Pong-Style 'Hit the Island' Game Now Available for iPhone 14 Pro

[jayducharme]

It astounds me how quickly some people are able to bring games like this to market.

 

[SD449]

Quite an addictive little game.

 

[Thebrochure]

Just play some royalty-free music in the background of any games that don’t have it, problem solved

Since I actually like to play games with their own written and specially designed music, that would not solve my problem. Imagine if SMB 1 hadn't had music in it, or the first Zelda, or the first Sonic. It would have been a hollow experience.

Games are better with music.

 

[routine_analyst]

Apple: we have holes in our screen. Apple designers: look at this pretty hole in our screen that we make bigger with icons.

Developers: Lets mock the holes in the screen with this pointless game.

 

[vertsix]

Is it just me or is the dynamic island unusually distracting?

 

[RalfTheDog]

Does it have music? So many games over the last several years have decided to inexplicably omit music, and of me: no music, no download.

The first thing I do when I get a game is turn off the music. To each their own.


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That Dynamic Island thing can be dangerous when it is resizing. I have cut my finger several times swiping at just the wrong time.

 

[TVreporter]

Pong... 1972... Pac-Man and Space Invaders next year? Save Galaga for iPhone 16!

 

[jonnysods]

This is refreshingly original and fun - good work!

 

[steve09090]

Apple: we have holes in our screen. Apple designers: look at this pretty hole in our screen that we make bigger with icons.

Developers: Lets mock the holes in the screen with this pointless game.

Is nostalgia pointless?

 

[JosephAW]

Wait until someone breaks their front facing camera with that ball, Apple won’t cover that repair.

 

[dontwalkhand]

Someone with an iPhone SE download it and tell me what it looks like! Now I’m like dying to know!

 

[Kierkegaarden]

Nice work! I don’t have my 14PM yet, but it works great on my 13PM.

 

[Rogifan]

Love it. So fun.

 

[OneInfiniteLooper]

Some of the replies here are so toxic 🤣 It’s a launch day game they made because they can. Why y’all arguing over soundtracks and design decisions?? 😂😂😂 I’ll tell ya.. the tech world is wild

 

[Smigit]

Seems to work fine on my 12 pro max, using the notch instead for detection based on what I could tell.

 

[steve09090]

Nice work! I don’t have my 14PM yet, but it works great on my 13PM.

Same on my 12pro. There are advantages of having a bigger notch. More points 😂

edit: bored now…. Lol. Just like the original pong. I do like how the background colour changes a bit

 

[f12003_ga]

Love it! Fantastic little game when waiting in line or something like that. Well done mate!!

 

[bLackjackj]

Are you kidding me,..$AU3 for this 5min creation? 😂🤣

How is this even allowed,..its actually a copy of Pong, which is still wholly owned by the Atari company??!! Yet someone at Apple approved it.

 

[bLackjackj]

This is refreshingly original and fun - good work!

Origional??? It's a copy of a game that has been around for 40 years! 🤣

 

[bLackjackj]

This is refreshingly original and fun - good work!

Origional??? It's a copy of a game that has been around for 40 years! 🤣

 

[lfaa]

I remember that game in the early 80’s. Playing on the TV with my cousins. The TV was connected to some prehistoric play station. Almost the same sounds and weird physics.

 

[svish]

Seems good. Looking forward to seeing more games for the 14 Pro models with dynamic island.

 

[steve09090]

Are you kidding me,..$AU3 for this 5min creation? 😂🤣

How is this even allowed,..its actually a copy of Pong, which is still wholly owned by the Atari company??!! Yet someone at Apple approved it.

1. - Make one and give it away for free. The $3 is only to stop ads, but I have to admit, I never even saw a single ad.
2a. - The Samsung Galaxy (version everything) was a copy of iPhone. What's your point?
2b. - How many Freecell games are there in the App Store?

 

[solarmon]

For sure, you should be doing this. There’s no global climate crisis, or rising tide of right-wing fascists trying to destroy democracy, but by all means play pong. Jeez

 

[reklex]

I can see a new category of Dynamic Island games. I'm going to cash in on this and make a game too

lol if Apple pushes these games

I can see it because they really want this pill being talked about