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    Rock Band For iPhone Hands On: Alleviate Boredom, Suffer Hand Cramps

    Command & Conquer on the iPhone Looks, At Least, Decent From the Screenshots

    Commodore 64 iPhone App Approved! Removed

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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    10/20/09

    In reply to Rock Band For iPhone Hands On: Alleviate Boredom, Suffer Hand Cramps
    i have problems with the game registering the two finger tap and hold gestures. two finger tap is registered fine, but there seems to be like a half second delay before it recognizes the tap and hold. anyone else getting this problem? #rockbandiphone
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    Image of brobot brobot
    10/19/09

    In reply to Rock Band For iPhone Hands On: Alleviate Boredom, Suffer Hand Cramps
    Why wouldn't you just cradle the phone in the palm of your left hand, and 'play' the 4 buttons with the fingers on your right hand? (or the other way around for you lefties) Thumbs seem a bit cumbersome if you ask me - then again, I haven't tried it either way yet. #rockbandiphone
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    10/19/09

    @brobot - star unworthy: I tried this, and you would need really small fingers to execute properly. #rockbandiphone
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    10/19/09

    In reply to Rock Band For iPhone Hands On: Alleviate Boredom, Suffer Hand Cramps
    So, I'm curious... would hardcore rocking out (hard tapping) cause any damage to the hardware inside the iPhone? Maybe not accutely, but over time?

    Anybody know? #rockbandiphone
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    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    10/19/09

    @Gordonium: Depends how hard you're rocking out. If you get so into it that your beating your whole fist down on it: probably. As long as you're only using your fingers I'd expect you'd do damage to them long before anything happens to the iPhone/iPod Touch itself. #rockbandiphone
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    Jason Chen promoted this comment MarcusMaximus was starred MarcusMaximus was unstarred
    Image of ovil200 ovil200
    10/19/09

    @Gordonium: And why would that even become a notion? The screen IS capacitive, after all.. a light touch is all that is needed...

    On the other hand, the glass on the iPhone is pretty thick, so I don't think there should be any problems there. I used to tap the screen pretty hard to temporarily get rid of dead pixels in my first gen iPhone. #rockbandiphone
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    Jason Chen promoted this comment ovil200 was starred ovil200 was unstarred
    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    10/19/09

    @ovil200: Aha. So even moderately intelligent people should be okay. Looks like only the hard rockin' morons will break their fingers/phones.

    Was more concerned about the innards of the phone, screen excluded. Vibration damage, etc. I'm not too technically inclined, if you hadn't already guessed. #rockbandiphone
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    10/19/09

    @Gordonium: Considering the device is INTENDED to be shaken and tilted, I'm sure it'll be fine. In fact this game requires less shaking than some others I've seen. All that's required to deploy overdrive is a quick flick. So unless you lose your grip and throw your iPhone into the ground you shouldn't risk damaging it in any way. #rockbandiphone
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    Image of Christopher Cox Christopher Cox
    10/20/09

    @Gordonium: You jar the phone more by putting it in your pocket. Runners typically carry their iphones on their arms, me included. When you run your phone goes through way more jarring in a few minutes than it will ever see playing that game. It is made to take the abuse and even has Nike sensor made for runners. As far as the screen, it is made of glass. If you are going to hit it hard enough to shatter the glass with your finger, you are pretty much super human or a retard bashing at it with your fists. #rockbandiphone
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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/12/09

    In reply to Command & Conquer on the iPhone Looks, At Least, Decent From the Screenshots
    Perspective looks a little off but otherwise doesn't look bad.
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    Image of dimadelux dimadelux
    10/09/09

    In reply to Command & Conquer on the iPhone Looks, At Least, Decent From the Screenshots
    an RTS is not that bad on a touchscreen, as it is on an Xbox or a Playstation
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    tande04 promoted this comment dimadelux was starred dimadelux was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    10/09/09

    @dimadelux: Yeah I always thought that the touchscreen is ideal for a RTS, certainly more so than a FPS. Isn't that what you always wanted to (and really were) doing in a PC version. Touching touch the base to build and touch to where you want them to move to. Group by dragging, etc.

    I'm surprised there haven't been more good ones yet.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/09/09

    In reply to Command & Conquer on the iPhone Looks, At Least, Decent From the Screenshots
    To the person who is able to play this efficiently without pulling their hair out: good on you. Personally, I wouldn't touch an RTS on a full fledged console, much less the iPhone with it's one friggin button.

