iControlPad updated their site with renderings of the planned iControlPad as well as answers to some frequent questions. iControlPad is a hardware accessory that will give the iPhone and iPod Touch PSP-style buttons for playing games.
The developers report that the iControlPad will be priced at (probably) under $30 and be shipping in July. They plan on supporting the iPhone and iPod Touch. At present, the iControlPad requires a jailbroken iPhone.
nice, but short, not many levels
the gameplay is not what I expected. When I first saw the screenshot, I was hoping for a R-type sort of side scrolling shooter.
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As was I. I was surprised to download it and see it was SFCave on steroids. I like SFCave, mind you. Just a surprise. We need R-Type for the iPhone!
This reminds me a lot of Defender. Only less fun.
I can only assume they did not do a trademark search and they will run into problems. SolarQuest is a monopoly style board game based on the solar system.
Yeah, I thought it'd be like Defender! From the map at the top.. But seems it's just like another game in the appstore already..
http://phobos.apple.com/Web... - Spacewormy. :D
at least it's prettier than spacewormy :)
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This platform needs a full-blown Solar Jetman-styled title.
@Easy Writer: retro for the win. I love that game on the NES emu for my GP2X.
Hey guys, version 1.1 went live finally last night and it fixes ALL the bugs. Please go update. If I can, toucharcade you might want to re-review it. The new version with accelerometer gameplay just becomes a LOT easier and more fun. Most of the people we gave to play the game that were previously a little frustrate can now play the game, and they really enjoy it! In addition we sped up the game a LOT, there's now roughly 50% more frames per second! It's impressive.
Cheers, and thanks all for your patience. Other great features like Online Ranked High Scores and Localization for some of the major languages, a few new levels since now it's easier to beat, and you can actually get to level 8 regularly (with some practice, hehe), and others.
Later guys!
- Neon Surge
Oh and I forgot, the new version has background music and a settings screen to tweak the accelerometer, and sound effects/music levels.
Cheers!
I thought this game was going to be like Defender with constant firing and powerup shields and stuff. Bumping coins and floating thingamajigs with the rocket's snout doesn't quite cut it for me. I'm not cutting the gameplay down, I was just expecting something different.
First, the price noted in this article is wrong, the game is only $2.99
Also, the new version of this game should be live within the week (waiting on Apple to review it, as always). It will have online ranking for scores (optional), fixes all the accelerometer bugs, improved audio and the game is now HALF the size it was before, and other things, check out the official changelist...
- Fixed accelerometer bugs (stuck at top)
- Smoothed out accelerometer
- No collision into invisible top/bottom
- Online Score Ranking Submission and Viewing
- Ability to cancel high score entry
- Greatly reduced memory usage
- Added Localization: Spanish
- Greatly reduced size of game (only 2MB)
- Terrain engine performance improvements
- Added end level animation and sound
- Improved sound performance (no skipping)
Maybe you guys can give this a game a re-review when it gets the 2.1 update, I think you'll be most pleased.
The new version is live! Go check it out, you'll be very impressed, the game is very polished, we've already had some great feedback from existing customers in the hour or so it's been live. :) Cheers!