Leave a Review Gold Strike Deluxe
Awesome
Add retina support por favor :pLexxxx6996
5 Stars ... If you fix the orientation problem
Love the game, hate that it's upside-down ... I can't use the built-in stand on the Apple iPad case. Grrrrrrr!MacMiniMe
Need a way to mute and save
Love the game but would play it more if I could listen to my own music. Saving for the next time would be great too.sell singles
Hi
I baught this game for the iPod touch and now every time I go to play on it it closes the app and takes me straight to the website of the game on safari please helpSam11977
Close... but no Gold
Gold Strike is a pretty entertaining game that could be made better with a few changes (which could surely be implemented in the near future) and a price drop. On first trial, performance was terrible, and it was overall very quirky. However, within days, a new update was released that greatly improved performance. That bodes pretty well for development.
It's a bit finicky trying to select blocks that are in the bottom row due to the jagged ground covering part of the blocks. The different game modes aren't terribly diverse, but I must say I found myself playing this game a lot more than I thought. A big drawback is the lack of save option. I'm not going to lie... my bathroom trips don't always last the duration of an entire game. I'd like to be able to pick-up where I left off :)
Overall, not a bad game.Show lessloeschg
A worthy improvement over the web version
This is a very addictive game and I keep coming back for more. Improves on the web version with the extra modes of play. Just missing the two times bonus gold squares so four stars. Thanks.1234DT
Still love this after 5 years on laptop!
I was happy to see one of my favorite laptop games available as an app for my iTouch; but really pleased with the several new modes of play not available for PC.
What I don't love is that the game cannot be saved when you leave the game, and if you are having a really good game you can lose a half hours worth of progress if you need to do anything else on your iTouch (I assume the same is true for iPhone users; Will you lose your game if you answer a call or check your mail?).
Also, I am left handed, and the "go back to main menu" button is right under my thumb when I am playing
and the game won't correct it's aspect
if you turn it 180 degrees.
Otherwise, the perfect waiting for whatever game.Show lessLaffanyway
Gold Strike
I love this app! It is visually pleasing, functions well, and is totally addictive.NPR News
Much more than a horizontal version of Collapse!
V1.1 made the game much more playable (no nasty hitches and no crash in Strategy Mode going to the third level).
The wall of blocks keeps coming at you and you can only fight off the on rush by toss your pick-axe at a group of 2 or more same colored blocks to knock them out. While the game feature 4 different colored blocks, the ONLY ONE that really matters is the gold ones. You'll have to knock the other groups out but unless there is some nifty treasure is buried inside, clearing even a wall of 16 connected red bricks is worth a whopping 0!
In the Standard Mode you just need to survive so many columns of bricks advancing at you and, if successful, you receive a bonus for every empty space and move onto another faster moving level with more columns.
In the Bottomless Pit Mode you are just seeing how long you can last in an endless level.
In the Archeology Mode your objective is to see how quickly you can uncover all 20 of the game's unique artifacts.
In the Strategy Mode it plays much like the Standard Mode but without a timer. The columns simply move forward based on your throws of the pcik-axe. At first every several throws will cause the wall to advance but eventually it will advance a column with each throw.
Finally, in Dynamite Mode, it plays just like Standard Mode with the addition of three sticks of dynamite you can throw in when things get tough.Show lessLord Gek
I hate you
I hate you, Oh Mighty Builder of Gold Strike. I hate you with every fiber of my being. I start to play your game, and you steal my time and my soul and my spirit. As your blocks move from left to right, I am powerless to stop. Powerless to not click the Next Level button. Powerless to get back to my job, my life, my being. I must...stay...in...the...mine. I hate you. And I urge everyone to hate you, too.Show lessDavid H. Lawrence XVII
