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Time for some fun nostalgia with Missile Commander for iPad. As the title suggests this is an update of 34 year old Atari game Missile Command for the touch generation. It stays true to the simple gameplay of the original while updating the graphics and sound in a suitably retro way.
Gameplay
As with the original you are protecting six cities from missile attack from above using your own missile turrets. The general menu design and music of the game is in the style of an old 16 bit console game, with a more modern look during the gameplay sections. There are three levels of difficulty to add to longevity and compared to the original there are now nice orange explosions and the background changes from night to day as the levels progress. Occasionally there are little fighter planes and bombers that fly across the sky to add extra difficulty to the levels but there is nothing…
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