Laminar Research has released their latest flying simulator for the iPhone in the form of X-Plane Extreme [App Store]. The newest version contains “four of the most unusual, fast, maneuverable, or advanced planes ever made" according to the developer. These include:
- F-22 Raptor – by far the most maneuverable and powerful fighter in the sky
- SR-71 Blackbird – the fastest airplane in the world, exceeding Mach-3, exceeding 70,000 feet
- B-1 ‘Bone’ Bomber – this huge ungainly bird still has terribly high stall speeds and limited roll rate due to it’s high weight
- B-2 ‘Jet’ Bomber – The B-2 has.. umm… no tail. At all. No vertical stabilizer. No horizontal stabilizer. And no flaps.
Meanwhile, the developer has just released new updates to their other flight simulator applications: X-Plane 9, X-Plane-Helicopter, and X-Plane-Airliner. These latest updates include new instrument panel types, and new flying regions.
App Store Link: X-Plane Extreme, $9.99, X-Plane 9, $9.99, X-Plane-Helicopter, $9.99, X-Plane-Airliner, $9.99
eh, not excited by this, but I wish someone would make a compelling 3D multi-sport olympic title. For example:
This could be done as follows:
Summer Games
1. 50-400m dash: Player simply carries out a running maneuver with his/her finger tips on the screen. The faster and more coordinated the gestures, the faster the athlete moves.
2. hurdles: as above with a flick to have the athlete jump over the hurdles. Here it would be important to coordinate the running and flicking to optimize time and hurdle execution, particularly in the 110 m hurdles.
3. Discus throw: One could draw a circular motion on the screen to wind up the throw, where the progressive velocity of ones stroke and the timing of the final flick determine where/how far the discus travels.
etc,
Winter Games.
1. Speed skating could be accomplished with forward strokes of 2 fingers controlling the stride speed and length of the skater, using repeated strokes with one of the two fingers to control turns around the bends.
etc,
Their library of appalling games should say a lot about them XD
@ salsamd
I had similar hopes that something like that would eventually come out. If not that then maybe a track & field title.
nice
Just looked at their library after crockStocks comment.
Man they did some of the classic games I grew up on:
The Games Winter Olympics, The Games Summer Olympics
Turrican, Centipede
Oh The memories :)
BTW I donloaded Triple Shot Sports and loved it, what you guys expecting for $2.99 FIFA?
hey guys cool game
Turrican is from Factor 5, and Centipede is of course Atari. Code Monkeys just did ports, which don't really count (or at least not as much).
Nice app, just downloaded it,
I played their Genesis version of Turrican it rocked...
Mean Streets was pretty cool Amiga game from them, Gez they must be a zillion years old :)
Just downloaded the lite version of Triple Shot Sports loved it, will definately get the full version.
My Kids loved their Goofy's Fun House on PS1 when they where much smaller, quality game.
I just bought the app after reading this review and the appletell review. Must say it lives upto the hype, very cool app.
I played their Shreks treasure hunt (ok) and Simpsons Skateboarding (sucked).. My bud has Castlevania on his N95 which was way way cool.
These guys have been around since Commodore 64 8bit times, does anyone no if the TV cartoon series "code monkeys" was based on them?
That would be bizzare, do you think the developers in real life look like pixelated 8bit graphics LOL....