Retina Screenshots (click to enlarge) iPad Screenshots: (click to enlarge) Z The Game The classic Real Time Strategy Game by the Bitmap Brothers, just got better. Fans of this classic strategy title are in … TouchArcade Rating: $2.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsThe classic Real Time Strategy Game by the Bitmap Brothers, just got better. Fans of this classic strategy title are in for a real treat. Everything is in here from the terrific comedy cut scenes to the frantic game play making this is the definitive version of Z.REVIEWS *Edge Magazine: 8/10 of all the RTS games before and since, there's never been anything else quite like Z. *148Apps.com: 4/5 " A Solid Classic. Anyone who enjoys strategy games should find plenty to love here. *AppSpy.com: 4/5 Z The Game hits the spot *TouchGamers.de 9/10 Z the best strategy game for the iPhone *MetroOnline.co.uk:7/10 Cleverly originally gameplay that ensures a fast pace and a minimal of faff. Excellent old school graphics and context-sensitive music. *iReviwt.com: 4.5/5 Plus Must-Have Award*Appsnap.com: 7/10 •Z is a real time war game played in a totally free environment. •A breathtaking race to capture territory and resources. Crush your enemy before they overpower you.•Over thirty minutes of humorous movie sequences provide intros and outros for each level.•Movie and in game voiceovers are spoken in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish.•Z has a conditional Music system, which reflects in real time the mood of the battle.•Z has six types of Robot soldiers each with their own individual personalities. Will they carry out your orders and march into the jaws of hell? Or will they chicken and run?•Robots perform up to 40 different actions, armed with rifles, machine guns and antitank missile launchers.•Twenty challenging levels set on five planets each with a unique terrain ranging from Arctic waste to lands of fire and lava. •In game world map and radar which can be displayed at any time. •Lots of hardware for you and your soldiers to control, ranging from three types of tanks, jeeps, repair vehicles and armoured personal carriers to field guns and missile launchers.•Robot leaders provide you with spoken alerts throughout the game.•Capture and control installations including factories manufacturing robots and vehicles, radar and vehicle repair facilities. •You choose what kind of robot or vehicle your factories manufacture.•Z comes with pictorial player guide.•Z is a dual app that can be played on either your iPad or iPhone/iPod Touch for a single purchase. •Gamecenter achievements Z is... the fastest, funniest, most frantic, feature-packed action-strategy game you'll play this century! Information Seller: Genre:Action, Strategy Release:Jul 13, 2011 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (4) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal TA Article: http://toucharcade.com/2011/03/03/gdc-2011-retro-alert-host-of-bitmap-brothers-games-coming-to-ios/ Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel FPE Well-Known Member Sep 25, 2010 3,031 0 0 World, now Belgium #2 FPE, Jul 13, 2011 Another day of suffering for my credit card Arashi541 Well-Known Member Nov 2, 2010 1,661 0 0 App Reviewer Where you dont live http://theappshack54.blogspot.com/ #3 Arashi541, Jul 13, 2011 Is there survival mode for all the levels? undeadcow Well-Known Member Dec 4, 2010 9,486 2 36 Houston, TX #4 undeadcow, Jul 13, 2011 I remember the PC version years ago; that one was fun. Glad to see the port. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,964 717 113 England #5 psj3809, Jul 13, 2011 Good to see another Bitmap Brothers game out. Just hope they start on Chaos Engine next, thats the one i really want badmanj Well-Known Member Mar 16, 2009 1,886 24 38 Software developer Reading, England http://www.underground-collective.com #6 badmanj, Jul 13, 2011 Me, I'm waiting for GODS ;-) Gabrien Well-Known Member Nov 24, 2009 5,148 0 36 #7 Gabrien, Jul 13, 2011 The only Bitmaps game worth getting excited about, even if that's a minority opinion. kitkeat Well-Known Member Jul 11, 2011 237 45 28 #8 kitkeat, Jul 13, 2011 hmmm.. never thought they'd port this over.. my absolute favorite from 90s...... probably gonna wait out a bit since it's a bit pricey but it's universal as well... minor dilemma frogtorch Well-Known Member Apr 26, 2009 323 0 0 #9 frogtorch, Jul 13, 2011 Well there goes my day's productivity. abstractgamefreak Well-Known Member Aug 22, 2009 418 0 16 Male Musician Germany http://www.facebook.com/eskalationband #10 abstractgamefreak, Jul 13, 2011 Last edited: Jul 13, 2011 Highly anticipated. But: no multiplayer yet (as promised). Would be an instabuy with bluetooth or WiFi multiplayer. As it