Or from
iphones.co.il
wrote up a review on Caveman / Caveman HD (hebrew)
rating: 4.5 out of 5 apples
A few weeks ago I came across this game and I knew it was nice and put it
in our wishlist to review later. After purchasing my iPad, I decided to
revisit the game and I discovered a wonderful secret world. I do not really
understand how such a gem could be hidden in the app store - the Lemmings
we all loved but with a new name, characters, sounds and music for legal
reasons.
The review even mentions some secret easter eggs in the game - they
are not available in the Lite versions however; but if you are up for
some nostalgia occassionally Mobile 1UP will post warp codes to
unlock these features (changes daily).
Angela from
148apps.com
wrote up a review on Caveman - giving it a
rating.
While there are no green-haired Lemmings to blow up, Cavemen is as close
as gamers will get to playing their favorite childhood game on iOS.
In 2010, Mobile 1UP ported its Palm OS version of Lemmings to
the iOS and webOS devices
(live blog link) -
where long discussions with SCEE ended up with a generalized statement of
"we do not license our IP outside of our own platforms".
Miguel from
addicted2apple.com
a portugese site, wrote up a review on Caveman / Caveman HD for iOS and also
posted a bunch of questions which we happily answered (interview).
Mobile 1UP is always willing to talk with review websites and
help other developers build a cross-platform strategy for their applications.
As a developer you need to develop with cross-platform in mind so it is
possible to quickly port the applications and not become dependent on a
single device manufacturer/operating system.
Mobile 1UP also gave some promo codes for a giveaway at
addicted2apple.com.
Paul from
appgamer.net
wrote up a review on Caveman HD - a good analysis and read!
The game has been written from the ground up but still manages to recreate
all that was good about Lemmings while bringing a few new ideas of its own
to the platform. While it doesn’t deviate too much from the formula set
by the original game, Caveman HD now feels like more than just a clone and
is well worth a gander.
Lee from
gamereactor.dk
listed Caveman in their most-played games article of the week.
Lee highlights (translated):
The game is as you remember it, and the control can be adjusted almost
exactly as you please, making this the best version of Lemmings for
handheld devices, even though it is not Lemmings ... Nostalgia Flip yeehaaa!!
We couldn't agree more with him on his assessment!
2012-07-11
crackberry.com Caveman HD comes to the BlackBerry Playbook
Mobile 1UP met up with James Richardson from
crackberry.com
at the #bb10jam in London where he took a preview of Caveman HD
for the BlackBerry Playbook and upcoming BlackBerry 10 devices - we
promised to get him a copy prior to launching on App World™.
James highlights:
The game is a modern take on the early 1990's game Lemmings that I am sure
many of you are familiar with. Caveman HD is much the same but with a
modern vibe to it and clearly the graphics are slightly better than the
original game.
While we agree the graphics are much better than the original - we do miss
the classic look!
In a matter of minutes after posting that Caveman HD was available on
App World™ via twitter, the first new items started to emmerge
announcing the availability of the title.
Auf der BlackBerry 10 Jam hat Aaron auch ein kleines Easteregg vorgestellt,
welches es erlaubt, Caveman im klassischen Lemmingsstyle zu spielen.
Willy was also attending the #bb10jam in Berlin (hence, the German)
where a "sneak peak" of the classic easter egg was exposed to everyone
on stage - every time I demonstrate it at the #bb10jam sessions it gets
a welcomed reception!
Un gioco in chiave moderna, si inspira al classico game degli anni 90 dal
nome Lemmings conosciutissimo sulle consolle di vecchie generazioni. Caveman
HD ha più o meno la stessa impostazione di gioco, l’ atmosfera è
la grafica sono leggermente migliori rispetto al gioco originale.
The underlying engine of Caveman HD is capable of running the original
Lemmings game - that is what we built by hand over 10 years ago for the
Palm OS platform, the game engine is the same, but the levels, artwork
and audio (updated to 2011+) are all completely new!
