Time Crisis
Looks like more big name game makers releasing games for the iPhone/iPod Touch.
This time round its Namco who have released Time Crisis - currently available for download from the App store for 5.99 USD.
Video of the game in action below. Hmmmm. Not too sure about game play though. Looks like you tap to shoot and tilt to reload. Wonder if throwing the iPod is the move for throwing grenades.
Wondering how many of you have an iPod Touch and do you buy apps for it? I got a few apps so far. An e-book for Benjamin Button and a clock app which just shows the time - you ca see it in the last Week in Tokyo article.
iPod Touch/iPhone version of dannychoo.com to be released later on this year. Currently concentrating on streamlining mysql queries. The next project after that is enable you to send messages to each other.
Screenshot from Touch Arcade.
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Student, Podcaster, Graphic Designer, Photographer
http://anime-gen.com
I love my Ipod touch and do buy apps for it. I've bought "I Love Katamari" for my Ipod touch. I need to check out Time Crisis now.
free lance otaku, full time Protector of Peace.
i think some Doki Doki Majo Shinpan might fare well on iPod touch/ iPhone..
bum,hachi roku driver
Agreed.
A Reason to buy a iphone !!!
JR. College Student
http://npc.talkingincircles.net/
lol 300 bucks just to buy a 12 year old rail shooter? I'll pass.
Mr. High Res
I need to get that Gift eroge on my iPod touch. And now this... My wallet hurts Dx
Photographer
http://www.lenardpo.com
I am an App Store addict - have both US and Japan iTunes account so i can buy "the best of both worlds" lol
student , otaku and awesome blogger
http://otakudan.com
I have not heard of time crisis in ages. it is nice that it's making a comeback on the iPhone and iPod touch
Student
http://anime.scripts.mit.edu/miteiru/
nice! I'm sure it'll convince more people to buy an iPhone ^^
Student
i like my itouch alot. it gets me through slow work times by visiting DC ^_^ and various shinanigans on the net. and i've yet to BUY an apps. all i have are free ones
Lazyass human
http://nipah.wordpress.com
Yeah haven't got around to buying any yet ^^
I'm pretty ok with the current ones which I downloaded free off the App Store.
JR. College Student
http://npc.talkingincircles.net/
I think Time Crisis 2 and 3 were the better ones... 1 is quite dated and 4 was just poo IMO.
I prefer house of the dead over any other light-gun games. :D
College Student
I played Time Crisis 2 on the arcade the most, and remember wasting a lot of coins, in my youth. I didn't get to finish 3 though. 3 was very good and the stages felt longer than all other installments. Crisis Zone was really fun seeing that the environment was very destructible (they need to make a follow-up to this game with environmental damage). 4 was disappointing and very short.
House of the Dead 4 was really good, beating out Time Crisis 4 but I love the older TC more than HotD series because TC has a cool pedal cover system that most light gun games don't.
Tapping to shoot makes the game too easy but I guess using fingers would make the game a little harder since you may have chubby fingers and chubby fingers block part of the screen every time you go in for a shot.
College Freshmen
That's just lame. I wouldn't want a game where you tap the screen to shoot; that's too easy. There would have to be a lot of enemies for that to work.
Technical Account Manager
http://howdoyoufigure.wordpress.com
Especially if you cheat by using more than one finger. :)
Photographer
http://www.lenardpo.com
You should see the Resident Evil iPhone game.. sucks big time.. Time Crisis looks a lot more promising.
http://orange.exofire.net
I have to say, the graphics are pretty bad... and the gameplay doesn't look too good either.
大学生
http://justaskeikaku.net23.net
Looking forward to being able to send messages to other members!
Nyoro-n...
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looking forward to iphone/ipod touch version of dc.com ^^
former Emperor of Britannia
http://reflectiarx.wordpress.com/
Seriously, NO.
I woould not like to see my iTouch get tons of poking due to a game XD
Developer/Student
http://threedeecomplex.wordpress.com/
I think I'll stick with my PSP for gaming and enjoy things like buttons, tactile feedback, and not making my screen a smudgy and oily mess.
大学の学生 １st year
http://otakunaka.blogspot.com/
This is pretty awesome I remember time crisis on PS2 that was pretty epic!
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
http://lightningsabre.blogspot.com/
Would be better on the Wii, no? Makes more sense... Though I guess graphics on Wii can't compare to the TC on PS3.
student
http://stevezhi.blogbus.com/
haha,interesting!
Engineering research
http://kikenshisou.wordpress.com
Time crisis! 懐かしい！Used to play it all the time at arcades.
student
http://rinrinne.wordpress.com/
it seems that the Ipod is starting to become more and more powerful with all those new apps coming out. Never been fond of the Time Crisis games. always bad in first person shooting but third person shooting, i think i can do alright
???Confused???
doesn't feel the same without the gun itself...
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
Time Crisis on Ipod Touch, awesome~~~~~
talking about Ipod Touch application, I read on my local newspaper last month there's a 8years old boy self-programmed an application for it~~~~~~~~~
another reason to buy an itouch/iphone lol
Student & Game Designer
http://www.artificialzeromedia.com/
thats shitty... instaed of using a badass lightgun, use your finger... wow
Artist
There are a few Japanese developed games on the iPhone now, but most of them are pretty poor. Particularly bad is I Love Katamari, which is incredibly simplified and has awful visuals and a spluttering frame rate.
