We were happy to answer Peter Parrish's questions from Inc Gamers.

There has been a lot of interest with the Lemmings porting effort since we started however even with SCEE (Sony Entertainmnt) Cease & Desist letter it has not dampened our spirits around the game - and we will start discussions around obtaining the official license for the title, especially since the game is already working on the iPhone and Palm Pre - one would expect a few minor improvements (which, we were planning anyhow).

Lets hope that SCEE (Sony Entertainment) is willing to license the Lemmings franchise outside of their own platforms - namely the Playstation Portable and the Playstation 3.

We got slashdotted (again)!

It seems there is very strong support to petition SCEE (Sony Entertainment) into bringing the Lemmings classic to the iPhone and Palm Pre devices - hopefully removing the gridlock of the license being restricted to Sony only devices. We are preparing an official request on seeking permission to release our implementation, or in the event SCEE is willing to actually officially bring the title to these platforms - working with them.

We hope to get a positive response from SCEE moving forward, as we have a working prototype of the game functional and more importantly since there is a huge positive response from the community for its release.

We got slashdotted!

It seems the news of porting Lemmings to many platforms in just 36 hours was a hot topic - the increased network traffic filled up the available bandwidth of our hosting server. At the same time, we also got into the radar of SCEE (Sony Entertainment) who has unfortunately issued a cease&desist on the distribution of our conversion.

It is amazing what you can achieve with the right design and tool sets!

The response around out "live-blog" with the porting of our old Lemmings code base (Palm OS) to new mobile platforms has been amazing! What started out for fun, got seriously hard to pull away from! We enjoyed doing this for our readers and we hope it was an informative and inspiration to other developers. Be sure to give it a read over at the blog:

Anothony Honciano over at webosroundup.com has written an in-depth review of game and watch games within the GW Series package for web os. He covers the basic elements of each game and identifies the key focus on how the games reflect the classic retro genre and not be overwealmed with fancy 3D graphics.

Dan over at webosroundup.com has written an in-depth review of Cronk for web os - giving an excellent overview of the core basics of the game and highlights the pro's and con's. Overall a very good review of the game and more importantly even a caveman could play it.

Matthew Miller, who we remember from his time at geek.com just wrote up an article about Cronk being migrated to the Palm webOS using the PDK - quickly pointing out the fact it was originally an iPhone game!

Check out the great comparison video and the how-to-play instructions he has provided.

Kim over at Palm News Daily asked a few questions around developing for webOS using the PDK provided by Palm - of course we were happy to provide answers to his questions, the platform will soon see a big influx of applications released in the near future!

Deiter Bohn over at Pre Central was kinda enough to highlight that the Mobile 1UP catalog submitted to the web os application catalog was the first "indie" contribution using the PDK which is currently in early access form from Palm. Mobile 1UP has been working closely with Palm to make these titles available - enjoy!

Scott Dooley over at AppVader wrote up a quick retro review of the Game & Watch series we have produced - and give us a 4.5 out of 5 review. He identifies the unique genre and "retro" feel of the games; they are either something you'll love because of your childhood and nostalgic fix or hate because they do not meet your expectations.

Rick Broida, contributor to the "cheapskateblog" on cnet.com has identified four key contests for getting your chance to win a new iPad if you are a bit short of cash and want to take your chances with lady luck! We remember Rick from his founding days at the Handheld Computing magazine almost 10 years ago - good to see he is still running news articles!

We sent out news of our gw-birthday celebration to many news sites - and we are proud to say that appaddict.net were able to see the value to the end-user and opportunity to make this worthy news - speacial greets to Brett Nolan! You just earnt a special mention for covering the story.

Joel Evans over at geek.com writes up a great review of our latest game; abiosis : chains. It's great they mention the spray-paint art - it definitely adds a bit of uniqueness to the game, not to mention the 10% penalty for not completing a level.

Developers voices are heard - with the continual lists of complaints about the application store and its review process; the unique situation experiences by Mobile 1UP is echoed to other developers. It seems that Mobile 1UP is not alone with this problem.

Joel Evans over at geek.com ran a feature on Mobile 1UP - covering the whole Nintendo saga we went through and recovered from. He also asks a few questions about our development processes, our decision around the new release of GW Series and our future plans.

