Comments on: Upcoming Combat Shooter 'Metal Sun': Defender in 3D

By: spreeta

spreeta — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:23:59 +0000

Looks sweet. Reminds me of Starfox and the Konami combat sims. Feels a bit slow flying as a jet, but it's not bad.

By: Silver Machine Games

Silver Machine Games — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:15:44 +0000

I pulled it temporarily to fix the auto calibration and to remove most of the enemy shields as they're too strong. It was submitted Monday so should be available on the app store any day now.

By: NMR Guy

NMR Guy — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:16:54 +0000

Did this get pulled? I went looking for it on the app store, and it doesn't seem to be there...

By: Silver Machine Games

Silver Machine Games — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:21:49 +0000

* Update: Now Available On the App Store *

Find it here:
http://toucharcade.com/link/http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=322666903&mt=8

For only $1.99!

By: ImNoSuperMan

ImNoSuperMan — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:30:53 +0000

Hehehe. You dont want to show off the 3GS video as that would take the spotlight away from your Metal Sun 1. We understand . BTW just confirming if metal sun 2 will be a free upgrade for metal sun 1 buyers? Otherwise I will hold off until sun2 gets launched.

By: Silver Machine Games

Silver Machine Games — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:09:13 +0000

They're coming; just been buried trying to get Metal Sun out the door and that's been the higher priority. Once Apple releases it though I'll be opening a new forum thread for 'Metal Sun 2' and posting the new vid links there including the 3GS experimental stuff.

By: ImNoSuperMan

ImNoSuperMan — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:53:37 +0000

How bout some videos to show what you really meant then?

By: Silver Machine Games

Silver Machine Games — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:26:27 +0000

Hey everyone, I'm the dev for Metal Sun and just wanted to clarify the PS3 comments weren't meant to be taken literally :>. It's just after dealing with the limitations of the current iPhone for the better part of a year the 3GS is really exciting to work with! For me it feels like a PS3! lol

Thanks for the kind words on the Metal Sun game by the way; I really appreciate the support. This is a fantastic community.

By: Blake Patterson

Blake Patterson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:53:10 +0000

N64 CPU = MIPS R4300i @ 94MHz
PSX CPU = MIPS R3051 @ 34MHz
Dreamcast CPU = SH4 @ 200MHz
PS2 CPU = MIPS @ 294MHz

iPhone 3G = ARM @ 412MHz
2g iPod touch = ARM @ 535MHz
iPhone 3GS = ARM @ 600MHz

iPhone wins easily on CPU. On GPU it beats all with the possible exception of the PS2.

By: sticktron

sticktron — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:21:19 +0000

720p = 6x iPhone resolution

By: Brinkman

Brinkman — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:19:07 +0000

Amazing what graphics the iPhone can produce. Those are N64, if not PSX graphics on a cellphone!

By: ImNoSuperMan

ImNoSuperMan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:27:30 +0000

If you consider PS3 has to handle 720p compared to iphone`s half vga resolution, it`s possible that 3GS pumps out grafix comparable to PS3. With Firemint already confirming 40cars running simultaneously on 3GS in Real Racing, I will say this dev could be right here. He might be exaggerating things a bit, but this might not be completely impossible. We want a video proof now,

By: 'Jeep

'Jeep — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:40:38 +0000

video would be great, fab to see another dev pushing the envelope.

By: Thaurin

Thaurin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:31:03 +0000

I'm sure he was talking about some of the crappiest PS3 games ever released. Come on, the 3GS is very cool and stuff, but please stay in reality.

By: spiffyone

spiffyone — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:16:27 +0000

Nice.

How about some vids of the 3Gs alpha test the dev went on about. I'm sure others on toucharcade would like to see that.