Be Excellent To Each Other

Oh, before I forget people who likes Llamasoft's GoatUp and 8-bit platform game sin general will really like the sequel, due for release in the very near future. It has a FULL LEVEL EDITOR and, I believe, some means of sharing said levels. He might sell more copies calling it 8-bit platformer construction kit but at least the motto is "Everybody can be Matthew Smith".

Those who have played it are frothing at the gash over it. I am quite excited myself. Should cost a little more than 'normal' though.

Leveeeeeeeel Editoooooooor!

http://minotaurproject.co.uk/Minotaur/goatup2.php

Right, it's off to Apple... game will be two quid fifty thus allowing Minter to heat his house.

In the 80s Jeff used to do a blog sort of thing, distributed as a newsletter and you'd get one about whatever new game was out. Nowadays, it's just blogs like normal. The full deal: http://minotaurproject.co.uk/blog/?p=356

Remember that can throwing game thing? I completely forgot to check this thread after I won the Internet with the top score. Ah well, I assume I was the ultimate winnah guy.

Also, I haven't played a Minter game I've actually liked since Tempest on the Jaguar. I've been significantly unimpressed with the iPhone output (well, the ones I've played).

Close, I beat you by a tiny bit, but that was it. Nobody else posted a better score.

Tempest on the Jaguar, you say?

Well now, a follow up to that would be interesting, wouldn't it? Don't hold your breath, but don't write it off either.

If you've not played Gridrunner on the iStuff, give the free version a try - it's got two different control modes, has both the Vic and C64 version included and you can upgrade to the full version in-app (buying the paid version doesn't get you 1:1 controls). If you like the pure shooting action, that's your best bet, followed by Super Ox Wars.

My personal favourites are Solar Minotaur rescue Frenzy (though I get to play that on PC because I'm special) and Caverns of Minos, because I can make good progress in it. Not really played much Minotron 2112 and neither Deflex nor Goatup are my preferred types of game. 5-A-Day I view more as an experience than a competitive game.

Apple couldn't figure out how to work it so they bunced it this evening, but Yak got back to them in Comic Sans and now it's propogating to the stores: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goatup-2/id604025013

You'll probably really want to get this, even if the first Goatup failed to grab you. Level editors. Level editors.

Working link: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/goatup-2/id604025013

/edit and it's bloody amazing.

Like creep weird games to creepy weird you out? Like stories about stuff? Like to get scared? Like the odd puzzle or three?

Like some of the best production I've come across in the whole of the iTunes AppStore boxymagig?

YEAR WALK

It's featured in this month's GamesTM. It got a 7. Well, the puzzle are a bit abstract sometimes. Still, it's freaking lush I tells ya. Two fiddy pounds is a bit steep but decent freaky weird creepy unsettling shit is unfortunately few and far between.

Get your headphones on. Turn the lights off. Have a wank.


No, hang on, play this instead. I like it.

So I got to the ghost babies and into the cave thing but then it became far too abstract for my liking and I had to resort to a bloody walk through. What a nob I feel. But then again, it was cheesing me off a tad by being too bloody abstract or maybe I was just being impatient. Anyway, I cheated twice. Yes, yes, I'm a nob.

Anyway, if you take out 50% of the puzzels, it's rather lovely and freaky and shit.

Then you finish the game (weird ending by the way enough to keep your attention for the following) and are directed to download a companion App with clues to the true ending.

I'll give it a shot. The ending was enough to peak my interest.

I'm taking a punt on all the iPhone games recommended in GamesTM.

I've downloaderized BADLANDS

It's a mix of LIMBO, running-forward-and-jumping-man games, Locorocco and Shadow of the Beast.

It looks the bizness, it sounds lovely with mah super sexy earPods jammed into the holes in my head and plays very nicely so far. It got an 8 in GamesTM. I gotta say though, the production is top notch. Mwah, to the chef.

Hang on, two fiddy? I suppose you get what you pay for though. It's bootiful.

No one? Right, what if I bust this piccy up in yo' grill?

Looks like 'World of Goo'

Crossed with Insainly twisted shadow planet

Er, yeah, ok it's a side scrolling one finger, pressy, tappy, LIMBO, running-forward-and-jumping-man, Locorocco, Shadow of the Beast, world of goo, insanely twisted planet game.

Pictures not doing it for ya, huh?

What about moving pictures?

OK, you've convinced me. As long as it has no in-App bollocks I'll buy it.

There's none of that shit, thankfully.

There's a (up to) four player multiplayer (hence the 'multi') on a single screen. No ones played it with me though...

Gosh, that looks like an imprecise-iPhone-touchscreen annoyance hell to me!

Wrongo-bongo.

I've played the multiplayer with 3 others at work.

It's acebest as all four of your little spazzy fat birds bash against each other competing to stay on the screen in a Micro Machines-esq fashion.

