Apple yanks Commodore 64 emulator for BASIC interpreter easter egg
One of the hold ups that led to their initial rejection back in June was the presence of a BASIC interpreter. Rather than strip the code entirely, Manomio tucked it behind a Konami code of sorts. Once users began reporting their luck in re-enabling the interpreter, Apple unceremoniously booted the emulator out the back door.
According to Manomio, the code has now been totally removed and the application re-re-submitted to Apple for re-re-approval.
It seems like an odd point of contention. As PC Mag's Jamie Lendino puts it, "anyone who would try and crash the iPhone via programming the C-64 emulator in BASIC deserves a gold star more than anything else, but that's my opinion."
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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skalpa said 3:55PM on 9-08-2009
Well, I guess Jamie Lendino has never plaid peek and poke.
(^_^)
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Timothy said 4:46PM on 9-08-2009
I don't believe the stupidity of Apple.
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Zumaques said 6:48AM on 9-09-2009
Well, now we only need to know how to connect the tape drive or the 5'1/4" floppy disk drive to load all that C-64 oldies.
:-D
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Dave Forster said 7:42AM on 9-09-2009
Well... i was firmly in the Sinclair ZX Spectrum camp back in the day so I hope Apple tell them to stick the re-re-submission up their arse.
Oh how I loved the Speccy vs C64 wars.
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/
:-)
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lassi said 6:46AM on 9-14-2009
the point is that "you shall not code on iphone without apples permission", even if it is just a basic interpreter, even if the web browser is more powerful and programmable. it's a stupid rule, but very apple.
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