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 iOS Apps ‘RETRO GAMES’ & ‘RETRO GAMES FREE’ Announced / Approved by Apple(R) Date: March 2012 Elite Systems, the long established UK based developer and electronic publisher of games for portable, mobile and other devices has confirmed the Apps (full title, “World of RETRO Computer GAMES”) have been scheduled for release during the weekend of 6th Apr, 2012.
Commenting upon the launch plans, Elite’s MD Steve Wilcox said,
“The Apps provide the opportunity to build a collection, of the most popular RETRO computer GAMES from the 80s and 90s, in two great ways
1. Download ‘Retro Games’ to receive BRUCE LEE and to get 9 more classic 8-bit home computer games for NO ADDITIONAL FEE! (Including, Jon Freeman’s masterly strategy game, ARCHON).
Then, collect up to 100 classic 8-bit home computer games as they’re added to the In-App Shop each month.
2. Alternatively, download ‘Retro Games Free’ to receive BRUCE LEE for FREE and to get 9 more classic 8-bit home computer games for a MODEST ADDITIONAL FEE – £0.69/Euro$0.79/US$0.99. (Including, Jon Freeman’s masterly strategy game, ARCHON).
Then, collect up to 100 classic 8-bit home computer games as they’re added to the In-App Shop each month.
Commenting upon the launch plans, Elite’s MD Steve Wilcox said,
“The Worldwide launch of the Apps will take place in early April and from the outset they will feature some truly-classic, 80s, Anglo-American, 8-bit home computer games in their near-100% original form. With the first and each subsequent monthly update of the Apps, more games will be added to the ‘In-App Shop’, offering a total of one hundred retro games to collect.”
Complimentary copies of the Apps will be made available to media and trade contacts on 4th April, 2012 (or earlier by agreement). A further announcement, including a full list of the available games, will be made at that time and prior to the release of the Apps.
For further information please contact: Steve Wilcox, Elite®
Tel. + 44 (0) 154 326 8826
Mail paperboy@elite-systems.co.uk
Web www.elite-systems.co.uk
Twitter @elite_systems
About Elite®: Elite Systems Ltd was incorporated in England in 1984 and is one of Europe’s most long established developers and publishers of entertainment software. ... a previous iteration of Elite’s technology, was behind the successful launch of some 150 ZX Spectrum games as iOS Apps.
A unique feature of the Apps is Elite’s much-vaunted iDaptive Controls (i.e. user-definable, game-specific joystick, keypad & canvass controls), an instructional video for which can be found by Googling “Tiny URL 22qh8hl” and here: http://tinyurl.com/22qh8hl Other features of all of the Apps include:
- ‘auto save’ on exiting any game
- portrait and landscape play / display modes
- authentic sound
- support for Ion Audio’s iCade controller
#RetroGames
Copyright
Retro Games TM & (C) 2012 Elite Systems Group Ltd. Elite (R) Is A Registered Trademark In The UK (#142270) And Elsewhere. Each Included Home Computer Game Is Used With The Permission Of Its Owner. All Rights Reserved.
BRUCE LEE® is a registered trademark of Bruce Lee Enterprises, LLC. The Bruce Lee name, image, likeness and all related indicia are intellectual property of Bruce Lee Enterprises, LLC. All Rights Reserved. www.brucelee.com.
ARCHON: TM & (C) 1983 – 2012, Free Fall Games its successors and assigns. All Rights Reserved.
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