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The VideoKid 4+
80s arcade runner
FGL Indie Showcase
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
Screenshots
Description
Are you ready for The Videokid challenge?
Survive your video round with just one life... and hundreds of ways to die! Reach your girlfriend Jessica and beat the game to be amongst the best of the best!
Test your skills to the max with this challenging arcade style skate game set in a retro 80s neighbourhood filled with fun and danger. Avoid being busted by the cops, pull off sick tricks and complete crazy combos; all whilst trying to stay alive just long enough to deliver your pirate video round and get to your girl in time!
Skate, hitch and grind your way through hazardous streets; dodging bikes, cars, trucks, trains & more. From arcade style sound effects, to the incredible 8bit inspired soundtrack (written by DJ Savant), you are fully immersed in an oldskool world in this intense and rewarding runner.
"What a wonderful game this is - an exacting arcade treat shot through with 80s childhood memories." Christian Donlan, Eurogamer
"You’ll find that The VIDEOKID throws in every nostalgic thing you loved about the 80s into an 8-bit fast-paced Paperboy-esque gaming experience. Plug in your walkman and lace up your Reebok Pumps..." Niko & Dawn, Indiewatch
"It's like PaperBoy on 80s steroids" MastaCodyD
FEATURES:
- Unlock & play as some of your favourite 80s inspired characters
- Wreak havoc on the wrong side of the law for maximum score
- Pull off sick skate tricks & crazy combos
- Laugh at endless ways to bail, slam & fail
- Earn cash to buy radical upgrades & oldskool powerups
- see how many classic 80s characters & vehicles you can spot
- Relive your 80s childhood where playability was king
- Free to play
What’s New
Version 1.03
Bug Fix build:
- smoother controls on all android devices
- fixed issue with "red car chase scene"
- improved performance in the sewer
- various other bug fixes + improvements
Ratings and Reviews
Brilliant but needs update
This is a great game with some really cool references to 80s movies. My son loves it as much as me! But we’re both stuck at the end point and I’m not sure if it’s a glitch... we can’t get past Biffs car (at 95%) - you’re supposed to jump over it by pressing A but it doesn’t work - we’ve both tried loads of times now. Does it need an update?! Hope it gets sorted as would love to finish the game!!
The un-winnable bug
So at the last stretch Biffs car is meant to pull up into the right lane and chuck dynamite at the player. I only know this looking up a complete run online. In this app, there is unfortunately a game breaking glitch in that Biffs car is invisible. You can hear the dynamite chucking sound and can still be killed (saw another review complaining about dying on a clear road at the end, obviously killed by this bug) but you can move between all three lanes and his car is clearly not there. This is not a one off bug, it has happened EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I. REACH. THAT. POINT. (I’ve reached that point over 100 times). As there is no visible dynamite nor crosshair to tell you where the invisible dynamite is landing it’s impossible to complete and I can’t even imagine what will happen when you have to grab on to the front of the car when there isn’t one. Please developer(s?), if you’re reading this, it’s not a troll or a joke, this bug is real and other reviews have complained as-well. I love this game (thus the 4 stars) but being un-winnable due to a bug is heartbreaking. Please fix it :(
I want to like this, but I’m finding it too difficult to play.
This tribute to 80’s 8-bit hit Paperboy is updated into voxel form
& peppered with references to so many late-20th Century pop-culture icons. However, I can barely get 10% through the 1st level without crashing into something or being crashed into by something.
Am I really that bad at mobile games or has the difficulty level deliberately been ramped up in a tribute to all those ‘must have’ ‘80s computer games that promised an amazing experience, but delivered a frustratingly unplayable end-product?
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Information
- Provider
- Lucrative Gaming LLC
- Size
- 177.8 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 9.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 9.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Lucrative Gaming LLC 2018
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Remove Adverts £0.99
- Purchase 1000 coinpack £1.99
- Purchase 500 coinpack £0.99
Supports
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Game Center
Challenge friends and check leaderboards and achievements.