This app got approved
Once again, Apple’s crack team of app store approvers has done another stellar job. Behold Luigi vs. Pac, a game I ASSUME is a fully licensed joint venture of Nintendo and Namco who obviously were so overwhelmed with work they hired CSA Applications to create this game for them featuring two of their flagship characters.
“Defat”?
Luigi Vs Pac
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CSA APPLICATIONS IS PROUD TO PRESENT: Luigi Vs Pacman
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Want to play a totally different style of pong? WELL YOU GOT IT!Play Luigi As he has to defat the almighty pac man.
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Update Coming Soon!!
Different Playable Characters
Increased Stability
Different enemies
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SEND COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS TO
swiftskater2@gmail.com
Hmm… I can think of ONE comment…
Sonic the Hedgehog for iPhone isn’t a game, it’s a Genesis emulator
Sega’s recently released Sonic the Hedgehog for iPhone has received well-deserved accolades for bringing an amazing faithful port of the 1991 Sega Genesis classic to the iPhone platform, yet at the same time, it has also received almost as much criticism for its slow frame rates and performance issues. Well, the guys over at AllTechRelated may have discovered the reason. Apparently, Sonic isn’t so much a port to the iPhone as a Genesis emulator running Sonic on the iPhone.
It turns out if you open up the Sonic app folder on a jailbroken iPhone (as I’ve done below), you can replace the file named “rom.bin” with another Genesis ROM file you may own, and it will play. In their tests not all ROMs worked, (so far, they’ve had success with Sonic 1 and 2, Afterburner 2, and Ecco the Dolphin).
Above: Replace this file with a bin ROM of your own, and you’re good to go.
The obvious catch here is that only the D-Pad and A button are supported, so only certain games will play well even if they launch. I have tested out Sonic 2, and as you can see from the shots below (featuring Sonic’s friend Tails) the hack does indeed work. (I only tested that ROM because I still own the original Sonic 2 cartridge, and the underlying feeling in the ROM community is that you shouldn’t run emulated games you did not buy at some point).
I actually noticed the ROM for Sonic 2 plays smoother than the “official” Sega Sonic for the iPhone. For some, perhaps the knowledge that Sonic can in fact run many Genesis titles may help justify the $5.99 price tag on the laggy app. Of course, if you have a jailbroken iPhone, there’s already a free Genesis emulator out there.
As someone who plans to UNjailbreak my iPhone when the version 3 OS comes out, here’s hoping Sega decides to do right and fix the performance on Sonic, but in the meantime, running Sonic 2 ain’t a bad consolation prize.
[via AllTechRelated]
The Creeps! updated - win a free code
Filed under: Awesomeness, Free Stuff, Games, Slow News Day, Updates, contests, iPhone, iPod Touch
Above: One of The Creeps! new under water levels.
The Creeps!, a kick-ass Tower Defense game (and one of the few iPhone games that has stayed on my iPhone after 6 months) has just been updated, and to celebrate, Super Squawk Software was nice enough to give us a free game code to give away. Yes, it’s only a 99¢ game, and yes, Super Squawk is using this as a cheap way to get a $300 ad on Macenstein for 99¢, but hey, the game really DOES rock, the update is a substantial one, and there is pretty much nothing newsworthy going on right now. It is kind of a perfect storm for The Creeps!
Above: Ahhh, the low battery warning. Always a sign that you like a game.
Anyway, as I mentioned, this is no mere bug fix update – Super Squawk has added a total of 8 new maps, 5 new Creeps, and a cool new Paper Shuriken weapon to help you defend your sleeping child from the things which go bump in the night.
To Enter: Simply leave us a comment telling who you think the creepiest celebrity is (and no, you can’t say me). The Free code will only work in the US iTunes store, so you need a US iTunes account to claim the prize. You have until Saturday the 16th at midnight EST (the witching hour) to enter. Winner will be selected randomly. Thanks, and good luck!
Review: SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone - A hobbled app still manages to shine
Filed under: Awesomeness, Product Reviews, Software, iPhone, iPod Touch
Smart phone owners are notoriously loyal and defensive about their handset of choice, and like a good soldier I have vigorously proselytized the benefits of the iPhone to any Blackberry user I have run into. For the most part this was easy, as the only real argument I couldn’t defend was the iPhone’s lack of a physical keyboard, which to me was a non-issue. However, there was ONE trick the Blackberry could do that had me more than a little envious, and that was the ability to stream live TV via a Slingbox. It wasn’t so much that I even really wanted to watch TV on my iPhone, but the fact that my iPhone physically couldn’t while Blackberry users could for some reason got me steamed.
Well, that all ended about 6 weeks ago when the good folks at Sling Media hooked me up with a beta of their SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone. SlingPlayer Mobile allows Slingbox owners to watch live TV, streamed from their homes, on their iPhones. What’s more, if you happen to own a DVR, SlingPlayer Mobile allows you to control that as well, meaning you can watch your recorded shows and movies and access On Demand Programming, as well as pause and rewind live TV, just as if you were watching from home.
Above: Tap the screen to bring up the menu screen
What’s a Slingbox?
For those of you unfamiliar with what a Slingbox is, basically it is a device which you can hook to almost any audio/video source and control remotely from your computer or mobile device, from anywhere in the world where Read more
The most efficient doormat ever
Filed under: Apple Fanboyism, Awesomeness, design, iPhone, iPod Touch
This iPhone doormat promises to keep your house cleaner than any other doormat, thanks to its patented two-step process.
Step 1 - People seeing the doormat will immediately turn and walk away from your house, dirty feet or no.
Step 2 - There is no step two!
(Oh, and they got your backdoor covered as well with this “command Key” doormat.)
[Meninos via via Gizmodo]
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