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| Android - An addictive platform game Mon, Dec 29 '03 at 2:44PM PST • Submitted by robg |
The macosxhints Rating: [Score: 9 out of 10] Developer: Jadeware / [Product Page] Price: $15.00 While browsing macupdate.com (my personal fave replacement for versiontracker) recently, I did one of my usual "grab a bunch of stuff and see what cool things are out there" tricks -- download 20 to 30 programs of all sorts, and then just try them all to see what's out there. In the process of working through the selection, I got sidetracked (quite effectively!) by Android. Android is a "clone" of one of the all-time classic Apple ][ game Lode Runner. If you never played it, Lode Runner (and hence Android) is a deceptively simple, deceptively addicting "platform" game. The objective is to collect a number of objects on each level, and then make your way to the exit. You do this by climbing ladders, bouncing on springs, and swinging on vines to reach the objects. Preventing you from accomplishing this goal are the level designs themselves (which forc you to plan your routes carefully), as well as enemies who kill you if you come in contact with them. Your sole offensive (and defensive) weapon is a small bomb. Using the bomb, you can create temporary holes in the platforms. You can fall through the holes to avoid the enemies, or force your enemies to fall through the hole (or get stuck in it, depending on what's below the hole you dug). Android features some very creative and tough level designs -- you can play 10 levels for free, out of 100 total levels spread across five different "worlds." One nice touch is that the program remembers your last cleared level, so you don't have to repeat history each time you restart the game. I did have one crash while playing that wiped out my progress in the game, which is the primary reason I gave it a 9 instead of a 10. If you wish to back up your progress file, duplicate the `android.cfg` file (located inside the `jade` folder in the Android game folder) every so often -- you'll be glad you did! Android is a very competent update to the Lode Runner legacy, and I think my wallet will be $15.00 lighter in the near future!
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Android - An addictive platform game By: Sasquatch on Tue, Dec 30 '03 at 10:35AM PST I recently installed Android from Jadeware. It will not run on my system. 10.3.2. I have also installed a copy of Ultranium 4, also from Jadeware and it will not run either. ????????? Reply to This • # Android - An addictive platform game - By: mdale7 on Tue, Dec 30 '03 at 12:32PM PST Doesn't run for me either - By: avanham on Tue, Dec 30 '03 at 2:38PM PST here's the fix - By: edoriv on Tue, Dec 30 '03 at 5:11PM PST PS - By: edoriv on Tue, Dec 30 '03 at 5:14PM PST Android - May be the video in the iMac rev D - By: biglug on Wed, Jan 21 '04 at 6:11AM PST updating to newest version of Stuffit fixed problem - By: avanham on Wed, Dec 31 '03 at 11:13AM PST Android - An addictive platform game By: BlakeyRat on Tue, Dec 30 '03 at 4:12PM PST Uh. I speak frequently with a software developer friend, and he ensures me that macupdate.com is nothing more than a poorly-run rip-off of versiontracker.com. When he posted an update to one of his products saying that he updated the plist file so that versiontracker could more easily find the version number, macupdate.com sent him an email that read, basically, "oh, so *that's* how they do it!" (As if you'd expect to find the version number anywhere ELSE in an OS X application!) In any case, don't support idiots like that. Reply to This • # MacUpdate - By: avanham on Tue, Dec 30 '03 at 4:42PM PST [OT] MU vs. VT - By: sjk on Tue, Dec 30 '03 at 10:24PM PST Android - An addictive platform game - By: aranor on Tue, Dec 30 '03 at 9:49PM PST Android - An addictive platform game - By: asan102 on Wed, Dec 31 '03 at 12:16AM PST Android - An addictive platform game - By: bi66er on Thu, Jan 1 '04 at 2:16AM PST Android - An addictive platform game - By: rayntosca on Fri, Jan 2 '04 at 7:01PM PST Fun game, peculiar issue By: TomorrowPlusX on Tue, Dec 30 '03 at 4:48PM PST I tried the game out -- it's nice. It has, however, a peculiar issue I've seen with a lot of games under 10.3.2 -- when I exit out of fullscreen, and the resolution returns to 1024x768 ( from 800x600 ) I get a black rectangle around the frame of the screen. For reference, I've got a 1st gen PB12", and I'm on panther, obviously. it's hard to describe -- imagine a rectangle just a little bgger than your screen, not filled but outlined about 5 pixels wide. It surrounds the screen so I can't see it itself, but I can see it's *shadow*. When I do the expose "show desktop" in slo-mo I can see it slide to the top of the screen. In ActivityMonitor it shows up as UniversalAccessApp. What's the deal with it? I kill it, because it's annoying. But I'd like to know how to avoid it all together. Reply to This • # Fun game, peculiar issue - By: tstout on Tue, Dec 30 '03 at 9:34PM PST Fun game, peculiar issue - By: TomorrowPlusX on Wed, Dec 31 '03 at 9:30AM PST Android - An addictive platform game By: edoriv on Tue, Dec 30 '03 at 5:09PM PST it seems to be a problem with stuffit and permissions upgrade to the newest stuffit expander... but to fix the non launching problem you could also control click sand select show package contents... open contents>MacOS> you will see a file named Andriod open the terminal and type chmod +x drag the Android file to the terminal window hit return the game will now launch hope this helps Reply to This • # Android - Perfect install and runs great! By: plattapuss on Tue, Dec 30 '03 at 6:49PM PST I installed Android with complete success. No problems at all. I then proceeded to waste a LOT of time. If have Panther 10.2.3 on an old 867 G4. Thanks, Rob. Another great PotW. Reply to This • # Android - nice but not good By: Evil B on Fri, Jan 2 '04 at 7:25AM PST Can't get past level 5 because i can't jump high enough. I had the same problem in level 3, as a solution i quit all open applications and indeed i could jump higher, but this doesn't work in level 5 anymore. I'm using a iMac DV SE 500 mhz which should be good enough (there is nothing on minimum system requirements in the help-file). Anyway a game that lets you jump & all related to processor speed doesn't deserve (IMHO) 9 stars. greets evil B Reply to This • # Android - nice but not good - By: ebow on Sat, Jan 3 '04 at 4:05PM PST Android - nice but not good - By: dzurn on Thu, Jan 8 '04 at 12:50AM PST Android - nice but not good - By: dzurn on Thu, Jan 8 '04 at 1:27AM PST how many mHz do you need to make a sprite jump?? - By: huzzam on Mon, Jan 5 '04 at 4:50AM PST how many mHz do you need to make a sprite jump?? - By: Evil B on Tue, Jan 6 '04 at 7:37AM PST |  |
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