2012-06-16
crackberry.com iOS/webOS game Caveman coming soon to BB10
While at #bb10jam in London I met up with James from CrackBerry.com.
I just had to show him Caveman HD running on the BlackBerry Playbook
and the dev alpha devices that were being handed out to select developers
at the event - so, he decided to make a video and post about it. Take a
moment to watch the video and check it out!
We will definitely keep them updated on when it is available on AppWorld™.
YES! - we will be shipping version 1.0 on the BlackBerry devices! At
the same time, we will be posting updated versions for iOS and webOS (finally).
It has been a crazy year with the "day job" - but we will finish this game
and get updates out to all our users soon!
The first task as a Senior Technical Evangelist for Research In Motion
was to put myself in the position of ever independent developer out there
and do the conversion of my own games to the BlackBerry 10 platform.
The net result; within a week we had a game ported and published to the
AppWorld™ catalog - which surely should send the right message to
all developers out there; porting is simple and publishing can be done
in a few days! the BlackBerry 10 platform surely needs to be considered
if you are doing any mobile applications.
Aaron Ardiri, Senior Technical Evangelist at Research In Motion just
published a superb atricle over on the BlackBerry Developer Blog. He
describes what most developers will do when beginning to work with
BlackBerry 10.
Our first title for the BlackBerry Playbook got some news mentions!
We look forward to releasing more games on the BlackBerry Playbook and
start drumming up the buzz for our classic "Caveman HD" - we have a version
working internally (on PlayBook and BlackBerry 10 dev alpha). We are in
the final stages of tweaking levels (ensure all playable) before releasing
it.
Caveman / Caveman HD version 1.0 (yay) launch will be for all platforms
simultaneously!
The team over at MobileTechReview put together a review of Caveman
for iOS devices giving it high ratings in all aspects (awesome). Their
conclusion:
".. Mobile1Up has taken the classic Lemmings and released a reskin
of it for the fans of Lemmings, if you loved playing Lemmings on your
PC back in the day, or simply wanna try it out, grab this now before
the price goes up! ..
We are finalizing the last set of levels and adding some great new
features based on all the feedback over the last few months - keep a
look out for the next update!
Rich Dunbar over at webosroundup published a developer spotlight
interview we responded to recently - focusing on our efforts on
the HP webOS platform and our opinions on mobile development in
general moving forward.
The team at the applicationiphone.com (french) wrote up a pretty good
summary of Caveman.
".. Certes, le moteur est le même, les outils sont identiques
et les niveaux se ressemblent furieusement, mais, nom d'un chien,
c'est (presque) Lemmings ! ..
We noticed a spike in sales in France; so we had to track down the
source - Fabian from the review team also sent us a quick note
(tip: for reviewers to get mentioned here) about the review and to
keep them informed about future updates!
Maxim Bardin over on Linux gaming news took the initiative to recognise
that we plan to release desktop versions of Caveman (Windows, Mac OSX
and Linux) in the near future - which is definitely not wrong! We want to
finalize the 1.0 version before releasing the desktop versions due to
distribution/update collateral :)
".. i hope it wouldn't take much time to port .."
Caveman is built on top of our cross-platform development framework -
all we need to do is export the source code from our source code
management solution and type "make" to
build both 32-bit and 64-bit versions - this takes literally seconds!
2011-04-26
toucharcade.com Creator of Unofficial Port Releases Remarkably Similar 'Caveman'
Eli Hodapp over at TouchArcade (awesome news site on gaming) - posted a
short blurb about Caveman; they previously ran the live blogging efforts
back in July 2010; they did have an interesting idea that we should have
used lawyers instead of cavemen - good idea!
".. it's great to see the whole Lemmings port project reaching a conclusion. .."
Caveman is also receiving 5-star reviews all over the App Store (iOS) and
App Catalog (webOS) - we found the following review very insightful and
felt we must make it available here; it also sums up our experiences with the
development of the game and its motivation.
