Minotaur Rescue just released by Jeff Minter

[IronGiant]

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minotaur ... 75782?mt=8

Compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

Looks really nice, but as I like an iPhone, iPod or iPad I'll have to wait for the PC version.

[Drum]

Looks hot, will buy a PC release.

Still waiting for a sequel to Ancipital, Mr. Minter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLGsodeeW3c

[brentsg]

Holy fucking whacky controls!

It's Minter so I'll give it time to grow on me. Game is cool as hell but so far I haven't grasped not running into things.

Game's going to give you that Atari 2600 feeling, so if that doesn't get you all hot and worked up.. move along.

[Obiwanshinobi]

So... The lads are not terribly excited about it? Shame, as I liked Space Giraffe and Gridrunner Revolution on the PC big time.

[brentsg]

So... The lads are not terribly excited about it? Shame, as I liked Space Giraffe and Gridrunner Revolution on the PC big time.

I think it's interesting for sure, and I like the retro vibe. For controls, imagine Asteroids with a touch screen interface and a black hole in the middle pulling you toward death.

Still, Minter's a genius so I'm probably just not on an evolved enough plane to properly grasp it just yet.

[Hibachi]

Or consumed enough illegal substances.

[antares]

This game always crashes at the open feint starting screen, I can't get it to run on my iPod touch. Anyone else has this problem?

Also there was already this thread but whatever:
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=34464

[IronGiant]

Great review from Edge -

http://www.next-gen.biz/features/the-fr ... cue-frenzy

[Drum]

Jarvis would approve.

Almost makes it sound like Eugene Jarvis is dead or something. He is very much alive and apparently working on a sequel to Target:Terror. Would Jeff Minter approve?

[Dave_K.]

Although I'm sure Eugene would approve, I really don't understand why he doesn't try making manic games like that. I mean, yeah driving and lightgun games are bringing in the bucks for Raw Thrills, but I think he could risk a little to try something more robotron like.

[Drum]

In a lot of ways, downloadable games are the new arcades (EDIT: I am saying this to the wrong person, aren't I?) - I think a game like that from Jarvis could do very well there and I'd like to see him try. I guess there is the worry that people would care as little about a new Robotron-like from Jarvis as they would a new Big Buck Hunter Pro - with his recent output, I'm not sure he'd have as much to offer the genre he helped define as Minter does.