fingergaming.com - 4/3/2009
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From the “about damn time” department (cc’ed to the offices of “this better not be an April Fool’s joke”) comes this bit of news exclusively obtained by geek.com . Mobile 1UP, the makers of iPhone Game & Watch clones such as GW Octopus, GW Helmet, GW Fire, and GW Chef, have received a ...
kotaku.com - 4/3/2009
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kotaku.com —
We told you to get those bootleg Game
& Watch iPhone games before lawyers took 'em down...
. Hope you heeded our advice. Because lawyers have taken them down. Yes, "developers" Mobile 1UP have been forced by Nintendo to remove their ...
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Game & Watch Clones Yanked From iPhone Store [IPhone]
tigsource.com - 3/28/2009
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tigsource.com —
This is what a podcast looks like. There’s
this one which stars a host of TIGers, including...
the host of TIGers! It was made by 1UP ! Downloading it? Good. Now read the next post already! Go Go Go! (Thanks to Esquar in tigIRC for the ...
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Game & Watch Clones Yanked From iPhone Store [IPhone]
Kotaku —
... Hope you heeded our advice. Because lawyers have taken them down. Yes, "developers" Mobile 1UP have been forced by Nintendo to remove their copyright-infringing Game & Watch clones. All of them. In their place are now two games starring an ugly monkey, along with a note apologising for the removal of the old games due to a "potential" copyright/trademark violation". Potential. Right. Needless to say, the appeal of these replacement games is somewhat limited. Nintendo Issues Cease and Desist Order to Maker of iPhone Game & Watch Clones [Finger Gaming] ...
Best of FingerGaming: From Submachine to BLiP Bloink
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... reviews for Apple's nascent -- and increasingly exciting -- portable games platform, as written by guest editor Danny Cowan.]
This week's notable items in the iPhone gaming space, as covered by FingerGaming, include a series of planned ports for the Submachine series, the premiere of the Flashpoint faculty-developed BLiP Bloink, and free trial releases for iDracula and Ancient Frog.
The top stories for the week are as follows:
- Nintendo Issues Cease and Desist Order to Maker of iPhone Game & Watch Clones
"Mobile 1UP, ...
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Game and Watch Knockoffs Pulled From App Store —
Kombo.com 4/3/2009
Don't rip off classic Nintendo property, and if you do, don't abbreviate the property in your forgeries' titles.
Otherwise, Nintendo gets involved. Game over.
Developer Mobile 1UP's four blatant Game and Watch duplicates GW Chef, GW Fire, GW Octopus ...
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