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|title=<center>Super Meat Boy: HANDHELD!</center> | |title=<center>Super Meat Boy: HANDHELD!</center> | ||
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|imagecaption=The | |imagecaption=The image of the game | ||
|status=<span style="color: | |status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span> | ||
|datefound= 11 Mar 2022 | |||
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On April 3rd, 2010, Team Meat released '''''Super Meat Boy: HANDHELD!''''', an iOS game made as an April Fools joke in response to the iOS appstore | On April 3rd, 2010, Team Meat released '''''Super Meat Boy: HANDHELD!''''', an iOS game made as an April Fools joke in response to the iOS appstore removing Team Meat member Tommy Refenes' game ''Zits And Giggles'' after he compared Apple App Store games to the infamous Tiger Handheld LED games of the 1980s and 1990s<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsbwGFScEb4 Tommy's rant about the iOS appstore] Retrieved 06 May '21</ref>. | ||
==Design== | ==Design== | ||
The game renders ''Super Meat Boy'' as an LED game (with two game modes) with a Tiger control-style overlay. There is a mute button to mute the audio and a high score button for high scores.<ref>[https://kotaku.com/super-meat-boy-makes-iphone-into-tiger-handheld-5509221 Kotaku article about the game] Retrieved 06 May '21</ref> | The game renders ''Super Meat Boy'' as an LED game (with two game modes) with a Tiger control-style overlay. There is a mute button to mute the audio and a high score button for high scores.<ref>[https://kotaku.com/super-meat-boy-makes-iphone-into-tiger-handheld-5509221 Kotaku article about the game] Retrieved 06 May '21</ref> | ||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
The game couldn't be found anywhere online, and no video footage existed. Only two images of the game were available online, as well as the app icon for it. Team Meat themselves confirmed that they didn't have the original .ipa file for the game, so it's was highly unlikely that it would have ever been found. | |||
On March 11th, after contacting numerous people, someone had the game on their spare Macbook Pro. The person who forwarded this game wishes to remain anonymous. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | <gallery mode=packed heights=175px> | ||
File:ipad-supermeatboy-1.jpg|1 of 2 of the only screenshots ever found of this game. | File:ipad-supermeatboy-1.jpg|1 of 2 of the only screenshots ever found of this game, before being found. | ||
File:Ipad-supermeatboy-2.jpg|2 of 2 of the only screenshots ever found of this game. | File:Ipad-supermeatboy-2.jpg|2 of 2 of the only screenshots ever found of this game, before being found. | ||
File:Teammeatsaysno.png|Tommy confirming that they don't have the original .ipa file for the game. | File:Teammeatsaysno.png|Tommy confirming that they don't have the original .ipa file for the game. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Super Meat Boy (lost early prototype builds of unfinished WiiWare port of platformer; 2009)]] | *[[Super Meat Boy (lost early prototype builds of unfinished WiiWare port of platformer; 2009)]] | ||
==External Links== | |||
[https://archive.org/details/super-meat-boy-handheld Link for the download] | |||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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Revision as of 14:45, 12 March 2022
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The image of the game
Status: Found
Date found: 11 Mar 2022
Found by: Unknown
On April 3rd, 2010, Team Meat released Super Meat Boy: HANDHELD!, an iOS game made as an April Fools joke in response to the iOS appstore removing Team Meat member Tommy Refenes' game Zits And Giggles after he compared Apple App Store games to the infamous Tiger Handheld LED games of the 1980s and 1990s[1].
Design
The game renders Super Meat Boy as an LED game (with two game modes) with a Tiger control-style overlay. There is a mute button to mute the audio and a high score button for high scores.[2]
Availability
The game couldn't be found anywhere online, and no video footage existed. Only two images of the game were available online, as well as the app icon for it. Team Meat themselves confirmed that they didn't have the original .ipa file for the game, so it's was highly unlikely that it would have ever been found.
On March 11th, after contacting numerous people, someone had the game on their spare Macbook Pro. The person who forwarded this game wishes to remain anonymous.
Gallery
1 of 2 of the only screenshots ever found of this game, before being found.
2 of 2 of the only screenshots ever found of this game, before being found.
Tommy confirming that they don't have the original .ipa file for the game.
See Also
External Links
Reference
- ↑ Tommy's rant about the iOS appstore Retrieved 06 May '21
- ↑ Kotaku article about the game Retrieved 06 May '21
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