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Rigby

macrumors 603
Aug 5, 2008
6,257
10,215
San Jose, CA
So what highscores are you guys getting? I made it to stage 15 with 79330 points so far (Ultra version). The stages are getting really short at that speed. :D
 

reckless2k2

macrumors 6502a
Jul 10, 2008
525
0
Yeah I think they are a day late and a dollar short with the release of Breakout. There have been so many clones at this point. Missile Command looks nice but I'm not too compelled to buy it.

There are so many Atari Classics that I'd shell out cash for but no these two.

Defender
Dig Dug
Elevator Action
Joust
Moon Patrol
Q-Bert
Track & Field

OH YEAH!!! Bring it on.
 

TimothyB

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Jun 20, 2008
795
91
Bay Area
WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why are we being lied to?

Despite my review, all the iTunes screens are fakes and not the real game.

Everything is wrong in the stills when I discovered a hidden still in iTunes that's actually the game. Maybe it's new and they are changing it, but the original stills are what I bought it based off of.

When you load the page up below in iTunes, it shows a total of 4 stills, the first being an actual shot of the game, if you flip through the stills, suddenly it becomes 5 stills, all fake and the original real shot is gone.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=291286162&mt=8

Here's what I'm talking about:

fake_missile.jpg



The effect for the main green missiles is different, not as nice, and the UFO shots are the same and not different like in the fake still. Missile launchers are smaller and less clear. The explosions are much smaller and less detailed. Overall, not as polished as we were tricked by the fake stills.

I have to leave for work, so that's all I have time for.
 

DreamPod

macrumors 65816
Mar 15, 2008
1,265
188
If you check now, all the screenshots are real ones. They must have just posted the wrong ones or something.
 

Zadillo

macrumors 68000
Jan 29, 2005
1,546
49
Baltimore, MD
WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why are we being lied to?

Despite my review, all the iTunes screens are fakes and not the real game.

Everything is wrong in the stills when I discovered a hidden still in iTunes that's actually the game. Maybe it's new and they are changing it, but the original stills are what I bought it based off of.

When you load the page up below in iTunes, it shows a total of 4 stills, the first being an actual shot of the game, if you flip through the stills, suddenly it becomes 5 stills, all fake and the original real shot is gone.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=291286162&mt=8

Here's what I'm talking about:

fake_missile.jpg



The effect for the main green missiles is different, not as nice, and the UFO shots are the same and not different like in the fake still. Missile launchers are smaller and less clear. The explosions are much smaller and less detailed. Overall, not as polished as we were tricked by the fake stills.

I have to leave for work, so that's all I have time for.

The UFO shots in both the original and new one look the same to me.... the only difference I see is that the UFO in the "new" shot has a little red missile thing in front of it, but if you look closely it is clear it is otherwise almost identical.

Regarding the other aspects, I personally don't think it is less polished......... playing it on the iPhone itself, I think the more visible missile trails is probably a benefit - from the earlier version, it looks like it would have been harder to make out.

-Zadillo
 
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