Eric over at the Free App Store Review website provides us some coverage on Effektz - old school demo scene. Could this be the start of the demo scene on iPhone? only time will tell - Mobile 1UP has been involved in demo contests in the past.

Press coverage of our presentation at the Excitera Mobile Cup - providing a basic summary of the information presented. Three presenters; including Mobile 1UP complete with a photo.

Denis Poon (voiced by Jason) gives a iCasual review of gw chef giving praise to the amazing replication of the software which effectively:

Finally!

As an active subscriber to Retro Gamer magazine we were anxiously awaiting this edition to be delivered via the post. Darran Jones; an editor for Retro Gamer contacted us in late January and asked a bunch of questions around iPhone development and the retro gaming market - which we were happy to respond to.

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The GW games series were also reviewed - scoring an outstanding 92%, giving us pole position in the review area! It seems we hit the "retro sweet spot" - it is great to see such appreciation for our efforts. High quality scans are available below.

Drop by your local newsagent and pick up a copy or even consider a subscription.

Ryan over at RyanCamp.com gives gw helmet the honor of being app of the week (feb 1-7); complete with a video showing how the game is played. He gives a little history intro - but to get the 100% facts on all the Game & Watch series - check out: www.gameandwatch.com.

Editor Chris Kohler has run a piece for Wired Magazine (wired.com) highlighting the ten (10) iPhone games that you must own. We are delighted to have gw helmet as one games selected - our favourite quote:

We'll be sure to pick up a copy of the next few editions of Wired to see if it is also in the printed magazine and we'll provide scans for our readers - placement is everything.

Lloyd Hannesson and Rob LeFebre discuss the GW series for the iPhone / iPod Touch in their regular "Touch of Gaming" podcast in collaboration with Nukoda.com. The podcast is 35:58 long, jump to 5:15 (until 7:30) for the GW series discussion. We have given Touch of Gaming a few promotion codes - be sure to check the next episode.

UPDATE on 2009-01-16
Touch of Gaming is running a contest for their podcast subscribers to win one of sixteen (16) copies of our games (US iTunes users only). The competition runs for a short period - so be sure to check it out in order to be in the running!

David over at Finger Gaming posted a quick note about the GW series; in light of the news of GW Helmet being free. Like other reviews; he identifies "accurate adaptation" with graphics and sound effect - and the "attention to detail is impressive".

With the release of gw-helmet especially as a FREE giveaway the site has become popular; but with it has come a few posts/blogs around the games and intellectual property rights violations, copyrights, et al. While the topic is something due for debate - they provide quite positive reviews of the implementations we have provided.

Eric over at the Free App Store Review website gives a good review of GW Helmet. He highlights the amazing attention to detail - even down to the sounds; mentioning that it is extremely faithful to the original.

We sent a number of promotional codes for the gw- series to the reviewers at AppVee (www.appvee.com) and they have written up a very professional review on the games. It's hard to find flaws; but we always love feedback and they provide a few great ideas in their review. The final review rating given to the games is 3.8 (almost 4-star across control, graphics, audio, replayability and fun).

NOTE:
GW Chef, GW Fire, GW Parachute and GW Octopus have since been updated since this review to user selectable controls and other features based on user feedback and of course this review.

The guys over at TouchZapp give a quick pros/cons analysis of GW Parachute; focusing on the great things - authentic recreation and fantastic developer for paying attention to detail.

Aron Andersson interviews the man behind the Game & Watch series that is now available on the iPhone/iPod touch. The article was printed in the weekly technology newspaper and features on their television segment - which aired at 1900 on TV8 in Sweden.

Nakimo gives an in depth review of GW Octopus in Japanese; coverying the history of the original game and how the game is played. A video demonstration is also provided showing the game in action. He concludes the review giving it a 4-star rating - stating the touch reaction is not as responsive as he would like it to be.

NOTE:
GW Octopus has since been updated since this review to include original sound effects, improve touch feedback/processing and the ability to post highscores to the website - based on user feedback.

Nakimo gives an in depth review of GW Chef in Japanese; coverying the history of the original game and how the game is played. A video demonstration is also provided showing the game in action. He concludes the review giving it a 5-star rating - however raises questions copyright/trademark issues.

NOTE:
GW Chef has since been updated since this review to include original sound effects, improve touch feedback/processing and the ability to post highscores to the website - based on user feedback.