Hey dudes, Let's use this thread to post games we stumble across that either the developers have mentioned submitting an update that somehow takes advantage of the features of the iPhone 4, or updates that are already on the App Store. So far we've got Carcassonne confirmed via Twitter- http://twitter.com/CarcassonneApp/status/16722087357 And both- Flight Control ✈ NEW: STORM AIRFIELD! ✈ REWIND FEATURE! ✈ Flight Control is a must-have App Store classic. It's the incredibly sim… $0.99 Buy Now Watch Media Details✈ NEW: STORM AIRFIELD! ✈ REWIND FEATURE! ✈ Flight Control is a must-have App Store classic. It's the incredibly simple, yet insanely addictive worldwide #1 game from Firemint that invented the "line drawing" genre. Over 4,000,000 copies sold – don’t miss out, play all six unique maps in the original and best today! ---------------------------------------- ✈ Macworld awarded Flight Control an extremely rare 5 out of 5 mice: "The unique gameplay is perfectly suited to the device, and I am hopelessly addicted." ✈ Pocket Gamer: “Flight Control is one of those essential games that you'll continually return to and will remain on your iPhone forever” ✈ Touch Arcade: “the winning balance of easy pick-up gameplay, ramping difficulty and tickling the need to try ‘just one more time’” ---------------------------------------- Air traffic control is the world's most stressful job, but not for you. You don't need heading angles, flight rules or meteorological reports, you're a natural! A prodigy! A born controller!✔ Incredibly easy to learn! Just touch and drag the aircraft to their landing zones and avoid collisions. ✔ Insanely addictive – it only takes a minute to get started, but it’s impossible to stop! ✔ NEW MAP – Storm Airfield! A thunderstorm is wreaking havoc, striking aircraft with lightning – zapped aircraft cannot be redirected for a short time!✔ NEW FEATURE – Rewind! Purchase rewinds to turn back time - revert disaster and earn higher scores✔ Fly solo, or share landing duties with a friend - online via Game Center on iOS4.2, over local Wi-Fi network or Bluetooth ✔ Turn on the voice chat option to talk with the other controller when in online multiplayer mode (off by default) ✔ Aim for a new personal best or compete against other Flight Controllers in online leaderboards ✔ Earn achievements when you complete challenges, including the new ‘Thunderstruck’ achievement for the Storm Airfield✔ Visit all 6 airfields including Beach, Original, Windy, Australian Outback, Aircraft Carrier and the new Storm Airfield each with unique characteristics and challenges! ✔ Featuring 10 aircraft types including jets, helicopters and seaplanes! ---------------------------------------- So welcome aboard, please sit back, fasten your seatbelt and enjoy the mayhem – treat yourself and buy Flight Control now, or surprise a friend and Gift This App! ---------------------------------------- ⓘ For the latest inside info from Firemint, join us on our site, Facebook or Twitter! Please report bugs on our support site so we can assist you - visit www.firemint.com for links and details. Information Seller: Genre:Action, Strategy Release:Mar 06, 2009 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (3) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Real Racing Experience all of the excitement, competition and glory of championship racing. This is handheld racing like you've neve… $2.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsExperience all of the excitement, competition and glory of championship racing. This is handheld racing like you've never seen before, in the most stunning, realistic and intuitive racer on iPhone and iPod touch. Get Real Racing today, and find out what everyone is raving about!__________________________________________WINNER – Apple Design Award 2010: WINNER – IGF Mobile, Technical AchievementWINNER – IMGA, Excellence in Connectivity* 9.5/10 Gamespot * 9/10 IGN * #1 Racing Game in 55 countries__________________________________________- 6 car grid. Unlock 48 cars in 4 classes and 12 unique tracks set in city, forest and desert environments.- 6 game modes including massive career mode with 76 events.- Touch or tilt to steer, manual or automatic acceleration and braking.- In-car cockpit view or external camera.- *NEW* up to 4-person online multiplayer through Game Center (3G or Wi-Fi).- Local multiplayer supporting up to 6 players (over Wi-Fi).- Earn more than a dozen all-new achievements. View achievements and leaderboards in the Game Center app (on iOS 4.1 devices). Online content requires an internet connection.- Watch video replays and easily upload to YouTube.