There is a new game on the Android Market that came out Oct. 1st called Mars Defender: Space RPG and although it states RPG in the title of the game, it actually also blends in a great deal of arcade space shooting fun typically found in arcade games.
Tag: Arcade
An indie game development studio called Games Lab Apps has released a collection of four old school arcade games onto the Android Market. When we say old school arcade games we mean seriously old school. Like the mechanical arcade games people used to play for a penny back in the day before electronic arcade games came about.
Retro game fans can have a bit of a nerdgasm today as we just spotted Boulder Dash – The Collection on the Android Market. Released on October 1st, this is a collection of five Boulder Dash games including the original title from back in 1984.
Overload is a new game from indie developers called “The Manufacture” and is a great looking action-arcade style game blended up with a Steampunk theme. You will be helping Elle, and her friend James, to stop Doctor Shwarzmann and his attacks on Elle’s grandfather using some mean robots.
Capcom and LG have some great news for all your fighting game fans out there and that is Street Fighter IV is coming to Android. However, the news does come with a bit of a catch and that is it will be temporarily exclusive to LG’s upcoming HD Android phone later this year.
It seems as though more and more classic arcade games are making their way to Android these days and today is no exception as Sony Ericsson has announced that Lode Runner will be making it’s way over to the Xperia Play soon. This will be another Xperia Play exclusive title which is set to be released in a few months.
The classic 2D alien shooter, R-Type is back from it’s alien hibernation. Be prepared for a long battle as the game carries over all its original features. It’s guaranteed to keep you entertained for a whole bunch of peretrons, or hours to us humans.
Our friends at Hexage let us know yesterday that their hit retro-style game called EVAC (along with EVAC HD) have been updated with some new levels which is always nice. However, even bigger than the new levels is the fact that both games are now free.
A Space Shooter for Free has arrived on Android after blasting off on the Playstation Network. A Space Shooter has garnered itself over 150,000 downloads on the Playstation Network and now we get to enjoy this rather entertaining game on our Android devices as well.
If you have ever played in an arcade back in the day then chances are you’ve dropped some coins into the R-Type game that has been a classic in the arcades for awhile. Last month we reported on this awesome ’80s shooter coming to Android and now the wait is over.