I’d imagine the dudes over at Rocketcat Games are a little tuckered out at the moment. On the same night its glorious action RPG Mage Gauntlet [$1.99] hit worldwide, Rocketcat also dropped a bunch of tweaks and improvements into its “Hook" line-up of games. And you thought you were productive when you managed to clean the house and polish off that proposal.
Here’s a run-down of the changes according to the patch notes: Hook Worlds [$.99] now supports flip-screen on retina devices, Super Quick Hook [$2.99] now supports retina display visuals and multi-tasking, and Hook Champ [$2.99] now boasts crisp retina support as well flip-screen, multi-tasking, and better OpenFeint functionality. All three games also have an updated in-game news catalog for your pleasure, too.
We’re all pretty big on the Hook games and we’re stoked to see that each is boasting a new, more refined look on our fresh devices. Ironically, we’re little too engrossed with Mage Gauntlet to put a tremendous amount of time back into Hook, but hey, the game’s look nicer. That’s neat.
Very excited.
Would be excellent to get all (most, probably) of the Ozark Softscape games in one place. I couldn't have been the only one who enjoyed Heart of Africa?!?
Modem Wars could be awesome if they got it to work. Robot Rascals would be an excellent iPad + iPhones conversion. :)
How will the multiplayer in Mule work? I hope they port the Atari version (was the best, slightly better AI for the computer players).
I never played Heart of Africa (would like the chance to), but would love to play Seven Cities of Gold...
Probably single-player-only. A setup like Atari Mule Online would be awesome though...
The only problem with the Atari 800 version was that the maps were static - once you played enough, you knew where the crystite would be. The C64 version had truly random maps, but two people got stuck playing on the keyboard and passing joysticks around. A dedicated M.U.L.E. port (or wrapped emulator) could give two players up/down/fire buttons at the ends of an iPhone or 4 players controls at the corners to multiplay auctions, on-screen joystick would work for player turns. This could be wrapped around the C64 version with no change of the program, just map the around-the-screen-controls to joystick #2 and keys.
For the purposes of multiplayer I wouldn't care which version it was as they are nearly identical. The only differences between them that I noticed after playing (literally) hundreds of games on each are that the "planet quakes" didn't move mountains on the C-64 version, you couldn't accelerate the sale of goods on the C-64 and the AI on the C-64 version was considerably easier to beat.
Oh, and the maps in Mule for the Atari are not static; it occasionally generates high crystite (if you've never played Mule, you'll have to look it up!) in the river valley.
Whichever version it is (I'd guess it'd be the C-64 since it was the more popular computer by far), 4 player is a must!
In the C64 version, good trading accelerates as you continue to stand on the line and can be broken up by 'dancing' on and off the line.
The Atari version has 128 maps. When you're playing a few games a day, it becomes apparent quick! (We used to spend entire weekends playing MULE and Dragonriders of Pern, kept alive by the elixir of life, Mountain Dew. :D
Yes, I'm a MULE nut. I even have cartridges versions for my Atari 800 and 5200... the first ROM I tried in SDBall was the NES MULE (as horrible as it is...)
http://forums.toucharcade.c...
Of course the obvious question here is, will it be compatible with the iCade?
ICade support is on the way, yes.
'Many more titles to come!' I've heard that before! Atari, Capcom, TG-16 to name a few disappointments...
Elite has been very good about adding titles to their ZX Spectrum collection, I'm sure they'll do the same here.
I'm looking forward to it!
There are over 80 titles, I think, now in the Elite Spectrum collection.
for the IOS? That's all I'm talking about.
Exactly. Only a dozen. That's what I'm saying. Atari promised all these titles long ago, as did Capcon and TG-16, and all they came up with for the IOS was a few good games and a bunch of junk filler. Total disappointment, and bad controls to boot on some of 'em. Like I said. Lets see if Elite Spectrum can do better for the IOS! I'm not bad-mouthing them. I'm just saying the BIG companies have let us down in the past.We'll see, won't we. Wouldn't be surprised if that's all we get or later we get hit with big IAP'S.
If you'd have bothered to check out the Spectrum collection before posting this you'd know that Elite has all those games on iOS, many Spectrum classics included. Atari published over 100 classic games for iOS. I don't see how either of them disappointed in the past. Or maybe they just didn't port *your* classics.
Don't get snippy with me, son! Guess I never really liked the Spectrum games much, but surely there's those who do, and for them, I'm glad they bring out new games for all gamers. As far as the Atari games ported to the IOS, if you had bothered to check out the user ratings and reviews, you'd have seen that I am not the only one who was/is disappointed in what they've put out-even 'til now! I'd say I am among the MAJORITY in thinking that! Mostly a bunch of crap, considering what they have and the good stuff they're not giving us. Same with Capcom. I'm old enough to have had these systems the FIRST time they came out and played the lot of them and had all the good ones, and guess what? They're not here. That's my opinion, I stick by it, and I'm entitled to that whether YOU disagree or not. I never posted any rude personal attacks here, but since you need to go there, that's your problem! I'm not going to keep going back and forth with some ignorant Spectrum fanboy who doesn't even know what he's talking about. g: Disqus <> To: [email protected]
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If you'd have bothered to check out the Spectrum collection before posting this you'd know that Elite has all those games on iOS, many Spectrum classics included. Atari published over 100 classic games for iOS. I don't see how either of them disappointed in the past. Or maybe they just didn't port *your* classics. Link to comment
Can TA or a reader explain which of these Spectrum rerelease collections is worth bothering with? There's a confusing number of similar-looking sets in the app store.
ZX Spectrum: Elite Collection is the one to get.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/...
Lots of great titles available as IAP, and monies are going to the original developers! I couldn't buy the Jullian Gollop pack fast enough. ;) The only issue I have with it is that the versions are not universal, meaning that if you want to have it on both your iPhone and iPad, you'd have to buy the app and the IAP twice. :mad: Also, I'd love to see more documentation for the games (something the Atari Collection did fantastically with all those manual scans!) even if it was just the complete manual text.
Elite has a number of ZX (and now C64) singles out - if you really just want one game, they're a better deal in the short run, but if you're like me, you might want to have all the games under one icon/app instead of a bunch of them. I bet you can guess that I'm anxiously awaiting the C64 collection app... :o
Spectaculator
http://itunes.apple.com/us/...
(lite)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/...
Is a universal app, and is (currently) open for tinkering (i.e. you can place your own tape files in there!) It's pretty well done, and what I like about it most is that you can have 4 save states for each title, and the game docs are straight HTML, so you can snag the game manual/maps/etc off of World of Spectrum and have them all in the app! The lite version contains different titles than the regular version, and it's free, so there's no reason not to try it out.
Stunt Car Racer would be great! But I’m partial to the Amiga version, not the 8-bit version.
YUSSS... bring on the Stunt Car Racer and Archon and M.U.L.E. ... !
Just came from Elite Systems' website - they say the release is delayed: http://www.elite-systems.co...
Still, I'm really excited to see Alternate Reality - when I played this as a kid, I didn't even know it was a game with no particular purpose - and I did keep wandering and wandering and couldn't stop playing!
With the trend for retro-style games on iOS these days, wouldn't it be interesting if the series could continue on this platform...