11th March 2010

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Ski-Free shrine, funniest Pac-Man chase, Street Fighter 4 out for iPhone, and the decline of Donkey Kong

Alrighty, I’m a keeping this one short, as I’ve got to head off to this event in the city of Adelaide tonight. Which is a workshop for circuit bending portable consoles/toys. Hosted by local Chiptune artist Little-Scale. I’ll try to post up pictures through the evening as well :)

Street Fighter IV is finally out for the iPhone. Looking forward to trying that one out, might need a 3GS however.

To those of you who were lucky to go through the right era of PC-gaming (1994-2000), chances are you would have had Windows 3.X at some point.. Do you folks remember this game?

Well this website is dedicated to this free classic title. There’s talks on there about them making an iPhone version as well. Brilliant!

There’s quite a depressing article on Wiipotato.com, talking about the decline of the Donkey Kong franchise. Covering a lot about about it’s more successful eras (the beginning, and Donkey Kong Country naturally).

I haven’t had the privilege to play any of the recent Donkey Kong titles, but I figured once Rare has stopped any involvement with the series, that the games would turn into tripe. I’ve been told that was the case (not my opinion).

Finally I leave you folks with a hilarious Pac-Man chase from none other than France’s favourite guerilla prankster/ex Pro Soccer player, Remi Gaillard:

Alrighty, I’ll hopefully get some decent shots from tonight’s workshop and DJ set as well. Should be an interesting evening!

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15th November 2009

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In Retrospekt: Manomio’s C64 iPhone app v1.2 update

It was only the other day we reviewed the Commodore 64 app for the iPhone, We now find that the next update is being worked on as we speak (bringing it to version 1.2) which will allow the in-app store, which will offer games at prices ranging from $0 up to AU$2.50.

The following games are going to be included initially:

Paradroid

Uridium

Druid

Cybernoid

Alleykat

Stormlord

Kickstart Off-Road Simulator

Also to get the ball rolling, they are including Bruce Lee for FREE.. Here’s a video of what the game is like:

Folks, the 1.2 update will be coming around mid-December, so this will make a perfect Xmas gift to the iPhone/iPod Touch owning, retro-gaming type!

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12th November 2009

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Retrospekt Review: Manomio’s C64 Emulator (iPhone/iPod Touch)

Reviewed by David Kudrev

Developer: Manomio
Cost: AU$5.99 (at time of review)

iTunes Store Link

Ah yes, the Commodore 64. Ask any gamer from the good old days what home computer was talked about the most in the 80’s and even 90’s, and most would say “Commodore 64”. Having only played the C64 (as it will be called for the rest of the review) in primary school, It sadly wasn’t enough to experience the whole feel that the C64 was trying to push, I did get to play Spy VS Spy 2 and Cave of Word Wizard, which reminded me a lot of The Boy and his Blob.

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