ROCKS! (Caveman HD)
This is a wonderful reincarnation of a 90's classic. The graphics and
sound are, as expected, a bazillion times better than the original, but
the addictive original gameplay is still there. The detail in the
levels is immersive, if you find time to look around - some of those
later levels mean no time for tourism! :-) Money well spent, and
anyone who loved the original will be captivated by Caveman HD.
We look forward to hearing more comments from users - check it out now!
We were happy to answer Peter Parrish's questions from Inc Gamers.
There has been a lot of interest with the Lemmings porting effort since we
started however even with SCEE (Sony Entertainmnt) Cease & Desist letter
it has not dampened our spirits around the game - and we will start discussions
around obtaining the official license for the title, especially since the
game is already working on the iPhone and Palm Pre - one would expect a few
minor improvements (which, we were planning anyhow).
Lets hope that SCEE (Sony Entertainment) is willing to license the Lemmings
franchise outside of their own platforms - namely the Playstation Portable
and the Playstation 3.
2010-07-01
theinquirer.net: Lemmings 'live development' gets pushed of cliff pocketgamer.co.uk: Lemmings for iPhone blocked by Sony precentral.net: Lemmings port thrown of cliff by Cease & Desist toucharcade.com: Lemmings port met with Cease & Desist slashdot.org: 36 Hour Lemmings Port gets Sony Cease & Desist macworld.com: Lemmings port slapped with Cease & Desist letter tuaw.com: Unofficial Lemmings for iPhone gets Cease & Desist
... many more (many sites are reporting on the same story)
We got slashdotted (again)!
It seems there is very strong support to petition SCEE (Sony Entertainment)
into bringing the Lemmings classic to the iPhone and Palm Pre devices -
hopefully removing the gridlock of the license being restricted to Sony
only devices. We are preparing an official request on seeking permission
to release our implementation, or in the event SCEE is willing to actually
officially bring the title to these platforms - working with them.
We hope to get a positive response from SCEE moving forward, as we have
a working prototype of the game functional and more importantly since
there is a huge positive response from the community for its release.
2010-06-29
zdnet.com: Lemmings ported to multiple platforms in 36 hours slashdot.org: Porting Lemmings in 36 hours joystiq.com: Developer ports Lemmings to 4 platforms in 36 hours ripten.com: Developer ports Lemmings to 4 platforms in 36 hours
... many more (many sites are reporting on the same story)
We got slashdotted!
It seems the news of porting Lemmings to many platforms in just 36 hours
was a hot topic - the increased network traffic filled up the available
bandwidth of our hosting server. At the same time, we also got into the
radar of SCEE (Sony Entertainment) who has unfortunately issued a
cease&desist on the distribution of our conversion.
It is amazing what you can achieve with the right design and tool sets!
2010-06-26
zdnet.com: Developer live-blogs porting Lemmings webosroundup.com: The Lemmings are coming! precentral.net: Watch Lemmings get ported toucharcade.com: Lemmings coming soon to app store for free pocketgamer.co.uk: Lemmings piling aimlessly towards iPhone iphoneclub.nl: Lemmings coming to iPhone as free game macmagazine.uol.com.br: If you are 30+ - check this, Lemmings iphon.fr: iPhone game - Lemmings, coming free!
... many more (many sites are reporting on the same story)
The response around out "live-blog" with the porting of our
old Lemmings code base (Palm OS) to new mobile platforms has
been amazing! What started out for fun, got seriously hard to
pull away from! We enjoyed doing this for our readers and we
hope it was an informative and inspiration to other developers.
Be sure to give it a read over at the blog:
Anothony Honciano over at webosroundup.com has written an in-depth
review of game and watch games within the GW Series package for
web os. He covers the basic elements of each game and identifies
the key focus on how the games reflect the classic retro genre and
not be overwealmed with fancy 3D graphics.
".. the attention to detail and art direction offers a pleasant experience .. "
Dan over at webosroundup.com has written an in-depth review of Cronk
for web os - giving an excellent overview of the core basics of the
game and highlights the pro's and con's. Overall a very good review
of the game and more importantly even a caveman could play it.
