An exquisitely mature and thought-provoking iOS adventure, Waking Mars is a love letter to late-1970s and early-1980s sci-fi films such as Silent Running, Solaris and Alien. Just as those movies contrasted the space opera of Star Trek and Star Wars with more believable, melancholic depictions of man's cosmological …

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Wednesday 14th March 2012 10:34 GMT Richard Wharram

iPhone or iPad exclusive?

Did I miss the info?

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1. Wednesday 14th March 2012 10:56 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
  Re: iPhone or iPad exclusive?
  
  It's available native to both.
  
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  1. Wednesday 14th March 2012 11:34 GMT Richard Wharram
    
    Re: iPhone or iPad exclusive?
    
    Ta
    
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Wednesday 14th March 2012 10:40 GMT Piloti

Behavior.....

So, not available in English then............ ?

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Wednesday 14th March 2012 11:07 GMT Captain Hogwash

late-1970s and early-1980s sci-fi films

Surely just 1970s? Silent Running and Solaris were both from 1972 and Alien is from 1979. I wish they still made 'em like that (well the first two anyway.)

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Wednesday 14th March 2012 11:40 GMT tony

Exile,

Reminds me of Exile.

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1. Wednesday 14th March 2012 14:07 GMT Ru
  
  Re: Exile,
  
  I was just thinking the same thing. this one sounds a bit easier though. There were rumours of an iOS version of the Amiga Exile, but that development effort seems to have petered out, sadly.
  
  Wikipedia informs me that Exile came out in 1988. Now I feel old.
  
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2. Wednesday 14th March 2012 14:26 GMT Nuclear_Wookiee
  
  Re: Exile,
  
  Exactly what I thought when I read the review! Played it many moons ago on an Acorn Electron. Looks like it's also got some aspects of the utterly superb 'The Dig' (Lucasarts point 'n' clicker from the mid 90s). Now there's a game that should be ported to iOS/Android.
  
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Wednesday 14th March 2012 12:34 GMT Chris Miller

Chinese on Mars

They got that bit right, anyway.

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Wednesday 14th March 2012 14:38 GMT Anonymous Coward

Stunning

Absolutely lovely game. Best on iOS since Osmos.

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