...which has no joystick, or even analog stick. This is a marginal improvement.
The quality of the D-Pad remains to be seen before we know how well games will ply, but there’s hope: an 8-way D-Pad is a direct replacement for a C64-style digital joystick.
I'm just want to try it with bluetooth keyboard support. I'm great with old-school joysticks, but was never a fan of the dpad. These days I'm better at playing emulated games with a plain old keyboard.
There is the occasional classic, like Time Pilot, Chaos Engine, Karate Champ, and Robotron, for which the excellent X-Arcade stick is a must. Must work out a way to use that on the iPhone. Totally awesome overkill device. ;)
I was going to comment on that, the stick movement looks a bit awkward at best :(
At the moment c64 is capable of downloading executable data though, so I guess this will have to be changed to bundle all the possible roms within the update and just unlock them?
That is NOT executable file, it´s not executable by iOS. Only native code is considered as executable.
Well, interpreted then if you want to be picky.. either case, downloading it is no longer allowed.
No, all games are included in the app bundle that is submitted to Apple. This is why we must do an update each time we release new games. When you purchase a new game within the app, once approved is immediately available.
Cheers,
Stuart
All available roms (and even a few more) are already bundled in the IPA. The app doesn't actually download any games.
IAP's are separately approved by Apple, and wouldn't be considered "downloadable" scripts or code... i.e. download and install willy-nilly from anywhere on the net.
Still, I hope you can save your BASIC programs... :D
I guess that sounds plausible enough.
Kind of doesn't make much difference to me. Basic is what it is- fun to Print Screen and Goto 10 and then pretty much nothing. Please focus on games, a LOT more C64 games. Oh that and the Amiga emulator.
Native iPad support would be great aswell! :)
Yes please!
It's on our list - a complete revision of the UI too
More games! And they shouldn't be more than 99 cents. i went to buy space taxi and it was 1.99! too much for an ancient game with an app that already costs 5 bucks.
let's see some jumpman, impossible mission, world games, winter games, calfornia games, maniac mansion, montezuma's revenge and more!
they have to make deals with the company's to put them in the emulator.. i really do not think they have much choice in how much they charge. its probably up to the company that owns the rights to the game. im guessing they make there money off the main app it self not the dlc. just a guess tho..
chris.
Unfortunately a lot of those games you mentioned have been gobbled up by bigger companies like EA. So, the chances of some of the classics becoming available could be slim....
My favorite part is when big companies buy IPs only to ignore them from day one and let the rights rot in some rusty file cabinet.
the app still is much improved than it was when first released
We're definitely working on some of those titles.
The developers have always tried to negotiate low prices, but at the end of the day it's not their decision. IMHO the rights-holders to Space Taxi are discouraging the purchase of this particular game, because most of the other games are much better value for money.
Then you get nice devs like Jeff Minter who make his titles available for free. Damned nice of him. Hopefully more of the rights-holders will come to be more sensible about the current worth of these titles in the context of iOS games in general. (But I'm weak-willed. I just buy em all anyway.) :)
OpenFeint update? WTF
Learn to Game Center. It's time to move on. It's only going to benefit everyone if we stop splitting the community.
Learn to GameCenter.
You should supporting GameCenter, not OpenFeint.
BASIC! Hope Apple will accept this! This is the greatest news to me! Amazing! Thank you!
10 PRINT "YAY!" 20 GOTO 10
does this mean a MAME for iPhone can happen?
MAME yeah, that would be awesome :D
So when will we be getting a DOS emulator? :)
Really though, I'd like to see some good NES/SNES emulators.
Very hard to use well the virtual joystick, it makes almost useless this fantastic app.
I disagree, but Manomio has already acknowledged upcoming support for the GameBone:
http://toucharcade.com/2010...
...which has no joystick, or even analog stick. This is a marginal improvement.
The quality of the D-Pad remains to be seen before we know how well games will ply, but there’s hope: an 8-way D-Pad is a direct replacement for a C64-style digital joystick.
I'm just want to try it with bluetooth keyboard support. I'm great with old-school joysticks, but was never a fan of the dpad. These days I'm better at playing emulated games with a plain old keyboard.
There is the occasional classic, like Time Pilot, Chaos Engine, Karate Champ, and Robotron, for which the excellent X-Arcade stick is a must. Must work out a way to use that on the iPhone. Totally awesome overkill device. ;)
I was going to comment on that, the stick movement looks a bit awkward at best :(
At the moment c64 is capable of downloading executable data though, so I guess this will have to be changed to bundle all the possible roms within the update and just unlock them?
That is NOT executable file, it´s not executable by iOS. Only native code is considered as executable.
Well, interpreted then if you want to be picky.. either case, downloading it is no longer allowed.
No, all games are included in the app bundle that is submitted to Apple. This is why we must do an update each time we release new games. When you purchase a new game within the app, once approved is immediately available.
Cheers,
Stuart
All available roms (and even a few more) are already bundled in the IPA. The app doesn't actually download any games.
IAP's are separately approved by Apple, and wouldn't be considered "downloadable" scripts or code... i.e. download and install willy-nilly from anywhere on the net.
Still, I hope you can save your BASIC programs... :D
I guess that sounds plausible enough.
Kind of doesn't make much difference to me. Basic is what it is- fun to Print Screen and Goto 10 and then pretty much nothing. Please focus on games, a LOT more C64 games. Oh that and the Amiga emulator.
Native iPad support would be great aswell! :)
Yes please!
It's on our list - a complete revision of the UI too
More games! And they shouldn't be more than 99 cents. i went to buy space taxi and it was 1.99! too much for an ancient game with an app that already costs 5 bucks.
let's see some jumpman, impossible mission, world games, winter games, calfornia games, maniac mansion, montezuma's revenge and more!
they have to make deals with the company's to put them in the emulator.. i really do not think they have much choice in how much they charge. its probably up to the company that owns the rights to the game. im guessing they make there money off the main app it self not the dlc. just a guess tho..
chris.
Unfortunately a lot of those games you mentioned have been gobbled up by bigger companies like EA. So, the chances of some of the classics becoming available could be slim....
My favorite part is when big companies buy IPs only to ignore them from day one and let the rights rot in some rusty file cabinet.
the app still is much improved than it was when first released
We're definitely working on some of those titles.
The developers have always tried to negotiate low prices, but at the end of the day it's not their decision. IMHO the rights-holders to Space Taxi are discouraging the purchase of this particular game, because most of the other games are much better value for money.
Then you get nice devs like Jeff Minter who make his titles available for free. Damned nice of him. Hopefully more of the rights-holders will come to be more sensible about the current worth of these titles in the context of iOS games in general. (But I'm weak-willed. I just buy em all anyway.) :)
OpenFeint update? WTF
Learn to Game Center. It's time to move on. It's only going to benefit everyone if we stop splitting the community.
Learn to GameCenter.
You should supporting GameCenter, not OpenFeint.
BASIC! Hope Apple will accept this! This is the greatest news to me! Amazing! Thank you!
10 PRINT "YAY!"
20 GOTO 10
does this mean a MAME for iPhone can happen?
MAME yeah, that would be awesome :D
So when will we be getting a DOS emulator? :)
Really though, I'd like to see some good NES/SNES emulators.