".. it’s a great addition to Palm’s App Catalog and a sign of great
things to come .."
Matthew Miller, who we remember from his time at geek.com just wrote
up an article about Cronk being migrated to the Palm webOS using
the PDK - quickly pointing out the fact it was originally an iPhone
game!
Kim over at Palm News Daily asked a few questions around developing
for webOS using the PDK provided by Palm - of course we were happy to
provide answers to his questions, the platform will soon see a big
influx of applications released in the near future!
2010-05-02
precentral.net: First indie PDK Apps land in the App Catalog
Deiter Bohn over at Pre Central was kinda enough to highlight that
the Mobile 1UP catalog submitted to the web os application
catalog was the first "indie" contribution using the PDK which is
currently in early access form from Palm. Mobile 1UP has been
working closely with Palm to make these titles available - enjoy!
2010-04-22
appvader.com: Today is "Game and Watch Day!" - GW Series
"This is as retro as its ever going to get."
Scott Dooley over at AppVader wrote up a quick retro review of the
Game & Watch series we have produced - and give us a 4.5 out of 5
review. He identifies the unique genre and "retro" feel of the games;
they are either something you'll love because of your childhood and
nostalgic fix or hate because they do not meet your expectations.
2010-04-20
CNET.com: Win an iPad! Four contests worth entering
Rick Broida, contributor to the "cheapskateblog" on cnet.com has identified
four key contests for getting your chance to win a new iPad if you are a
bit short of cash and want to take your chances with lady luck! We remember
Rick from his founding days at the Handheld Computing magazine almost 10
years ago - good to see he is still running news articles!
2010-03-31
appaddict.net: Mobile 1UP Offers Weekly Free Games and A Chance to Win an iPad
We sent out news of our gw-birthday celebration to many news sites - and
we are proud to say that appaddict.net were able to see the value to the
end-user and opportunity to make this worthy news - speacial greets to
Brett Nolan! You just earnt a special mention for covering the story.
2009-11-13
geek.com: Review: Chain reaction variant Abiosis for iPhone
Joel Evans over at geek.com writes up a great review of our latest game;
abiosis : chains. It's great they mention the spray-paint art - it
definitely adds a bit of uniqueness to the game, not to mention the 10%
penalty for not completing a level.
2009-09-14
geek.com: Apple rejecting apps based on non-relevant keywords Slash Gear: Apple rejected game over keyword disagreement? Mac Plus (french): Rejeté pour un mot-clef
Developers voices are heard - with the continual lists of complaints
about the application store and its review process; the unique situation
experiences by Mobile 1UP is echoed to other developers. It seems that
Mobile 1UP is not alone with this problem.
Joel Evans over at geek.com ran a feature on Mobile 1UP - covering the whole
Nintendo saga we went through and recovered from. He also asks a few
questions about our development processes, our decision around the
new release of GW Series and our future plans.
Eric over at the Free App Store Review website provides us some coverage
on Effektz - old school demo scene. Could this be the start of the demo
scene on iPhone? only time will tell - Mobile 1UP has been involved in
demo contests in the past.
Press coverage of our presentation at the Excitera Mobile Cup - providing
a basic summary of the information presented. Three presenters; including
Mobile 1UP complete with a photo.
As an active subscriber to Retro Gamer magazine we were anxiously
awaiting this edition to be delivered via the post. Darran Jones;
an editor for Retro Gamer contacted us in late January and asked
a bunch of questions around iPhone development and the retro gaming
market - which we were happy to respond to.
.. click to enlarge image ..
The GW games series were also reviewed - scoring an outstanding
92%, giving us pole position in the
review area! It seems we hit the "retro sweet spot"
- it is great to see such appreciation for our efforts. High quality scans
are available below.
Drop by your local newsagent and pick up a copy or even consider
a subscription.
