and the ideay collection. What else uses it?


Jeff Minter's Minotaur Project games - I'd recommend Gridrunner, and the forthcoming Super Ox Wars (should be out this week)

Cheers Andrew. I've got minotaur but unfortunately you can't seem to rotate it :(
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