Caverns of Minos iOS
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  • Summary: With Caverns of Minos Llamasoft continues to produce the finest minotaur rescuing games on the entire App Store.Caverns of Minos is a shooting/rescue game inspired by 8-bit cavern shooters, Lunar Lander games, and rescue type games.Fly one of four ships into the depths of 21 challenging caverns. Rescue as many minotaurs as you can and bring each cavern's treasure back to the Mothersheep.Choose from 4 difficulty settings - Novice, Pilot, Warrior and Commander - each with its own unique ship.Maximise your score and bonuses to get a high score on the global leader boards. Caverns of Minos is OpenFeint enabled and posts scores to both OpenFeint and GameCenter leaderboards.Caverns of Minos features the exemplary playability and excellent controls that are expected of every Llamasoft game.Caverns of Minos does not contain In-App Purchases. Every feature of the entire game is available at no further cost once you have bought the game.… Expand

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. TouchGen
    Jan 21, 2012
    90
    Caverns of Minos is a highly playable, funny take on Lunar Lander and chopper rescue games from the past. The brilliant, and unique controls paired with a visual flurry of sensations the game is hard to stop playing. Get Caverns of Minos, dim the lights, put headphones on and go crazy.
  2. AppSpy
    Jan 23, 2012
    80
    Llamasoft and in particular Jeff Minter once again manages to densely pack an arcade game with concepts inspired from classic titles as well as Minter's clear auteur style; it's a shooter that both attracts and repels you, making it almost the Vegemite of gaming.
  3. 148Apps
    Jan 31, 2012
    80
    This might be the best game in the Minotaur Project yet – its blending of various game types feels original, yet still so very retro. Check this one out.
  4. Metro GameCentral
    Jan 23, 2012
    70
    Jeff Minter returns with one of his most surreal retro tributes so far, but if you can keep your sanity it's also one of his best.

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