A few months ago, I went on an all-out Game Boy binge, playing and replaying essentially everything worth touching. Those old games hold up shockingly well, and for all the 8- and 16-bit love shown in the independent scene, not enough current games try to recapture the essence of the Game Boy.
This game, 1-bit Ninja by kode80, though -- hot damn. He (Ben Hopkins) knows what I'm talking about. The intent was to create a platformer "specifically for touch screen, with controls that didn't suck." As such, there are only two "buttons" for controlling your character, with a third used to give you a 3D perspective.
1-bit Ninja hits iPhone and iPod touch later this month. Can't wait.
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there should be a button for walking backwards tho maybe? I can see myself walking too far and then going ARHGYHE&%€&/(/&%&/() and breaking my phone : p
The phrase "n-bit" doesn't really mean anything. It used to be the graphics processor's word size, which imposed a number of technical limits, such as color palette and resolution. The Game Boy had an 8-bit processor (just a CPU, not a GPU) and 2-bit color. This doesn't have 1-bit ANYTHING. Even taking away the gradient backgrounds, there's still at least four visible colors in this game: black, white, gray, and transparent.
Actually, I love the Game Boy as well.I liked Tower of Heaven more than I probably should have; I bought the soundtrack, for instance. But this game just doesn't look good.
I'm a bit disappointed that the gimmicky 3D perspective, originally just looking to be a pointless option, is required to see hidden passages. It seems weird to put a "stop playing and study the view" mechanic in a game that otherwise seems to be about forward momentum.
I love seeing what indie devs come up with. Can't wait for this to hit the App Store so I can check it out. Now I want to run through a bunch of GameBoy platformer games. Esp. Super Mario Land 2, I loved that game.
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6:30 PM on 05.04.2011 | 
gonna have to get it
Oh hey this looks kinda neat, I-
*It's on a smartphone*
Gay
Actually, I love the Game Boy as well.I liked Tower of Heaven more than I probably should have; I bought the soundtrack, for instance. But this game just doesn't look good.