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Velocispider – Casual Game Review
Velocispider is a Casual/Action game from Retro Dreamer, first launched in 1st June 2011.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 14+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Velocispider Stand Out
Part Spider, Part Velociraptor, it’s Velocispider!!! Take control of a heavily armed araknasaur in this retro arcade shoot-em-up.
Your delicious endangered eggs have attracted the taste buds of the evil CEO of the Robot Seafood Corporation. He will stop at nothing to feast on your eggs, defend them from his relentless army of aquatic robot beasts.
IGN: "The best dinosaur spider cyborg game ever created."
Touch Arcade: "Velocispider is a ton of fun. The game is gorgeous, in a pixel art and chiptune sort of way. The art is full of character, and that character is super ridiculous. I can’t decide if I love the drop sharks (manta rays?) or the bomber whales more."
Games Radar: "It’s a simple arcade-like shooter, but Velocispider’s sharp aesthetics and approachable play mechanics make for a stellar iOS experience that’s an easy recommendation on both iPad and iPhone."
In your arsenal:-
Awesome power ups
Game Center leaderboards
Sweet pixel art
Thumping tunes
Smooth tilt controls
Game Center achievements
Retina & Universal app support
This Casual game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Velocispider is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 4th May 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Maintenance issue, fixed some issues with modern devices.
Download & Availability
Velocispider is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This game is so awesome. We want more! More more more! Ive been playing this game consistently since it came out. Lots of other games have come and gone, but this one keeps a consistent place on our phone. Its perfect.
We saw the game on the AppStore while looking for Galaga style games and thought Well this looks interesting… Why not get it? We were pleasantly surprised. Infectious music, aesthetically pleasing pixelated graphics and simple and easy to use controls with a cool story. Anybody who is a fan of space invaders and other old school arcade shooters should give this game a try.
We love this game. It’s so easy and so much fun to play. Our only complaint is that it needs more levels.
So much fun and we love the retro sound effects and graphics! It took us a few minutes to get used to the tilt style of playing. A slide option would be nice, although we rather enjoyed not having to tap our way through a game. :) Recommended.
An outstanding game. A throw back to early 80’s. Great game play and simple and accurate game controls. Has been a favorite game for years. Would love to see a new version.
We love taking a break to play this game! The tilt controls are challenging but we have big thumbs and really struggle with on-screen controls, so it’s actually a nice change. The top of our screen, however, always that there’s an update available even though there isn’t.
A simple, fun space invaders-esque type of game. The pixel art looks great and the sounds are all good too. Tilt controls don’t fit well in this type of game. It’d be so much better if there were some kind of onscreen controller, like Galaxloid, a similar app. It lets you be much more precise in movement.
A great game with plenty of "aargh!! Ok just one more time!" Moments. It took us a bit to get to the end but boy do we feel victorious.
The graphics, the story, and gameplay are all fantastic. We just wish it would be possible to have an alternate control scheme with on-screen buttons to move left and right.
Im totally addicted to this retro arcade game! One of the best ive played.
It’s an amazing game. We have a problem here, why can’t the game progress be saved to icloud? The idea is that after playing for a while if we delete, then later when we install it back we can have our game and achievement progress back.
We must say it is really hard to beat. Tank you for making it icade compatible.
Beautiful pixel art. Hard to beat. Fun to play. Maybe more levels or modes ? But we recommend this brand-new like the old school classic shooters. Good job devs.
The music is great and matches the gameplay quite well. Speaking of gameplay, what a brilliant way to add some spice to the classic Space Invaders mechanic with the egg stealing. 5 stars.
Good game for us and our 19 children. We all have iPhones thanks to the welfares! In reality this is a fun game.
We really like the graphics, very retro. Fun game too.
AppStore needs more pixel games of this quality.
This game is so fun we can’t stop playing it.