Ryan over at RyanCamp.com gives gw helmet the honor of being app
of the week (feb 1-7); complete with a video showing how the game is
played. He gives a little history intro - but to get the 100% facts on
all the Game & Watch series - check out:
www.gameandwatch.com.
Editor Chris Kohler has run a piece for Wired Magazine (wired.com)
highlighting the ten (10) iPhone games that you must own. We are delighted
to have gw helmet as one games selected - our favourite quote:
"... You'd swear somebody took an old Game & Watch and shoved
it into your iPhone."
We'll be sure to pick up a copy of the next few editions of Wired to
see if it is also in the printed magazine and we'll provide scans for
our readers - placement is everything.
Lloyd Hannesson and Rob LeFebre discuss the GW series for the iPhone
/ iPod Touch in their regular "Touch of Gaming" podcast in collaboration
with Nukoda.com. The podcast is 35:58 long, jump to 5:15 (until 7:30)
for the GW series discussion. We have given Touch of Gaming a few
promotion codes - be sure to check the next episode.
UPDATE on 2009-01-16
Touch of Gaming is running a
contest
for their podcast subscribers to win one of sixteen (16) copies of our
games (US iTunes users only). The competition runs for a short period - so
be sure to check it out in order to be in the running!
David over at Finger Gaming posted a quick note about the GW series;
in light of the news of GW Helmet being free. Like other reviews;
he identifies "accurate adaptation" with graphics and sound effect -
and the "attention to detail is impressive".
2009-01-03
Gizmodo: Mr. Game & Watch saunters his way over to the iPhone. Kotaku: Get Game & Watch on your iPhone GoNintendo: Unauthorized Game & Watch 1UP: IP Violation : GW Helmet Pocket Gamer: GW Series GameBlog.fr: Des Jeux Game & Watch Sur iPhone! Computer and Video Games: Game & Watch on iPod Apps loading.se: Game & Watch på iPhone.
... many more (many sites are reporting on the same story)
With the release of gw-helmet especially as a FREE giveaway
the site has become popular; but with it has come a few posts/blogs around
the games and intellectual property rights violations, copyrights, et al.
While the topic is something due for debate - they provide quite positive
reviews of the implementations we have provided.
Eric over at the Free App Store Review website gives a good review of
GW Helmet. He highlights the amazing attention to detail - even down
to the sounds; mentioning that it is extremely faithful to the original.
We sent a number of promotional codes for the gw- series to the reviewers
at AppVee (www.appvee.com) and they have written up a very professional
review on the games. It's hard to find flaws; but we always love feedback
and they provide a few great ideas in their review. The final review rating
given to the games is 3.8 (almost 4-star across control, graphics, audio,
replayability and fun).
NOTE:
GW Chef, GW Fire, GW Parachute and GW Octopus have since been updated since
this review to user selectable controls and other features based on user
feedback and of course this review.
The guys over at TouchZapp give a quick pros/cons analysis of GW Parachute;
focusing on the great things - authentic recreation and fantastic developer
for paying attention to detail.
Aron Andersson interviews the man behind the Game & Watch series
that is now available on the iPhone/iPod touch. The article was printed
in the weekly technology newspaper and features on their television
segment - which aired at 1900 on TV8 in Sweden.
Nakimo gives an in depth review of GW Octopus in Japanese; coverying the
history of the original game and how the game is played. A video demonstration
is also provided showing the game in action. He concludes the review giving
it a 4-star rating - stating the touch reaction is not as responsive as he
would like it to be.
NOTE:
GW Octopus has since been updated since this review to include original
sound effects, improve touch feedback/processing and the ability to post
highscores to the website - based on user feedback.
Nakimo gives an in depth review of GW Chef in Japanese; coverying the
history of the original game and how the game is played. A video demonstration
is also provided showing the game in action. He concludes the review giving
it a 5-star rating - however raises questions copyright/trademark issues.
NOTE:
GW Chef has since been updated since this review to include original sound
effects, improve touch feedback/processing and the ability to post highscores
to the website - based on user feedback.
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