Much fun was had - although one of them had fat fingers obscuring a quadrant of the screen. I bet the iPad version is loads ace.

Ok, so words still not enough, pictures ain't doing it for ya, a yabbadabba do trailer ain't spurred you on...

... what about a video of ME (and my mate Stu) playing the multiplayer!? Yes, that's right, it lets up upload videos and shit. EXCITEMENT! Watch with your face holes for 20 seconds as I turn into fat blue thing and squish my opponent into the ceiling purely by accident.

Quick update from people at work who purchased this for actual money:

"My lad reckons it's the best iPhone game he's played"

"Missus wouldn't give my phone back. Stupid game."

"I've got an Android phone and can't download it. Stupid android shit"

Actual quotes there, people.

I have bought this. Will report back

Oooh, it is so very pretty.

I've finished Badland!

40 levels and 39 of them are ace. The last one is, sadly, a Rick Dangerous inspired level. I mean seriously, you do so well for 39 levels and the very last one is this turgid nonsense? What a shame. But if 39 levels are ace and 1 is the complete opposite I'm going to, hmmm, what abstract number can I give to show people how ace it is when pictures and moving pictures can't convince them...


I'm going to rate this:

PINEAPPLE out of TWO EMPTY CANS OF BEANS

More hot multiplayer gaming action. Me vs. Bloke at Work. It's Red vs. Blue all over again but with little tiny blobs and more exciting. I'm Red (actually it's purple) and Bloke at Work is Blue.

It pauses for a second or so near the end - ignore that - and watch to the thrilling conclusion.

Fack it. I wanted it so I gots it.

DUNGEON MASTERS.

It's now available on iphone! Yippie! It could also be my most lasting memory of Amiga gaming and, boy, did I enjoy some of these dungeon crawlers. Captive, Black Gate, Knightmare, Dungeon Master. Er... I think they were the only ones I liked but, boy-o boy, they were the greatest ever made.

Ishtar was shit won'it? So was Eye of the Beholder an' all.

Anyway, I digress.

DUNGEON MASTERS!

It's now on the iPhone after being iFad only. And guess what - It's optimised for iPhone 5! Optimised, baby. All, like, big-o vision. Score!

...and I've got an iPhone 4S. Gah.

I got an iPhone 5 last week and decided I should get back into iPhone gaming. So I had a wee read of this thread, and this post drew my attention (well, this post and the subsequent posts ). So I downloaded it and had a wee go just now. It's amazing! First time I ever bothered following the advice and wearing headphones and its totally worth it. Beautiful, sweet lovely little game. My new fave

I think we've all learnt some lessons: always listen to Ian on game recommendations. There's another batch of levels coming at the end of the month apparently.

bought Badland.. lovely, but it gcould give me some more feedback how i was doing.. first game just went on and on.. and no idea if i was actually doing something correctly,,,

Badland gets badder. No, gooder. With 10 mo' levels! Free! It's like DLC but worthwhile. Funny init that a cheapo 3 quid game doesn't feel the need to rip everyone off and just adds content because it loves us.

Are we playing Warioware clone Dumb Ways to Die, or what, aye?

It'sa free. a.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dumb-wa ... 30688?mt=8

Dumb Ways to Die <2360> a patently unbeatable score.

The lack of challengers only proves that I'm awesome. No, too awesome.

The lack of variation did the game no favours for me. I played it several times last night but seemed to play the same 4 games over and over again.

It's nice, but could do with more variety for me.

Poor Mrs TheVision.

I am about 30 points off your score.

Yeah, that's right, like Warioware. It's Warioware.

1108 but it controls like shit on the iPad. A good 10% of presses or swipes don't register.

So 90% of your failures are because you suck!

NB: I turned the plane game off at the menu. Also, the music video you unlock is ace.

gba games without jaibreaking.. . playing advance wars now!
http://www.reddit.com/r/iosgaming/comme ... m_site_no/

Scurvy Scallywags is pretty good.

By Ron Gilbert off of Monkey Island, it's a quest/match 3 game. You build up your pirate's stats with each level, and when you die you start again keeping all your stats.

A bit different in that the pieces don't fall downwards, they fall in from the direction you swipe, which takes a bit of getting used to before you can start to navigate the board. Your pirate is a piece on the board, and he has to do all the regular match 3 stuff as well as try to move towards collectible pieces and avoid/fight monsters when you're strong enough.

It was free, might still be.

It's £1.49 now.

Still worth it then. I've sunk hours into it so far.

Yeah, I haven't dismissed it out of hand. I've just spent £1.99 on Home though (which is excellent, I'm just about to do a 2nd playthrough).

I'd rather spend £2-5 on a game and it be decent, rather than the freemium/69p shovelware that the store is blighted with in the main.

This doesn't have app-addons thank goodness. The game is the game.

Yes, I always check the 'top in-app purchases' before downloading a game these days. If it has stars or coins at all, I immediately dismiss it.