I did pick one up recently though which is better. It's a port of a PS2 on rails shooter called ExZeus, and although it's insanely difficult is pretty well put together. And it runs at 30fps.
Student
http://www.desangel.blogspot.com
it;s been a while i've seen time crisis , remember playing it alot in the arcades when it came out . But time crisis on iPhone seems kinda.....weird while playing
Student
I don't like using the finger to play <_<
a 'creative' type
if i had an iPhone i would probably consider buying this, altho it does need the bright day-glow orange gun, I guess it would be a bt easier to play just moving your finger around. It doesn't look graphically too bad considering its running on a phone. However i like the ability to send mms msgs too much to get an iPhone. ^_^
procrastinator
I find it amusing how you prod the enemies to death. Hm....
Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
http://dixinfernal.wordpress.com
looks neat-o!
Student
Nice game....always a classic....
Otaku / Student in Networking
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Oh Ipod Touch have cool apps. Now I want to get one too XD
Student
Got a Jailbreaked Ipod Touch.
But this game doesn't seem interesting AT ALL :I
Young Grasshopper
http://miragestrike.blogspot.com
I like the concept where you get to finger them to death. xD
But i would much rather use my DS for gaming when I'm on the go.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aseps/
ill pass, heard of my friends what have bought one. but time crisis is a cool game, in the arcade games of course!
struggling undergraduate student
http://playevolution.wordpress.com/
"Where are the Terror Bites?"
Poking enemies to death takes out the fun of Time Crisis but jacking up the difficulty might make up for it. But if it's done on the iPhone, why not the DS? :/
Student
Hmm, don't own an iPhone but I have heard that it isn't exactly a very good gaming device...
http://bluetears.nu
love my ipod touch, wish I have iphone though >.< not available at where i'm from (legally anyway), as for apps, bought a few, though they are lots of pretty good free apps, though LOTS and LOTS of crapwares >.>;;;;
Student, Uncle & hopfully a good husband..
Seems like more applications...are getting the hang of it...
Video game developer
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The video game industry is definitely changing, a while ago lots of big companies were making games for cellphones in Japan and now they're hitting for the bigger American market.
Anyway, I enjoy my SNES :)
Most of the phone games are pretty lame to me.
Secretary
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Well I hope it does well because my husband works for Namco's Cell Phone division lol. Go time crisis!
Student
I always wanted to play Time Crisis! My brother has an Ipod Touch and he rarely uses it.
Student
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I don't buy iPod Touch apps, 'cos I can't. ^^ Canadian app store won't let you use gift cards or paypal to buy apps, you need a credit card which I don't have.
http://bluetears.nu
I use http://www.mediawob.com/ though that means you might need to keep 2 separate itunes account.
Dunno how that will work out xD
http://bluetears.nu
Hmm cant edit comments ...
Also you can try to get JP iTunes card from JList, I think they have more or less the same apps as US store.
Mechanical Engineering student
http://sabekujikaneda.multiply.com/
I prefer the ones in the arcade. Just tapping on the screen to shoot sounds too easy x_x
こうこうせい
http://stickymochi.blogspot.com
i have an itouch but haven't seen anything i really feel the need to buy... yet
.NET/Web Developer
http://scrumptious.animeblogger.net
love my ipod touch! i download apps for it but only those free ones. haven't really seen one that's worthy of purchasing.
the controls on this game looks a bit sluggish. wonder how good it'll be. and no more hiding? more like virtua cop to me.
alunmi student
LOL owah thats nice seems fun to play XD
Student
http://shockerz.wordpress.com/
Time crisis really remind me of the old times when game go by their self you just need to shoot.
Pre-U Student
http://wakuwakusuru.zeroclipse.net
Just got myself a 32GB iPod Touch recently and am loving it..
I do download apps for it but all of them are free ones though. I haven't gotten any paid apps for it yet.
Somehow tapping to shoot doesn't feel Time Crisis-ish ^^
Student, Performer
http://kesenaitsumi89.wordpress.com/
Funny~ Throw it Danny~~~
Supreme Commander of NERV Co.
that is so cool..always played this game in the arcade ^^
Artistic Freak Photographer ^^;
Makes me remember how much money i wasted for years playing that game in arcades ... T___T
Artistic Freak Photographer ^^;
Even now in some corners of this country the arcade of TimeCrisis is the "newest" game that can be played... what a shame...
NEET part-time - Technical Support Officer - Network security engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
ah, the various uses for an iPhone
i nearly forgot you can call people with it
student
http://www.kingdomwingszero.webs.com/
A Reason to buy a iphone !
Student / Free Thinker / Otaku
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I think it is very well made, but I still rather play the arcade versions if given the choice.
Student / Free Thinker / Otaku
http://www.google.com/profiles/SeanSigloch
Almost forgot to answer your questions. I atm do not have a iPod Touch or iPhone, but my younger brother does and I download tons of apps, mainly free ones, for his and in preparation for when I get mine. Choo-sama you say your making a Dannychoo.com app, I was wondering if you were going to have it also available on the US iTunes Store or if we would have to get a Japanese iTunes card to purchase/download it? Any information would be much appreciated.
iCafe Manager
I think iPhone is trying too hard to be something it's not.
90's F1 Afficionate and Anti-Otaku
http://www.livestream.com/f1action
Next up: Ridge Racer, and Final Lap for iPhone/iPod Touch
Otaku Programmer/Gamer/Artist/Photographer
http://argylebolivar.wordpress.com
Cool~!! I still like the duck and point and shoot thing on the actual arcade =3