MGU writes: "The Commodore 64 was one of the pioneers in what is now one of the biggest industries in the world. It entered our lives ever so quietly and played a pivotal role in the evolution of gaming. When you look back, you might think to yourself, 'how on earth did I manage to enjoy those games?', especially when you look to the collection you have mustered over the past few years. Well the fact of the matter is that if it weren't for these games, we would not be playing many of the ones we are currently enjoying and for that reason alone they will always have a special part in our hearts.
Now we have the opportunity to take a walk down nostalgia road with the (re)release of the Commodore 64 app on the iPhone and iPod touch. It features a number of classics that we will all remember playing at one point or another (those of us who are old enough to remember anyway). The app is in essence a mini Commodore 64 with the traditional single button and joystick to add to the old school feel. This is evident from the very beginning of the game when you have to flick a the on/off switch on screen to power up your virtual console. Each title is controlled by using the joystick with your right thumb and the button with your left. The games are displayed in all their former glory and have not been updated whatsoever in order to retain the charm that oozes from each and every one of them. The basic controls and lack of options, although frustrating at times, are in keeping with the memories our brain has retained throughout the years. The view you have is also very in keeping with the retro theme. For each game, you see a Commodore 64 screen and the controls on a desk in front of it (a common set-up at the time). But if you do not feel comfortable with this perspective (or your eyes simply aren't as good as they were back in the day) you can turn your device sideways for a bigger display format, in which the controls appear when you touch the relevant side of the screen."
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if they make their mobile games playable on ps5 and their maybe new handheld, that would be huge. cause i aint playing any free games on my phone, cause mobile games suck. haha.
I like mobile games, but the problem for me is that «free games» usually has alot of p2w or other microtransaction connected to them. LoL, Hearthstone, civ, fm etc is great on iPad 😊 Would love to see rise of kingdoms etc Get rid of p2w formula.
Does anyone remember PS MInis from the PS3 era? I feel like most of those were mobile games that were ported...No reason they couldn't do that again I suppose. :)
Ha, I remember those! They didn’t have trophies so I’ve lost track of most of them, but I remember Hysteria Project and Angry Birds.
I feel like people don't understand what mobile gaming is anymore.
It's not the button phone cheap Tetris clones or movie licensed stuff anymore.
Mobile gaming is huge games like Genshin Impact Honkai: Star Rail, Wuthering Waves, Amazon and Bandai/Namco's Blue Protocol games with budgets that rival and even exceed AAA, but even things like CoD and other big western games have mobile versions.
All the games listed also have PC and console versions.
Sony already owns several big mobile games most famously Fate/Grand Order.
i feel like you are overblowing what other ppl have said ha.
most mobiles are still very much your gatcha style of gaming.
the games u listed, absolutely, but that wasnt even my comment. mobile games, if they are not on anything else, sucks. so to have them on a handheld with buttons or on a console to, would be a win for me
I'm going to say this and ether A: I'm crazy or B: I'm crazy, but do any of you remember when Sony years back had the Xperia Play. Touched one never got it myself. If Sony is looking for a handheld (Look at Apple with the games it can run on there own devices) I wonder if maybe, just maybe they try to make a play for the Phone space again. Just my 2 cents, well with inflations I guess my 2 dimes.
Make an Xperia Play 2 that actually has functionality with the PS5 and I might bite! Loved the Xperia Play, showing off Crash Bandicoot on it was great but that's the only game I had for it.
