Battle Squadron for iOS is here

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It's finally hit the App Store!

It's so close to the original that I had to re-confirm with the developers that it is not, in fact, running under emulation. While the original Battle Squadron was written in 68000 assembly, Battle Squadron ONE for iOS is a line-by-line C/C++ rewrite, based on the original source code (which Pedersen had stored on floppies in a box in his basement these long years). It's likely the first entirely recoded Amiga game to land on the iOS platform.

http://toucharcade.com/2011/07/05/battle-squadron-one-a-true-classic-amiga-shooter-comes-to-ios/



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I would like to know HOW he got the attention of touch arcade.
A review there (and they even had "preliminary" reviews) means quite a LOT of $$$ in sales...

He got the attention of TouchArcade because I am a co-founder and I am a massive retro nut. Am I going to play Battle Squadron more on my iPad than my Amiga 2000 '020? Probably not. But I am genuinely excited to see the kids exposed to these excellent games through a new medium.

I've got dozens / hundreds of Apple II and Amiga floppies in my basement that are way more gaming fun than Crysis. I enjoy seeing when we get back to the formula that matters.

And thanks for the TouchArcade compliments. :-)

I also run http://www.bytecellar.com - btw.




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And I'll go further and say any iOS game site that does NOT cover this release is basically worthless.

Rock on Martin, Torben.




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