__________________________________________RACE IT YOUR WAYRace the way you want to, with 6 different game modes. Challenge friends in local or online multiplayer and leave them in your dust! Work your way up from rookie to world champion in Career mode. Slice off another split second in Time Trial and upload your personal best. Only got a minute? Get behind the wheel for a Quick Race. IMMERSE YOURSELFTear through forests, seaside circuits and burning deserts, with the roar of the engine and the sounds of an adoring crowd in your ears! Beautiful track environments, carefully detailed cars and console quality 3D sound effects create the most exhilarating racing experience on the iPhone.TAKE CONTROLIntuitive, realistic controls take care of things under the hood just like an expert pit crew, while you focus on your racing line. Accurate surface variations including asphalt, grass, gravel and chicanes affect vehicle speed, responsiveness and handling.GET PERSPECTIVEOur unique in-car cockpit view places you in the driver's seat. Get feedback from the animated driver and race data incorporated into dashboard instruments.TWEAK ITLooking for more than just factory settings? Adjust handling and sensitivity to suit, with a huge range of options. Control methods include tilt to steer or touch to steer, manual or automatic acceleration and brake-assist options.SHOW THE WORLDEasily set up a link to your YouTube channel to publish your best laps automatically then share them with friends.ONLINE MULTIPLAYERLog in to Game Center to challenge and compete against friends from around the world in a race of your choice and/or open auto-match slots and wait for other players to join! Compete for glory in a range of online leagues through Cloudcell, and battle your way through rival drivers from all over the world to advance to the top. GET CONNECTED WITH GAME CENTER AND CLOUDCELLCompare achievements and time-trial results with friends and rivals with Game Center (iOS4.1 devices only) and Cloudcell (all devices). Visit realracing.cloudcell.com to see lap times and set up your own custom leaderboards. KEEP ON RACING76 events in the full career mode, 6 modes of play, local and online multiplayer, numerous online leagues and rankings against your friends or the world ensure endless hours of fun.With Firemint Real Racing, the race is in your hands… *****Buy now and start your engines!***** Information Seller: Genre:Action, Racing Release:Jun 08, 2009 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (7) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Anyone find any others? noelbernie Well-Known Member Mar 22, 2010 61 0 0 #2 noelbernie, Jun 22, 2010 do these new versions run in high resolution on iPad - not full screen, but almost .. and with no 2x button on the bottom right ? Wicked8146 Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Nov 17, 2009 778 50 28 Dinosaur hunter Los Angeles #3 Wicked8146, Jun 22, 2010 Last edited: Jun 22, 2010 Plants VS Zombies was updated yesterday to be optimized for 4.0. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plants-vs-zombies/id350642635?mt=8 We Rule v1.1 has been submitted by ngmoco which is optimized for 4.0. http://getsatisfaction.com/ngmoco/topics/ios_4_will_be_coming_out_today_if_i_upgrade_can_i_still_play_these_games MasterChief3624 Well-Known Member Oct 11, 2009 2,530 0 0 #4 MasterChief3624, Jun 22, 2010 Thank you for the post, but they're talking about the iPhone 4, not just 4.0 LostLegend Well-Known Member May 17, 2010 1,311 0 0 http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/forum.htm #5 LostLegend, Jun 22, 2010 Just got Real Racing update for idevice 4. Eli ᕕ┌◕ᗜ◕┐ᕗ Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Feb 28, 1983 1,269,049 47 48 Barcelona http://elihodapp.com/ #6 Eli, Jun 22, 2010 Thanks for the heads up! Vinyl Darhma Well-Known Member Jun 7, 2010 168 0 0 #7 Vinyl Darhma, Jun 22, 2010 you sir are a funny man... Crescent Flare Well-Known Member May 30, 2010 56 0 0 http://www.crescentflare.com #8 Crescent Flare, Jun 22, 2010 My own app Marblenauts will also feature high-resolution graphics on the new iPhone in update 1.1, which has been submitted for review last week. Just read this message as an announcement LBG Señor Member Apr 19, 2009 7,471 1 0 nada ilegal 31.560499, -111.904128 #9 LBG, Jun 22, 2010 Wrong thread, I know (I couldn't find a suitable iPhone 4 thread, and I'm too lazy to make a new one). Here's a video recorded on an iPhone 4. It's only 360p, not 720p, but it still looks pretty good IMO. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel jacksoncombs Well-Known Member Nov 29, 2009 466 0 0 student candyland http://jacksoncombscoolstuff.blogspot.com/ #10 jacksoncombs, Jun 22, 2010 will there be one for street fighter 4 HOODED Active Member Dec 3, 2009 37 0 0 England, UK #11 HOODED, Jun 22, 2010 Lol, slightly offtopic, but nice vid man. Get a 720p up with a bit of movement please Thanks, I never knew Real Racing has been updated. I'll download the update now for it. Vinyl Darhma Well-Known Member Jun 7, 2010 168 0 0 #12 Vinyl Darhma, Jun 22, 2010 i want to watch the rest of that match Greg G Well-Known Member Apr 10, 2010 183 0 0 #13 Greg G, Jun 22, 2010 I am very interested on what these games look like on the iPad as well. Anyone take a shot yet? -Greg 1337brian Well-Known Member Oct 12, 2008 3,358 49 0 In My Head #14 1337brian, Jun 22, 2010 I wanna see an update for SF4 and Peggle... arturogoga Member Oct 14, 2009 16 0 0 #15 arturogoga, Jun 22, 2010 Last edited: Jun 22, 2010 Tried Flight Control on my iPad, and as I expected, it has the same 480x320 graphics from the previous version, so no 960x640 for iPad users. Makes sense anyway, my guess is that there's probably a check somewhere which looks for iOS 4 and specific hardware to use the other resolution, and since the iPad has neither a 960x640 nor iOS 4, it just installs the same version one would see in an iPhone 3G / 3GS Oh, and here's a screenshot of Flight Control running on an iPhone 4, by the way: http://yfrog.com/f/hqvz5p/ drelbs Well-Known Member Jun 25, 2009 11,200 7 38 #16 drelbs, Jun 22, 2010 And while they're updating Peggle, they could finally get the music in there! agent59512935 Well-Known Member Dec 3, 2008 566 0 0 #17 agent59512935, Jun 23, 2010 That update just came out today! cjelly Member Sep 4, 2009 11 0 0 #18 cjelly, Jun 23, 2010 Last edited by a moderator: Jun 23, 2010 Cro-Mag Rally just got updated to run at full-res on iPhone 4. Edit: Looks like all of Pangea's games have been updated to 960x640 on iPhone 4. Grumps Well-Known Member Patreon Indie Feb 2, 2009 758 0 16 iOS Game Developer http://www.nexxstudio.com #19 Grumps, Jun 23, 2010 While most mainstream games would probably add support to multitasking, I'm going to doubt that they would scale up their existing games for it, too costly for something that's already sold. We'll probably have to wait for newer titles that are developed in the future. agent59512935 Well-Known Member Dec 3, 2008 566 0 0 #20 agent59512935, Jun 23, 2010 I hope you are wrong about this because that is EXTREMELY lame if true. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Next > 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
do these new versions run in high resolution on iPad - not full screen, but almost .. and with no 2x button on the bottom right ?
Plants VS Zombies was updated yesterday to be optimized for 4.0. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/plants-vs-zombies/id350642635?mt=8 We Rule v1.1 has been submitted by ngmoco which is optimized for 4.0. http://getsatisfaction.com/ngmoco/topics/ios_4_will_be_coming_out_today_if_i_upgrade_can_i_still_play_these_games
My own app Marblenauts will also feature high-resolution graphics on the new iPhone in update 1.1, which has been submitted for review last week. Just read this message as an announcement
Wrong thread, I know (I couldn't find a suitable iPhone 4 thread, and I'm too lazy to make a new one). Here's a video recorded on an iPhone 4. It's only 360p, not 720p, but it still looks pretty good IMO. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel
Lol, slightly offtopic, but nice vid man. Get a 720p up with a bit of movement please Thanks, I never knew Real Racing has been updated. I'll download the update now for it.
I am very interested on what these games look like on the iPad as well. Anyone take a shot yet? -Greg
Tried Flight Control on my iPad, and as I expected, it has the same 480x320 graphics from the previous version, so no 960x640 for iPad users. Makes sense anyway, my guess is that there's probably a check somewhere which looks for iOS 4 and specific hardware to use the other resolution, and since the iPad has neither a 960x640 nor iOS 4, it just installs the same version one would see in an iPhone 3G / 3GS Oh, and here's a screenshot of Flight Control running on an iPhone 4, by the way: http://yfrog.com/f/hqvz5p/
Cro-Mag Rally just got updated to run at full-res on iPhone 4. Edit: Looks like all of Pangea's games have been updated to 960x640 on iPhone 4.
While most mainstream games would probably add support to multitasking, I'm going to doubt that they would scale up their existing games for it, too costly for something that's already sold. We'll probably have to wait for newer titles that are developed in the future.