Before this, we used to groan when we saw a game with tilt controls. But in Velocispider, they’re used to perfection and ideally calibrated. Good thing, too, because you need to think fast and move accurately to dodge enemies and rack up as high a score as possible on your way to an extremely satisfying final boss battle.
Addictive game hope to add. More waves.
Honestly a great a experience, worth the money.
We were dying all over at first, but it’s satisfying to get better. And you never need to start back at level 1 (though you can re-play earlier levels if you wish). Love that it has iCade support, but our finger gets tired! Please add an auto-fire toggle button (or setting) along with the regular manual fire button.
This game is straight up awesome. We love the music, sfx, and visual style. So gooood.
Definitely an amazing game. It was very challenging and definitely an awesome idea that made all our friends gather to watch us.
Simple shooter with fun levels and retro graphics and sounds. Definitely worth the $1.99.
Good old fashioned pixel art game, quite challenging, but also quite short, only one level pack. But it’s really interesting so play it! ;).
There are no touch controls and there is no restart button. Also, the game is pretty hard.
It’s an old school arcade game designed for the iPhone.
There aren’t Many games which can snare us into playing for an hour or more… But this one has us hooked. Whoever the 2 reviewers are who give it one star must have made some kind of mistake It’s awesome.
Awesome game but very short only 20 levels make more please.
Egg–c-lent finally finish the game.
Has the look and feel of a NES/SNES game, but with tilt controls that add to the challenge. One of the best games for the iphone if you’re looking for a straightforward arcade shooter.
We bought this game because it was on sale or something. It was cheap and we didn’t think anything of it. Well, it has became our go to game! We play it every chance we get. We never really finish games, blame it on our ADD or something, but we got to the last level and could never beat it! Well today’s our lucky day because we finished and won the last level! This game is cool.
This is a fantastic game exploding with style and humor. If you are weary of the tilt controls don’t be afraid, this game implements them perfectly and the precision is excellent. The music and graphics are exceptional as well. This game gets very challenging and we would be disappointed if it wasn’t. The only thing we could have asked for are more music tracks, even though we don’t think the music could ever get old. This is a truly new and fresh old school experience bursting with awesome, give it a go.
Very adictive and funny. Play it in iphone and ipads… And for free.
Good graphics but most Important great controls and timing. Nice sense of humor too.
We like the music and the difficulty of the levels. Although they are hard, they have a good replay value.
We feel like we’re actually in an arcade with our joystick and shooter buttons – haven’t even tried the tilt yet! Hooray for 1983, its back.
Simple and hard, perfect mobile game.
This is challenging and rewarding. Exactly what a retro type game should be. Difficult bosses and lots of different sprites. Woo-hoo.
Great game! Needs more levels.
Tilting action is cool to use and works really well in this game. Addictive and fun to play, we only wish there were 100 levels instead of just 20.
Plot? Maybe… Graphics? Eeeh, kinda. Old school blow up he aliens kinda fun, most definitely. This game is not one that will have you awake at night figuring out the twist, instead this is 25 cents (or 50 if you had to play at a mall) of shoot the alien till your health runs out, and that’s SO just fine.
Enjoyed the game wish there were more than 20 levels.
This game has a space invaders feel to it due to the descending foes at the top of the screen, but isn’t boring. The colors are insanely vibrant and overall, the power-ups are really cool too. Definitely get it for free if you can. We did.
Gameplay and soundtrack take us back to the old NES games of the 80s. Good job making a new "old" game.
The icon is so threatening. It has everything that keeps us awake at night included in it. Sharks with rocket packs, squid tractor beams, and awesome music.
This game made us want to build a biomechanical transcendence device that would allow to cross realms into the work that of The Almighty Velocispider! We need more levels to conquer! Great job.
The game is just pure fun. For 6 yr olds, their dads and grand dads too.
Fun time waster while we’re standing in line.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.6
- Size: 8.15 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Retro Dreamer
Last updated: 4th May 2018 | Genre: Casual, Action | Developer: Retro Dreamer