is, I'll pass on this one and see what the next updates have in stock. djflippy Well-Known Member Mar 9, 2009 4,441 0 36 #11 djflippy, Jul 13, 2011 I'm all over this; not their best title, but I'm happy to contribute to the future titles. They were doing area control well before many others. headcaseGames Well-Known Member Jun 26, 2009 1,869 0 0 Mobile Game Developer Hollywood, CA http://www.headcasegames.com #12 headcaseGames, Jul 13, 2011 someone in the know tell me - does this handle anything like Herzog Zwei? (I heard Dune mentioned, so I figured it was worth to ask) badwisdom Member Jan 24, 2009 12 0 0 #13 badwisdom, Jul 13, 2011 How does this classic floppy game make 349 megs ???? I remember this fitting on a couple of 512K floppies for my Amiga.... Andiron Well-Known Member Oct 14, 2010 268 0 0 #14 Andiron, Jul 13, 2011 I don't know specifically for this game why the reason would be but I do know that generally a lot of ports end up growing (sometimes significantly) in size when ported to iOS simply because even sounds and music have to be converted to mp3 or other (much larger) formats. Originally much of the small size of games would come from the ability of generating the music "on the fly" while the game is playing so the stored size of the music or sounds could be very small. That's probably not a very good explanation but its the best I could muster... Ryslaw New Member May 13, 2009 3 0 0 Translator Brzeg, Poland #15 Ryslaw, Jul 13, 2011 Last edited: Jul 13, 2011 This game has never been released on Amiga. BTW - I bought it and it doesn't work - neither on iPhone4 nor iPad2. Exits to desktop after tapping "New Game" badwisdom Member Jan 24, 2009 12 0 0 #16 badwisdom, Jul 13, 2011 Well ill be..... must be thinking of another bitmap game. Works fine on my iPhone 4 with iOS 5 beta. Cheers Xavier dyscode Well-Known Member Apr 11, 2010 1,102 0 36 Living World #17 dyscode, Jul 13, 2011 Any day with a Bitmap Brothers Game is a glorious day. don´t need to say more JGeldhof Well-Known Member May 26, 2010 73 0 0 Comic Artist / Illustrator Kent, Ohio http://www.jaygeldhof.com/ #18 JGeldhof, Jul 13, 2011 Plays fine on iPAD 1. Another vote for Chaos Engine next! steviebwoy Well-Known Member Feb 17, 2011 735 0 16 e-Systems Analyst Cornwall, UK #19 steviebwoy, Jul 13, 2011 While this looks ace for the iPad, I think the iPhone screen is simply too small to facilitate this game.. abstractgamefreak Well-Known Member Aug 22, 2009 418 0 16 Male Musician Germany http://www.facebook.com/eskalationband #20 abstractgamefreak, Jul 13, 2011 Yes, Chaos Engine was released on 3 Amiga floppies, Z never, it was a PC CD-Rom. Concerning crashes, any other iPad 2 owners out there who can confirm the problems? (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Good to see another Bitmap Brothers game out. Just hope they start on Chaos Engine next, thats the one i really want
hmmm.. never thought they'd port this over.. my absolute favorite from 90s...... probably gonna wait out a bit since it's a bit pricey but it's universal as well... minor dilemma
Highly anticipated. But: no multiplayer yet (as promised). Would be an instabuy with bluetooth or WiFi multiplayer. As it is, I'll pass on this one and see what the next updates have in stock.
I'm all over this; not their best title, but I'm happy to contribute to the future titles. They were doing area control well before many others.
someone in the know tell me - does this handle anything like Herzog Zwei? (I heard Dune mentioned, so I figured it was worth to ask)
How does this classic floppy game make 349 megs ???? I remember this fitting on a couple of 512K floppies for my Amiga....
I don't know specifically for this game why the reason would be but I do know that generally a lot of ports end up growing (sometimes significantly) in size when ported to iOS simply because even sounds and music have to be converted to mp3 or other (much larger) formats. Originally much of the small size of games would come from the ability of generating the music "on the fly" while the game is playing so the stored size of the music or sounds could be very small. That's probably not a very good explanation but its the best I could muster...
This game has never been released on Amiga. BTW - I bought it and it doesn't work - neither on iPhone4 nor iPad2. Exits to desktop after tapping "New Game"
Well ill be..... must be thinking of another bitmap game. Works fine on my iPhone 4 with iOS 5 beta. Cheers Xavier
While this looks ace for the iPad, I think the iPhone screen is simply too small to facilitate this game..
Yes, Chaos Engine was released on 3 Amiga floppies, Z never, it was a PC CD-Rom. Concerning crashes, any other iPad 2 owners out there who can confirm the problems?
