ASCII Shooter iCartel s.r.o. Classic 2D shooting game Old school game with modern engine and pixel perfect graphics. Protect your device against vir… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsClassic 2D shooting game Old school game with modern engine and pixel perfect graphics. Protect your device against virus attack and eliminate all enemies. Get ready for the instant action. - hundreds of levels & thousands of enemies - original chip tune sound & music and real hardware backgrounds - classic design with hi-tech look Information Seller:iCartel s.r.o. Genre:Action, Arcade Release:May 02, 2013 Updated:Oct 28, 2018 Version:1.4 Size:41.4 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (3) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal AnarKitty Well-Known Member Oct 10, 2010 3,654 0 0 Minneapolis, USA #2 AnarKitty, May 2, 2013 Looked for a video for this and struck out. Has anyone tried this? I'm all kinds of curious, and very interested. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,769 554 113 England #3 psj3809, May 2, 2013 Go and take one for the team! It's only one dollar psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,769 554 113 England #4 psj3809, May 2, 2013 So glad people took the 'risk' of a dollar to try this ! Anyway i bought it, its not a bad dual stick shooter. The main character could move faster, the controls arent too bad, prefer a floating joystick kinda thing but shooting diagonal etc is quite easy. Being old i love the ASCII characters, on the 'story' mode you basically get some text telling you about a mission and you basically have to go in and kill the 'larger' baddies (rather than the 100's of smaller ones), once you kill the larger ones you finish the level and move on. Played the first few missions, much of the same, different mazes etc but i'm enjoying it. Nice old skool shooter with great old PC style graphics of ASCII characters. For a dollar i think its priced well, not too bad iCartel New Member May 3, 2013 2 0 0 #5 iCartel, May 3, 2013 I'm glad you like the graphics! We put many small details in it, like bit of shadows, bit of plasticity, a very old CRT monitor look'n'feel, rubber controllers... There are custom made levels in story mode, which responds to current story part placement - USB, memory, CPU... Btw how do you like the music and sound effects? David, developer psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,769 554 113 England #6 psj3809, May 3, 2013 Yeah the chiptunes great, the sound effects remind me of an old Atari 2600. Looking forward to the later levels, it reminds me 'slightly' of Gauntlet but with ASCII characters, more items to pick up etc would be good. But glad i bought this, enjoying it Guise Well-Known Member Jul 10, 2009 2,027 13 38 #7 Guise, May 4, 2013 Last edited: May 4, 2013 Liking this so far. Game Center integration would be great, in my opinion. MidianGTX Well-Known Member Jun 16, 2009 3,738 10 38 #8 MidianGTX, May 4, 2013 I just decided to give this a shot too. I'm pleasantly surprised. Usually I don't enjoy dual stick shooters too much on iOS, but the Gauntlet-style pre-made levels make it really enjoyable. Almost like a simplified Bangai-O (kudos if you've heard of it). witedahlia Well-Known Member Jul 28, 2012 347 0 0 #9 witedahlia, May 4, 2013 I was going to get this anyway, but since you mention Bangi-O I'm getting it now. Will try it out and leave impressions. iCartel New Member May 3, 2013 2 0 0 #10 iCartel, May 6, 2013 I'm pleased with your impressions and looking forward to hear more comments! There is room for improvements in the game, but it's not easy to balance all the gameplay aspects. For example more weapons/pickups/etc leads to more complicated controls/menu which could distract you too much from the action... It's always tough decision... I've never played Bangai-O, but I watched couple of videos - maybe next time we'll add tons of bullets and thousands of neon colors David, developer slamraman Well-Known Member Patreon Gold Aug 27, 2011 2,511 5 36 #11 slamraman, May 6, 2013 Just tried this. Unexpectedly good. Needs Game Centre as this could be a great high scorer. Reminds me of one of those games I used to type in from a magazine hoping for Robotron. witedahlia Well-Known Member Jul 28, 2012 347 0 0 #12 witedahlia, May 7, 2013 Oh, don't worry about thousands of colors! I like the look of this one the way it is. Really enjoying it. As others have said, GC would be a great addition. Otherwise it's primo. Connector Well-Known Member May 6, 2012 15,512 1 0 In the Chatroom http://thechatroom.freeforums.net/ #13 Connector, May 7, 2013 Gonna buy this based on the recommends. Like the fact that some say it has a resemblance to Robotron, a fantastic game. NiceDude Well-Known Member Jul 23, 2014 246 0 0 #14 NiceDude, Jul 25, 2014 Really liking this! I like the graphics and the controls are good. Fun gamelay, has a lot of diffeent enemies and powers ups. Levels are a lot more than big opens arenas. I wish the contorls smaller retr0spective Well-Known Member May 24, 2011 915 17 18 Riverside, CA #15 retr0spective, Dec 17, 2018 This is great! ASCII Shooter was updated for new devices! (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Looked for a video for this and struck out. Has anyone tried this? I'm all kinds of curious, and very interested.
So glad people took the 'risk' of a dollar to try this ! Anyway i bought it, its not a bad dual stick shooter. The main character could move faster, the controls arent too bad, prefer a floating joystick kinda thing but shooting diagonal etc is quite easy. Being old i love the ASCII characters, on the 'story' mode you basically get some text telling you about a mission and you basically have to go in and kill the 'larger' baddies (rather than the 100's of smaller ones), once you kill the larger ones you finish the level and move on. Played the first few missions, much of the same, different mazes etc but i'm enjoying it. Nice old skool shooter with great old PC style graphics of ASCII characters. For a dollar i think its priced well, not too bad
I'm glad you like the graphics! We put many small details in it, like bit of shadows, bit of plasticity, a very old CRT monitor look'n'feel, rubber controllers... There are custom made levels in story mode, which responds to current story part placement - USB, memory, CPU... Btw how do you like the music and sound effects? David, developer
Yeah the chiptunes great, the sound effects remind me of an old Atari 2600. Looking forward to the later levels, it reminds me 'slightly' of Gauntlet but with ASCII characters, more items to pick up etc would be good. But glad i bought this, enjoying it
I just decided to give this a shot too. I'm pleasantly surprised. Usually I don't enjoy dual stick shooters too much on iOS, but the Gauntlet-style pre-made levels make it really enjoyable. Almost like a simplified Bangai-O (kudos if you've heard of it).
I was going to get this anyway, but since you mention Bangi-O I'm getting it now. Will try it out and leave impressions.
I'm pleased with your impressions and looking forward to hear more comments! There is room for improvements in the game, but it's not easy to balance all the gameplay aspects. For example more weapons/pickups/etc leads to more complicated controls/menu which could distract you too much from the action... It's always tough decision... I've never played Bangai-O, but I watched couple of videos - maybe next time we'll add tons of bullets and thousands of neon colors David, developer
Just tried this. Unexpectedly good. Needs Game Centre as this could be a great high scorer. Reminds me of one of those games I used to type in from a magazine hoping for Robotron.
Oh, don't worry about thousands of colors! I like the look of this one the way it is. Really enjoying it. As others have said, GC would be a great addition. Otherwise it's primo.
Gonna buy this based on the recommends. Like the fact that some say it has a resemblance to Robotron, a fantastic game.
Really liking this! I like the graphics and the controls are good. Fun gamelay, has a lot of diffeent enemies and powers ups. Levels are a lot more than big opens arenas. I wish the contorls smaller
