Shay Casey of h.grenade games has written in to alert us to his upcoming space shooter Circuit Strike.One for the iPhone and iPod touch. He describes Circuit Strike.One as the perfect game for the Geometry Wars fan who would enjoy a larger playfield and more Asteroids-like pacing.
Some of the features as listed by the developer:
- Real-time Music Visualizer Effects Synced to Gameplay (hits change tempo, add fills, trigger visuals, etc. in time with the music)
- Glowing Retro 3D Graphics Style Environment
- Pulse Pounding Techno Soundtrack by DJ Vitamin Devo
- 3D Camera Based Menu System + User Interface
- High Speed Inertia Based Physics + Gameplay
- Frenetic action and control in Zero G
- Bullet-time Slow-Motion Game Mechanic
- Time + Skill Based Difficulty
- Multiple Intelligent Enemy Classes
Casey intends to provide us with a gameplay video in the next few days, so stay tuned for a closer look at Circuit Strike.One.
God I hope they keep the YOU HAVE DIED OF DYSENTARY!
Holy shit, I can't believe they are actually doing this game, I WANT TO HUNT ME SOME BUFFALO!
on IGN there is a screen shot that looks like a "collect coins as you ford the river" minigame.....I hope they haven't tried to add a ton of useless junk to what was a wonderful game on its own.
I want the original gameplay, Like Finch says, adding a bunch of mini-games, with an Oregon Trail theme won't make it Oregon Trail. Also I hope to see the option for the original graphics...
Hell yes, I remember growing up playing this game in elementary school lol. From the screen shots, it looks awesome.
Seems like I'm the only one, but I never enjoyed the original game. maybe I'll like this one more.
OMG this game was my entire childhood. I hope to see the same game with upscaled graphics and a few uses for the accelerometer. An "original graphics" option in the settings would really give me a nostalgia-factor
HELL YEAH. I'M SOOOO ESSSSITEDDD (watch ruby)
My life is complete.
Oh... ohhhhhh.
Very nice to hear.
I want the pure and complete original game, with the graphics in all their glory. I want the same everything. You don't always get what you want, but sometimes you get a load of **** that sells anyway because we all hope it will be something else.
After my first post I went and played through the original on Virtual Apple 2
http://www.virtualapple.org...
Looking at the new screens again it bothers me even more that they went a cartoony minigame route. I guess its easier for mobile, but if I was going to have a graphical update to oregon trail i'd love to see a Crysis engine beautiful realistic 3D version.
BTW, my score was 3250, beat that suckers!
Graphics = big turn off.
mini-games = potentially big turn off.
I remember our old Macintosh LC had the best-ever version of Oregon Trail... I would love to see a port of that. Even the more old-school versions could be considered win. But that looks... ridiculous.
A good start, but would love to see the original graphics I grew up with and have grown to love.
If you're going to replace the graphics with goofy cartoons, not only do I want to die of dysentery, it better be animated.
Or better yet, just leave the game as it was. Don't fix what ain't broke.
You can still buy Orgeon Trail for OS X--or at least, you could 2 years ago when my sister got it. It has gone through many versions--so what people think of as the "original" game play may not even be the original.
It's not my thing, but I know it has its fans.
To be fair, it's not like the original -didn't- have mini-games. There's really no other name for the 'hunting' activity. Adding a few more of those wouldn't be the end of the world, so long as the strategy portion doesn't get lost in the shuffle.
Personally, I'd rather see them do a proper ground-up re-imagining and have someone else just port the classic.
I hope they also build a Wagon Train 1848 option that uses wifi-- It was basically the networked "team version" of 1848 where players voted on when to move on, which route to take, to vote someone weak out of the train...
If it's anything like the one for mobile handsets, then I'm a little worried. That game was OK, but was filled with minigames and cartoon-y graphics. It looks like they're going the same way with this one. It lacked a certain appeal the old games had.
But I can also see how this could me amazing if implemented correctly. *crosses fingers*
I must have this game.
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