Carmageddon free on Android, this Friday, the 10th of May only

The_Conductor

Carmageddon, has been ported to Android (at long last) and a special Promo version will be available free on Googleplay this Friday the 10th of May, for 24 hours only. After Friday the App will be its usual price of 3.89

If you go to Carmageddon.com you can register an account and receive an alert when its available to download from the Play Store.

I'm really looking forward to this!

cheers, but it's http://www.carmagedDon.com/ (2 d's)
can't see anything about it being free though...

Absoluvely

glasso wrote: »

cheers, but it's http://www.carmagedDon.com/ (2 d's)
can't see anything about it being free though...

http://www.carmageddon.com/news/droid-news-youre-looking

There has also been some discussion as to how we will be handling making the Android version free for the first 24 hours. This will be dealt with in the following way (resulting in 3 versions of the App being available):

• Carmageddon PROMO – The FULL game for FREE (only available May 10th for 24hrs)
• Carmageddon – Full game
• Carmageddon FREE – Demo version of the game

After the first 24 hours of its release, the PROMO version of the game will be removed from Google Play and will no longer be available. Subsequently, the PROMO version will be unsupported because we have no way to update the title once it's taken down.

Thargor

Seems to be based on Carmageddon II, which is good because the first one is very rough now, this could actually be one of the best racing games you can get on android if they pull it off properly speed and controls-wise, or maybe Im just looking back with rose tinted glasses.

stimpson

I've been playing on the iPhone and iPad for a while now. It's really really good. The controls are much easier on the iPad, but it's still playable and has all the fun of the original (less network play)

I've paid real money for worse games.

stimpson

Apparently it's free on iOS on Friday too:

http://www.carmageddon.com/news/total-eclipse-moo-lah

NEWSFLASH! We celebrate this coming Friday’s coincidental total lunar eclipse and launch of Carmageddon on ANDROID, with an equally opaque title for this News item… Plus MORE!!

What, did somebody say FREE CARMAGEDDON on iOS?

Yes, we did!

For the great iOS multitude of app fans everywhere across this bloody great globe of ours, on Friday the 10th of May, we will be celebrating the Release of the all-time number one Motoring Mayhem game Carmageddon on ‘that other OS’. And how do we celebrate? Usually with six or seven crates of beer followed by a visit from six or seven cop cars… But THIS time, we offer all the great nations of the world Carmageddon for iOS… FREE! Available for ONE DAY ONLY in the APP store!

So, keep ‘em peeled, and on Friday the 10th of May, our amazing iOS Carmageddon app will be completely FREE for only 24 hours. Booze, snooze, you lose! If you do not have the app yet, this will be the day to get it for FREE! If you want to tell your skint friends, do it now! And if you want a friendly reminder, sign up to Carmageddon.com and we'll send you an email!

steve_r

Nice share - for free its well worth a try.

Tar.Aldarion

Great stuff, loved playing it years ago.

vicwatson

If you go to Carmageddon.com you can register an account and receive an alert when its available to download from the Play Store.

Why register, you told us when it's available to download - Friday 10th May ??

Tar.Aldarion

Because it alerts you exactly when it is!

vicwatson

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Because it alerts you exactly when it is!

OK, so it's not from 00.00 - 23.59 on Friday 10th May?

Thargor

Which timezone though? Register to find out for sure

valleyoftheunos

I spent hours and hours of my youth playing this during my teenage years, definite download.

stimpson

vicwatson wrote: »

OK, so it's not from 00.00 - 23.59 on Friday 10th May?

It takes too much time to register, but you're happy to take the time to post twice complaining about it? :rolleyes:

it's free on May 10 but seems that there are "in-app purchases". Can you enjoy the game properly without buying stuff?

Tar.Aldarion

vicwatson wrote: »

OK, so it's not from 00.00 - 23.59 on Friday 10th May?

Guess I'll hear in the email :cool:

stimpson

glasso wrote: »

it's free on May 10 but seems that there are "in-app purchases". Can you enjoy the game properly without buying stuff?

On the iOS game you can unlock all the cars with an in-app purchase. Otherwise you can play through the game and unlock them as you go.

batistuta9

will this have any effect

Subsequently, the PROMO version will be unsupported because we have no way to update the title once it's taken down.

The_Conductor

batistuta9 wrote: »

will this have any effect

If its full of bugs (unlikely) they won't have a fix available.

batistuta9

smccarrick wrote: »

If its full of bugs (unlikely) they won't have a fix available.

Is it not a bit of a strange way to do it though?

Why couldn't the just make the full version free on Friday & change the price up then, like what happens with other apps

it's nearly guaranteed to have problems on some devices, would it not

The_Conductor

batistuta9 wrote: »

Is it not a bit of a strange way to do it though?

