Rage for iOS supports video out, available now in SD and HD
id games has released the iPhone version of Rage in two different versions, both SD and HD, available right now universally for the iPhone and the iPad. TUAW spoke with John Carmack this afternoon, and he said that the HD version is about twice as nice as the SD version: "All of the user interface is at twice the resolution, the animated characters are at twice the precision, and the world textures are at twice the feedback bias, which doesn't quite equate to twice the pixel density, but it's almost twice the data that goes in there."
The SD version will run well on both, but the HD version will stutter a bit on pre-version 4 iPhones and iPods, so anyone with a 3G or even a 3GS is advised against it. The game is US$0.99 for SD and $1.99 for HD, and as we said before, is a great-looking on-rails shooter designed to promote the full game next year.
Carmack also gave us a little hint at an as-yet undocumented feature -- he said that with the video-out adapter, gamers can play the game on a TV using the iPhone or iPad as a controller. "You can actually play the game blown up on a big screen TV," said Carmack. "It's a little bit of a mind-bender." He said that they didn't draw the controls up on the screen for the TV-out function, but it should work with the current version of the game, and may even get upgraded in the future.
That's just a little tidbit for you from the full interview -- stay tuned for a longer writeup of the game and more information about this game and other iOS thoughts from John Carmack himself on TUAW later today.
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I really like how alot of developers are now starting to jump on the tv-out bandwagon. One of the many reasons I jailbroke my phone was so that I can run any app I want through the tv-out, but it usually looks better when its a native feature of the app. It'd be cool if rage allowed a bluetooth controller, like a lot of those console emulators do. Tv-out and a bluetooth controller essentially turns the iphone into a console. Although the controls are quite good for rage already.
November 19 2010 at 6:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI have made a test with Rage and a TV-out : it works !
http://www.journaldulapin.com/2010/11/19/rage-sur-iphone-fonctionne-aussi-sur-la-television/
I hope it's not first and last game with TV OUT support:) For example NHL2K or Real Soccer....play on big screen has to be amazing:)
November 19 2010 at 9:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyFreakin awesome!
November 19 2010 at 8:37 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHello, this game is really good....but I cannot run it on my TV...there is no signal on the TV....I connected it with AV cables from Artwizz...do you have anybody some idea what's wrong? thanks.
November 19 2010 at 8:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI downloaded the SD version but can only get audio through the video out cables!!! Any suggestions?! I really want to see this on the big screen...
November 18 2010 at 8:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTry killing the app from the task switcher, and then relaunching it with the cable already connected. I had the same problem when I connected the cable after launch.
Maybe it's just me, but the whole "video out to a tv" thing needs to have something more, to be worthwhile. Just a blank screen on the device isn't enough to make it a nice experience as a controller. Probably why it's an undocumented feature.
I'd love it if this functioned like the upcoming The Incident 1.3, where your iPad acts as a console with video out, and your iPhone can act as the controller, with visual feedback on it's own screen. More game makers need to do this.
Darn id software, they're not publishing the game in the Mexican App Store... their loss, I've already bought my Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner fix..
November 18 2010 at 5:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyJust bought Rage HD and did the tutorial on my iPad. Carmack's not charging enough for this thing. It's pretty sweet.
On a side note, games like this are kind of an interesting full circle for Carmack, having originally programmed Doom on a NeXTstation. If there's any game designer that had a leg up in experience versus everyone else, it's that guy.
NeXTSTEP->Openstep->OS X->iOS.
It's a pretty massive kick in the nuts to hit the pre-order button for Rage in Mutant Bash TV on the "Apple" iPhone and see Windows, PS3, XBOX 360 and no Mac.
Very disappointed with id.
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