    Full keyboard for me, please.
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    Image of deathbob deathbob
    10/09/09

    @OCEntertainment: I like to take my desktop on the subway too, but the other passengers always stare at me...
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment deathbob was starred deathbob was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/09/09

    @deathbob: I would most definitely sooner take a desktop with a portable power supply, 22" monitor and full keyboard and mouse on the subway than I would play an RTS on an iPhone.

    I start feeling cramped if my Firefox window doesn't fill most of the screen. I could not handle a Zerg rush in my palm.
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    Image of infmom infmom
    09/08/09

    In reply to Commodore 64 iPhone App Approved! Removed
    If they're worried about using Microsoft software on Apple products, they obviously don't know that Commodore BASIC was wholly owned by Commodore--the only time Mr. Bill ever sold a version of it. Since Commodore's long gone, there's no one to sue Apple.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    09/08/09

    In reply to Commodore 64 iPhone App Approved! Removed
    Apparently Apple has some BASIC issues with Easter Eggs on the Jesus phone. Who'da thunk it?
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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    09/08/09

    In reply to Commodore 64 iPhone App Approved! Removed
    Brilliant as always, huh, Apple?

    This is why I'd much rather have a G1 or Magic.
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    Image of TheCrudMan TheCrudMan
    09/08/09

    @HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.:
    So you can't even get a c64 emulator to begin with much less have it pulled?
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    HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment TheCrudMan was starred TheCrudMan was unstarred
    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    09/09/09

    @TheCrudMan: Bite your tongue.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    09/08/09

    In reply to Commodore 64 iPhone App Approved! Removed
    I am holding out for the Commodore Plus/4 emulator, myself.

    Okay, I have to admit that when this thing becomes available (permanently) I will have to buy an iPod Touch to get this. Sure, an absolute waste of money to run C64 games, but somehow still priceless. Get it together, Manomio!
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    Image of MartinLeGood MartinLeGood
    09/08/09

    In reply to Commodore 64 iPhone App Approved! Removed
    they need to reconsider the DS emulator that they rejected
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    FooSchnickens promoted this comment MartinLeGood was starred MartinLeGood was unstarred
    Image of FooSchnickens - BPH Free FooSchnickens - BPH Free
    09/08/09

    @martinS60: Yeah, cuz Nintendo wouldn't pitch a hissy fit over that at all.
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    Image of Mr_Biggles:Windows 7 was my idea Mr_Biggles:Windows 7 was my idea
    09/08/09

    @martinS60: you should .. i dont know buy a dsi and play the REAL game instead of some crappy emulated game. support the games you like by paying them /rant
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    deanbmmv promoted this comment Mr_Biggles:Windows 7 was my idea was starred Mr_Biggles:Windows 7 was my idea was unstarred
    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    09/08/09

    @Mr_Biggles: You know it's a DS emulator. Not a DS game emulator.
    The games included with it aren't DS games.
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    Image of alex_dlc alex_dlc
    09/08/09

    In reply to Commodore 64 iPhone App Approved! Removed
    .....aaaaaand its gone!
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    met2art promoted this comment alex_dlc was starred alex_dlc was unstarred
    Image of met2art met2art
    09/08/09

    @alex_dlc: +1 for the South Park reference.
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    Image of Scotland Scotland
    09/08/09

    In reply to Commodore 64 iPhone App Approved! Removed
    "The item you requested is not currently available in the US store." (DukeOfPwn)
    [kotaku.com]
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    Image of Retroman Retroman
    09/08/09

    In reply to Commodore 64 iPhone App Approved! Removed
    Well you can still get to basic in this.
    Just run one of the games and then press the reset button on the c64 keyboard and it will drop back to full basic.

    10 print "hello world"
    20 GOTO 10

    It works :)
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    Scotland promoted this comment Retroman was starred Retroman was unstarred
    Image of Scotland Scotland
    09/08/09

    @Retroman: If I were you, I would have phrased your comment slightly different - "For anyone who wants to use Basic in this emulator.

    Just run one of the games and then press the reset button on the c64 keyboard and it will drop back to full basic.

    10 print "hello world"
    20 GOTO 10

    Happy Days :)

    For those who dont know what Basic is. Dont worry about it ;)"

    [kotaku.com]
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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    09/08/09

    In reply to Commodore 64 iPhone App Approved! Removed
    Very cool, but it's insanely lame that they had to ditch BASIC. It's not like you've got the IO resources built-in to BASIC to do anything troubling.
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    Serolf Divad was starred Serolf Divad was unstarred
    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    09/08/09

    @Serolf Divad:
    And might I add: you can actually create some cool useful gadgets in BASIC (like custom calculators and such). Sure, i realize much of it could be done in a spreadsheet, but for many of us growing up with BASIC, it's far easier just to throw up a simple recursive BASIC program.
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