MantaNZ

Um... I think I'll choose option two, lol. Speaking of 'free' games - the most disgusting use of IAP that has crept in recently is subscriptions. I was playing some side scrolling hill climbing/racing game that was quite a bit of fun... only when it came to hitting a pay wall I was asked to pay $9.99 PER MONTH to be able to continue playing. Suffice to say, I uninstalled it promptly.

No, keep them away! Haha. I got into mobile dev just after all the big boys started seeing how much money they could make. Another reason you get lost in the pile, haha.

I probably could have but it wasn’t worth it and I had no money to do so anyway. And yeah, different countries makes it tricky. It baffles me that neither Apple or Google gives a crap when a little guy’s IP is stolen and sold on their platform. Of course they care when it’s a big company. In fact, I had a game pulled from Google Play for having Mario Kart listed as one of the inspirations behind it - it was in no way a rip off.

Woohoooooo! Thanks!

I'd be interested to know too. I didn't know this was a possibility...

Bin it and get the official Sega Genesis Mini Sorry, I couldn't help it.

I can answer that - they don't. I gave up on mobile. Yeah, okay it was partly my fault every one of my games failed as I REFUSED to do whe whole freemium thing (apparently people are happy to spends hundreds on IAP if a game is free but they can't bring themselves to spend $1-2 for an entire game). Sure, my games weren't groundbreaking or amazing, but they were solid, bug-free, well tested fun little original titles that were very well recieved by the few who played them - it's just nigh on impossible to get noticed in the swathes of shovelware. Same deal with Steam, Nintendo and to a lesser extent, Xbox stores (I don't have a PS4) these days. Oh, one of my most successful games was quickly ripped off by an utter c#%t who made a "template" of my game to sell on an asset store. So not only did he steal my exact idea, he sold it on to anyone who wanted to make the same game. As a result there were tons of these ripoffs on Google Play and Apple stores - so many I had to give up on trying to get them pulled. The #[email protected]^knuckle who made said "template" also bragged about how he made so much money off it. So yeah, I'm amped for Amico too and hoping to heck the team deems me worthy of developing for it. If not, I'm still amped for a clutter free device as a customer. I'm legitimately way more excited about the Amico than PS5 or whatever the next Xbox will be called - and this is coming from someone who thought it looked and sounded like a silly idea initially (I think the Coleco Chameleon debacle kinda made me wary). Only other thing I'm really amped for is the PolyMega but it's looking like that thing will never come out

Players take turns being the buggy and when they're not the buggy they're the enemies So it's always simultaneous multiplayer action. Different colours for different players, eg player 1's controller might light up blue so they're the blue buggy - player 2 and 3 are red and yellow controllers/enemies etc. Then when P2 is the buggy the buggy is red, so it cycles around. That's what Tommy says in a video someone posted earlier so I assume the game mechanics are still the same.

Yeah that’s what I was going for. I didn’t slow in time to shoot the rock. Haha.

Hi everyone, I figured this was a good place to announce my upcoming Mega Drive game, Puck Off! its basically just an advanced Pong type game - think along the lines of WindJammers and Geometry Wars having a baby 😂 it’s currently playable but I haven’t implemented AI, special moves or advanced features yet as it’s pretty early on, but it’s coming along nicely. The game will be for 1-4 players. No promises but if it turns out well enough it will get a quality physical release. Here’s the title screen (WIP) to give an idea of the graphical style. The grid is of course scrolling in the emulator - true ‘80s style. Actually I don’t remember seeing that grid anywhere in the ‘80s but pretty much every retro project uses it in 2019! Lol. Cheers!

Awesome find! Moon Patrol just got even cooler I didn't know Tommy held that record, either.

Damn, been reminded of some great games. Start Control II (3DO) and MSR (DC) would be good additions though I think Project Gotham Racing 2 just edges out MSR IMHO. That game is so fun. Shame it doesn't work properly on Xbox 360

Just scored over 2.1 million, which is a lot for me. Put me 20th in Pure mode on Xbox Top is 12,475,537. Safe to say I’ll never beat that. Lol.

Gah, was going so well. Was aiming for 10k. Lol.

Yeah I think it'll take time to filter through. I left a 5 star review to help. I died pretty quickly but once I got to grips with it I got to the end unscathed. It really does feel like the original! That spread shot is wicked, too

Interestingly, a couldn't find in the store but it worked if I used the link from the email.

BUGS HAVE CUTE EARS?!?!? I'll need to look more closely next time before I stomp one to death.

Haha yeah, it's awesome. I hope that's on the Amico when it boots up

Oh cool! I'll keep my eye on it for sure. I like the nice little touches like the dust storm blowing in the background and the physics on the buggy. BTW check your PMs - I sent shipping quotes for the Force 2 and maybe begged a little (or a lot) to become an Amico dev

Hehe you can glitch out the UFOs by not firing. Eventually you'll get bombed and then a couple of UFOs will race to the start and just hover above your car. You'll never be able to shoot them as they will stay slightly ahead at all times until the end when they smash into the rocks. Haha satisfying.

Amico Club. I couldn't find it either so I used my iPad.

Cool little taster but yeah, too short! Was just getting into it, haha. Then I tried to beat my score but the score and time doesn't reset between games so now I have a high score that's the culmination of several attempts. Plays well though. Can't wait to play the full game on Amico EDIT: Score/time does reset if you lose all lives, just not once you make it to the end and then start over, so I guess you can just keep replaying until you lose your lives.

Haha no. I though about putting Street Fighter 30th Anniversary in mine!

Neither. But I still want an in house Intellivision mini. Hehe.

But that goes against the commandments! Haha.