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.