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'Skool Daze' coming to the iPhone/iPad/iTouch |
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By: Blugger Date: March 3, 2011, 5:10 am |
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Elite Systems, the long established UK based developer and |
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electronic publisher of games for portable, mobile and other |
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devices has announced the launch of �Skool Daze� - David Reidy�s |
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�signature� ZX Spectrum game from 1985 - as a stand-alone App |
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for all iOS devices. |
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For those of you who do not remember this Spectrum Classic, here |
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a video to remind you: |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNj1QTvxljE |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNj1QTvxljE |
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David Reidy (whose wife Helen was a school teacher at the time) |
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created Skool Daze for the ZX Spectrum in 1985. It was |
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originally released by Microsphere and subsequently by |
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Alternative Software. It is one of the Spectrum's best-loved |
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games. The game was hailed for breaking many of the gaming |
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moulds by pursuing a creative route of a childhood experience at |
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school. |
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A feature of the App (which is expected to go live on the iTunes |
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App Store during the weekend of 5th-6th March and is currently |
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offered as an in-app purchase within the �ZX Spectrum: Elite |
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Collection� apps) is the support (either at launch, or in the |
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first update) for TV-out on iPhone 4, 4thGeneration iPod Touch |
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and iPad. (Requires, separately sold, Apple TV-Out Component |
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Cable or Apple VGA Adapter, or 100% compatible). |
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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5138/5494257798_1f4bfb1c66_s.jpg |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/30004289@N08/5494257798/ |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/30004289@N08/5494257798/ |
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Skool Daze (for iPhone / iPod Touch) |
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skool-daze-zx-spectrum/id418185802?mt=8 |
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skool-daze-zx-spectrum/id418185802?mt=8 |
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Skool Daze HD (for iPad) |
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skool-daze-zx-spectrum-hd/id420148406?mt=8 |
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skool-daze-zx-spectrum-hd/id420148406?mt=8 |
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Other features of the App include: |
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iDaptive (i.e. user-definable, game-specific joystick, keypad & |
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canvass) Controls, an instructional video for which can be found |
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by Googling �Tiny URL 22qh8hl� and here: |
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http://tinyurl.com/22qh8hl |
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�auto save� on exiting any game |
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separate infinite-lives version |
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Speaking about the App, Elite MD Steve Wilcox said: |
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The App will always be priced at �1.19 (Euro1.59, US$1.99), and |
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later this year, just ahead of the 30th Anniversary of its |
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launch, Elite will be re-launching the Sinclair ZX Spectrum; the |
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re-publishing of David Reidy�s signature game �Skool Daze� along |
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with the exploration of support for wireless keyboards is all |
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part of our preparation. |
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To find the App, just search for �ZX� at the iTunes App Store. |
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Elite Systems Ltd was incorporated in England in 1984 and is one |
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of Europe�s most long established developers and publishers of |
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entertainment software. Over the same weekend, Elite Systems |
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will be launching two other ZX Spectrum games as stand-alone |
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Apps for all iOS devices. Namely ... |
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Odin�s ... |
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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5052/5493665021_369c8b669f_s.jpg |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/30004289@N08/5493665021/ |
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robin_of_the_wood_png |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/30004289@N08/5493665021/ |
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Robin of the Wood (for iPhone / iPod Touch) |
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robin-of-the-wood-zx-spectrum/id421623748?mt=8 |
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robin-of-the-wood-zx-spectrum/id421623748?mt=8 |
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Robin of the Wood HD (for iPad) |
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robin-of-the-wood-zx-spectrum/id421837299?mt=8 |
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robin-of-the-wood-zx-spectrum/id421837299?mt=8 |
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and Stephen Crow�s |
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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5253/5493665115_38d3fd2a10_s.jpg |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/30004289@N08/5493665115/ |
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starquake_png |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/30004289@N08/5493665115/ |
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Starquake (for iPhone / iPod Touch) |
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/starquake-zx-spectrum/id422257669?mt=8 |
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/starquake-zx-spectrum/id422257669?mt=8 |
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Starquake HD (for iPad) |
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/starquake-zx-spectrum-hd/id422290198?mt=8 |
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http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/starquake-zx-spectrum-hd/id422290198?mt=8<br |
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/> |
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Re: 'Skool Daze' coming to the iPhone/iPad/iTouch |
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By: celticsilver78 Date: September 1, 2011, 9:39 am |
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Hey, I remember this!!! defo showing my age. In fact going to |
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down load it now on my iphone and wallow in some nostalgia! |
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Cheers Blugger |
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Re: 'Skool Daze' coming to the iPhone/iPad/iTouch |
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By: yt__ Date: September 2, 2011, 3:14 am |
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OMG I've still got this somewhere and my Spectrum. Me and my |
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brother use to play it but we could never get past the first bit |
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??? |
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I'm not a lover of iOS gaming but I will be buying this ;) |
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