Looking for 'retro-inspired' games

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  1. Anchantia

    Anchantia Member

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    #1 Anchantia, Dec 7, 2013
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    Hello.

    First of all I'm coming from germany and my english is not really good. But I hope you can understand me.

    I'm looking for retro-inspired games for iOS. No emulated games like R-Type or Double Dragon. I looking for original games with retro graphics (like The Incident) or clones from exist games back in the 80s and 90s. For example: Starbounder (a clone of the old SkyRoads from 1993), 8 Bit Rally ( a clone of the Lotus games from Amiga systems) or Final Freeway 2R (OutRun).

    I have a iDevice since 3 months and there are so many and thousand of games... I can't overview this. :p

    My preference genres are Platformer, Racing, Puzzle, Arcade and these things.

    I hope you can help me. :)

    P.S.: No games with IAP (exception remove ads like in FF2R or BlockBoy. This is fair. But I HATE pay2win-Games!)
     
  2. jaggi

    jaggi Well-Known Member

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    Mutant Mudds
    Kid Tripp
    Frogatto
    The Other Brothers
    Fist of Awesome
    Finding Teddy
    Pizza Boy
    Bloo Kid
    Lars
    Super Lemonade Factory
    Little Luca
    Kale in Dinoland
    I am Level
    Micro Miners
    Rico
    Bean's Quest
    Major Magnet
    Zip
    Penumbear

    Oh and both Sonic and Sonic CD are brilliant on iOS.

    There are a lot more, of course.
     
  3. retr0spective

    retr0spective Well-Known Member

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    Here's a list of some of my favorites:


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    1-Bit Ninja
    868-Hack
    A Little Turbulence
    Age of Zombies
    Alien Space Retro
    Astronot
    Bit Dungeon
    Bitless
    Canabalt
    Clash Force
    Deep Dungeons of Doom
    Forget.Me.Not.
    Game Dev Story
    Glitch Tank
    Hypership Out of Control
    Infectonator
    Kale in Dinoland
    Kid Tripp
    Knights of Pen and Paper
    League of Evil 1
    Mage Gauntlet
    Meganoid 1 & 2
    Mikey Shorts
    Mikey Hooks
    Mutant Mudds
    Organ Trail
    Pix N Love Rush
    Pizza Boy
    Polyroll
    Punch Quest
    Pygmies Hoglet Ex
    Rogue Ninja
    Slayin
    Space Invaders Infinity Gene
    Stardash
    SuperQuick Hook
    Sword and Sworcery
    The Blocks Cometh
    The Last Rocket
    The Other Brothers
    These Robotic Hearts of Mine
    Tower of Fortune 1 & 2
    Velocispider
    Zaga-33
     
  4. Tannorexic

    Tannorexic Well-Known Member

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    Somewhere in the spiritual realm
    Hmmm there's a game that's free at the moment called "quiet please" and it's retro and awesome, no IAP or anything.. The same company have a few other games that are similar.

    Other classic pixel art games:

    Mcpixel
    Bob jump
    Eboy fix pix
    Frogatto
    Bobby carrot forever


    Non pixel art-
    Bumpy road
    Penguin patrol
     
  5. Primoz

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    Organ Trail: Director's Cut. A post-apocalypse zombie spin-off of the classic Oregon trail.

    One of my favorite iOS games ever.
     
  6. Anchantia

    Anchantia Member

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    Thanks für the tips.

    Are there clones of Marble Madness or Tempest 2000?
     
  7. c.ihls

    c.ihls Well-Known Member

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    Maybe you could check the Dark Nebula series if you're looking for some rolling-action.
     
  8. Bronxsta

    Bronxsta Well-Known Member

    Forget Me Not
    Commander Pixman
    Bean's Quest
     
  9. There are already about two threads of similar nature, so there's no real point to this thread.

    Since I'm using the app I can't link them, but I can tell you it might be on the second and third pages of this subsection.
     
  10. JCho133

    JCho133 Well-Known Member

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    Heroes of Loot

    And basically every other game by Orange Pixel
     
  11. unicowz

    unicowz Well-Known Member

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    could someone list which ones are free?, as i dont like going trough everyone of them :/
     
  12. Jeff minter's games are cool, especially Minotron.
     
  13. Gov

    Gov Well-Known Member

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    Pixel Ninja
     
  14. scrotally

    scrotally Well-Known Member

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    Why is this discussion in the comments of this game. It would be neat if anyone was talking about this game. Ok I'll start one...how do u calibrate controls. Seems like it could be fun but I have to hold my phone tilted to the right. My gyroscope works fine with all other tilt games.
     

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