Cinemaware's King of Chicago gangs up on iOS

If you ever owned a Commodore Amiga, then you probably played some games by Cinemaware. They company is making yet another resurgence, announcing King of Chicago for iOS.

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If you ever owned a Commodore Amiga in the late '80s, then you probably played some games by Cinemaware. Games such as Defender of the Crown, S.D.I., Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon and the Three Stooges were all in my Amiga library at one time. Cinemaware is trying to make a comeback once again, announcing a revamped version of the Amiga's King of Chicago for iOS.

King of Chicago--Emulated Amiga Version, a remake of one of the company's original games, gives players the chance to be a wiseguy and battle Al Capone for 1930s Chicago. The game, scheduled to be released "in the coming weeks," will be Cinemaware's second classic to come to iOS, with the company having released Defender of the Crown last year.

Cinemaware has been a phoenix of sorts after its demise in 1991. It was resurrected in 2000, making a few GBA versions of its classics and digitally remastering others. It was acquired by eGames in 2005, and has been relatively quiet until late last year. Along with the announcement of King of Chicago, the company also relaunched its website as a tribute to its classic games and the days of the Amiga.

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    July 25, 2012 12:45 PM

    John Keefer posted a new article, Cinemaware's King of Chicago gangs up on iOS.

    If you ever owned a Commodore Amiga, then you probably played some games by Cinemaware. They company is making yet another resurgence, announcing King of Chicago for iOS.

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      July 25, 2012 1:35 PM

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        July 26, 2012 2:40 AM

        Seriously, I want It Came From The Desert!

        Issue is probably translating the controls of all the different minigames to the touchscreen, can require quite some tweaking/testing.

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      July 26, 2012 2:34 AM

      Defender of the Crown. Wolfric the Wild was great at Jousting.

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        July 26, 2012 6:51 AM

        As a kid I remember going to the computer store and staring at awe at the screenshots on the back of the Defenders of the Crown box. I had an Apple IIe at the time still and I could not believe any game could look so good!

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        July 26, 2012 9:50 AM

        Jousting was fun once you got the hang of it. I always picked a character that was good at that. I won a lot of territory that way.

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