Glider

This is my old Glider game from 1997, developed using ASCII art graphics :)

Game info

Version :

1.0

Category :

Casual

Update :

September 02, 2023

Installs :

7,445

Developer :

Wayne Piekarski Android Apps

Requires Android :

Android 2.3.3+

Content Rating :

Everyone

Get it on :

Download APK

Game description

Android App Analysis and Review: Glider, Developed by Wayne Piekarski Android Apps. Listed in Casual Category. Current Version Is 1.0, Updated On 02/09/2023 . According to users reviews on Google Play: Glider. Achieved Over 7 thousand Installs. Glider Currently Has 43 Reviews, Average Rating 2.2 Stars

Greetings Glider fans! Well, it is 2014, and I have ported my old Glider game from 1997 over to Android for you to play on your current devices! The game is basically the same as before, I wrote an ANSI terminal emulator for Android to run the game's original C code pretty much unmodified via the NDK. You can use the touch screen controls on a mobile or tablet to emulate the arrow keys, and touch in the center to select. On an Android Wear device, you can touch the display on the edges to emulate the arrow keys. The wearable also allows you to tilt the device to emulate the arrow keys. If you have a game controller or TV then the game supports those controls as well.

This is *really* old messy code that I wrote back when I was learning to program in C back in 1996. It was designed to run on text terminals over slow serial connections in my university Unix labs, which is why the graphics are the way they are! :)

Here are some links to the original game this is based on, written by John Calhoun back in 1990:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F3oUr2QPQ0
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/glider/id482536700?mt=12
http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/macintosh/glider.html

Source code is available under GPLv3 here: https://github.com/waynepiekarski/android-glider

We are currently offering version 1.0. This is our latest, most optimized version. It is suitable for many different devices. Free download directly apk from the Google Play Store or other versions we're hosting. Moreover, you can download without registration and no login required.

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Rate and review on Google Play store

2.2

43 total

5 18.9

4 0

3 0

2 40.5

1 40.5

Total number of installs (*estimated)

Estimation of total number of installs on Google Play, Approximated from number of ratings and install bounds achieved on Google Play.

Recent Comments

Michael John

A hit of nostalgia inspired by John Calhoun's excellent glider series of the 80's and 90's. The ASCII art is well done and attention has been given to the control scheme. But man, it's harder than I expected! Even the first room requires tight timing to succeed!

Ntgblast76

The controls are confusing that's about it

Alakishi Iladarimus

not the same glider game I played in the early 90s on the macs at school.

Anas Anas

Bro controls are trash but good effort tho

Rehan Rayan

Good game

A Google user

Dont understand how it works. Plane cant be controlled!

A Google user

Ooooooh boy, don't let me down! I remember playing on my ol' B&W Macintosh Plus,.. I LOVED IT!😊😊 in fact, the app search criteria I used was to hopefully find me a game similar, BUT IT IS THE EXACT SAME ONE, what are the chances😁( funny though, I don't remember if I had beat it, so I hope to excite that kid in me)