Why couldn't the just make the full version free on Friday & change the price up then, like what happens with other apps

it's nearly guaranteed to have problems on some devices, would it not

Not necessarily- it may run better on some devices than on others- however its likely to be a well coded Java programme- so it should be agnostic as to which sort of device it runs on.

imitation

Got this as a freebie on IOS, still a good laugh and playable on a touchscreen, so I can't wait to get it on my big screen android phone, thanks OP !

vicwatson

Thargor wrote: »

Which timezone though? Register to find out for sure

Well, I thought we're on Irish time, on boards.ie? no?????

vicwatson

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Guess I'll hear in the email :cool:

If you've given your details to them right?

Chewabacca

Cheers OP, good find.

Tar.Aldarion

vicwatson wrote: »

If you've given your details to them right?

If you don't have a separate email for things like this you are doing it wrong.

Thargor

vicwatson wrote: »

Well, I thought we're on Irish time, on boards.ie? no?????

Thats right Vic, now consider the companies that make games like Carmageddon, are they on Irish time? How about the servers that power google Play and the people that place these things on the Play market, are they on Irish time? A dilly of a pickle as Ned flanders would say.

stimpson

Thargor wrote: »

Thats right Vic, now consider the companies that make games like Carmageddon, are they on Irish time? How about the servers that power google Play and the people that place these things on the Play market, are they on Irish time? A dilly of a pickle as Ned flanders would say.

Stainless Games are based on the Isle of Wight. I'm pretty sure it will be free on 10th May in your own particular time zone.

Jesus, the amount of moaning over something that's actually free...

Thargor

I was being sarcastic about the amount of debate that was going into registering or not registering...

stimpson

Sorry. My sarcasm detector needs a service.

Meesared

Thargor wrote: »

Seems to be based on Carmageddon II, which is good because the first one is very rough now, this could actually be one of the best racing games you can get on android if they pull it off properly speed and controls-wise, or maybe Im just looking back with rose tinted glasses.

Its Carmageddon 1 not 2

daheff

stimpson wrote: »

Sorry. My sarcasm detector needs a service.

I can do it for ya for €50 :eek:

ctrl-alt-delete

Available now,

Just downloaded it and completed my first race on Maim Street, oh the memories!

Thargor

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

Available now,

Just downloaded it and completed my first race on Maim Street, oh the memories!

B-b-b-b-but its not Friday! If only we'd all registered :eek:

The_Conductor

Thargor wrote: »

B-b-b-b-but its not Friday! If only we'd all registered :eek:

I registered, I didn't get any e-mail (yet anyway)
(mad rush to get my Nexus 7 up and running)

Atomic Pineapple

I didn't register, just downloaded it from the Play Store - LINK

Thargor

Everones sarcasm detector is on the blink, also Carmageddon has aged incredibly badly and is basically unplayable on a phone.

Tar.Aldarion

It's not that hard on my phone, loving the running people over woooooo

Duggy747

Runs nicely on the Nexus 7, never get sick of this game

Meesared

Man this game looks fantastic! Looks way sharper than the PC version, and its still tons of fun!

GhostInTheRuins

Times have changed alright, with this having an age 12 rating in the app store. Wasn't thins banned in a load of places back in the day? I even remember having a heavily censored demo version of it where there was no swearing and all the people were green-blooded zombies instead.

Chewabacca

Just got it for free for ipad.

Can't wait to play it

Pov06

Cheers for that! :P

ThunbergsAreGo

Presume this is over 1.79 now

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stainlessgames.carmageddon&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zdGFpbmxlc3NnYW1lcy5jYXJtYWdlZGRvbiJd

Meesared

This is the free one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stainlessgames.carmageddonpromo&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLnN0YWlubGVzc2dhbWVzLmNhcm1hZ2VkZG9ucHJvbW8iXQ..

stimpson

Meesared wrote: »

This is the free one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stainlessgames.carmageddonpromo&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiY29tLnN0YWlubGVzc2dhbWVzLmNhcm1hZ2VkZG9ucHJvbW8iXQ..

Which you would have seen had you registered for the reminder.

THE SYSTEM WORKS!!!!

Tar.Aldarion

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Times have changed alright, with this having an age 12 rating in the app store. Wasn't thins banned in a load of places back in the day? I even remember having a heavily censored demo version of it where there was no swearing and all the people were green-blooded zombies instead.

Yup it was all changed to zombies, good to see the people back.

The_Conductor

Killing cows has never been so much fun!

Thargor

Best bit in the whole game was the level where tey gave you the electrodeath ray pickup right before you drove onto a football field with a game on, you could get a 100X kill combo and your time and money would be rising for 10 minutes afterwards...

christyden

Doesn't work on nexus 4! Rubbish!

user2011

christyden wrote: »

Doesn't work on nexus 4! Rubbish!

Working fine here!