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Capcom is going to continue the trend of porting over their more popular old school titles to mobile. Having already released Mega Man 1-6 onto Android, with each of those titles getting mixed reviews because of game performance more than anything else, the company has announced that four more retro games are on the way.
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[Update: Game Released] Plan and execute your own jailbreak in The Escapists, arriving on Android this week
Prison break out game The Escapists has been announced that it’s coming to Android soon. In this game, players will customize the name and appearance of their prisoner, and then proceed to break out of the institution. Players will have to creatively utilize both item management as well as crafting (for example, making a Sock Mace or Comb Blade out of the requisite components, or locating a screwdriver to remove the grill over an air vent, so the character can climb through to better navigate the prison), and observation (such as noticing the patterns that guards follow, both in timing as well as what paths they follows, to reduce the chance of being caught).
Kairosoft has released a new game onto Android and this time it is something a little different than what the company usually releases. This new game is called Magician’s Saga and is actually more of an RPG than the usual straight sim style of game that tend to come from Kairosoft, although you do have a town to build up when not killing monsters.
Prison break out game The Escapists has been announced that it’s coming to Android soon. In this game, players will customize the name and appearance of their prisoner, and then proceed to break out of the institution. Players will have to creatively utilize both item management as well as crafting (for example, making a Sock Mace or Comb Blade out of the requisite components, or locating a screwdriver to remove the grill over an air vent, so the character can climb through to better navigate the prison), and observation (such as noticing the patterns that guards follow, both in timing as well as what paths they follows, to reduce the chance of being caught).
Indie developer REDEgg has released their first game for Android called Rogue Castle. This game is sort of a mix between dungeon crawler and platformer, along with roguelike content and an overall retro feel to the visual. In other words, if you’re a old school game fan, you’ll probably want to check this one out.
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Manipulate both time, and the flight of your arrows, in Archer Dash 2 – Retro Runner, now out on Google Play
Released by Gray Giant Games, Archer Dash 2 – Retro Runner is an endless runner that calls back to older games, judging by its faux 8-bit visuals and chiptune sound track. In this game, players will assume the role of an archer, who is looking to either jump over, or shoot and destroy, obstacles that are in the way.
It’s Friday which means it is time for another round-up of Android games currently on sale over on Google Play. This week’s round-up is pretty decent in size, with plenty of new titles being added to the list for a number of developers including 2K Games, OrangePixel, Herocraft and more.
Android Wear has a few games here and there, and Matthew Burton has made a few of them. His newest game is ChronoSpin and is more of an arcade game for your Android watch based off of the developer’s other Android Wear game PipSpin.
OrangePixel has decided to put up six of their game on sale for the entire week in a sale called “For The Love of Games”, since this is Valentine’s Day week. For those of you not familiar with OrangePixel, this company puts out some great retro arcade/dungeon crawler type of games, depending on the franchise you’re looking at getting.