# MechWings \| The Phoenix Rises — user reviews > 42 indexed App Store user reviews of MechWings | The Phoenix Rises by RI Productions, rated 4.36/5 from 36 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mechwings-the-phoenix-rises/id1241901579/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mechwings-the-phoenix-rises/id1241901579.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 19 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 2 ## Newest reviews (12 of 42) ### 5/5 — Love it!!! *2020-07-29, version 1.0.3* Best classic arcade game from the 80s that works will on IPad!!! Pleiades next?? Please! ### 5/5 — It's finally here! *2020-06-30, version 1.0.3* This is so fabulous. What a brilliant piece of coding in honour of a truly classic game. Choose the 8 bit version for a trip down memory lane. Incredible. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Great *2020-06-09* Been waiting for this for ages - love Phoenix - does it have icade support ? Great game ### 5/5 — Just like the arcade version *2020-02-16, version 1.0.1* Awesome game, just like the original. I would definitely recommend buying the 99p version as you get the original 8 bit version! ### 5/5 — Controller *2019-12-09, version 1.0.1* Can I get a controller that is compatible with this game and my air2 ipad? I love this game. Thanks JW ### 5/5 — I need more quarters! *2019-08-07, version 1.0.1* Awesome trot down memory lane! Priceless everyone; I hope there’s more gems to come. Scramble? Sinister? Super cobra? Well done everyone ### 4/5 — Controls Bad *2019-07-27, version 1.0.1* Hey y’all need to attend to your Buttons are slow and leggy, not like the game used to be. Y’all need an option for rapid tire as well!! Otherwise really cool game, very much like the original!! ### 5/5 — I love this developer!!! *2019-06-30, version 1.0.1* I am 14 but love the classic arcade scene and love what you guys are doing. If I had to make a request for a game it would be Nibbler or food fight. But I love what you guys are doing and I hope you will add more games to the roster. Is it possible to add exact copies of the games or can you not get the license to do that? ### 5/5 — Phoenix AT LAST *2019-06-15, version 1.0.1* Downloaded this as soon as I saw it as it’s one of my favourite classic 70’s games ever. ITS EXACTLY THE SAME. paid 99p for the pro game as I hate adverts messing up your stride and it’s even better, with the original music. Play it on my phone when I’m bored and it’s especially brilliant on my larger iPad. And it’s nuts when blasted through my hi octane Bluetooth speaker 10/10 WOW ### 5/5 — Get It Bought & Pay For No Ads Too! *2019-05-18, version 1.0.1* Love it Love it Love it Love it !!!!! Wanted this for years on a smart device, now I have it YAAAAAAY. MEMORIES OF THIS CLASSIC ARCADE HIT & Its exactly like the original I remember. Devs, can you do me a MASSIVE favour? EMULATE 'SUPER SMASH TV' for our devices. I miss that game sooooo much & no one seems to be bothered to port it. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Thank you *2019-04-07, version 1.0.1* I grew up playing this arcade & I’ve been waiting forever for this. Thanks a lot for making it happen ! ### 4/5 — Childhood days.... *2019-03-02, version 1.0.1* So stoked to be able to play this once again. This was my go to game at bowling alleys while my parents bowled in tournaments. Please fix the controller for movement. The response time is slow. I tried all the different size options for each size and the spacing. This would be a 5 star game if fixed. Thanks for the childhood flashbacks ✌🏼 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Button placement most unfortunate *2022-03-30, version 1.0.3* The button placement at the very bottom of the screen makes this game unplayable. If not for that, this would be easily be a five star game. ### 1/5 — Scam *2020-02-01, version 1.0.1* Does not upgrade to pro after purchasing upgrade pack. ### 1/5 — Bought but not bought... *2018-05-28, version 1.0.0* Purchased Pro version of game, but it keeps asking me to purchase it again. ### 2/5 — The game I remember but.... *2019-08-01, version 1.0.1* This was my favorite game growing up. The game itself is identical to the arcade game you remember. The controls though, are absolutely terrible. ### 2/5 — Clunky *2019-04-15, version 1.0.1* Was excited to get this but realised shortly afterwards that it’s a disappointment. As you’re pushing one button for some reason the others won’t work. Flawed for the iPhone. ### 2/5 — Fire button fix please... *2019-01-27, version 1.0.1* The fire button often goes dead when I’m moving to the right. Am using an iPhone X running iOS 12.1.3 Have no problems with other games. ### 3/5 — Older was Better *2023-03-13, version 1.0.3* Played this game a year or so ago & thought it was pretty awesome & alot lke the old phoenix i used to play many years ago…..dont know what the developers have done to it but those controls on there now are just impossible on a phone & the fire button isnt at all the same either. Would have def given a 5 if it hadnt been for that. ### 3/5 — THANK YOU FOR BLUETOOTH HAND CONTROLLERS *2020-10-13, version 1.0.3* I have purchased the full versions of many of RI Productions’ games. Not because I think the games are anything very special but because unlike so many other lazy and / or inept, incompetent developers, RI Productions have been able to include Bluetooth hand controller compatibility. Hand controllers without doubt lends itself to a more enjoyable gaming experience. For this reason alone I wanted to support them. ### 4/5 — Awesome classic but Crashing! *2020-07-28, version 1.0.3* I do enjoy it but this keeps crashing sometimes I played it. Can you try to fix a game crashing issue? Thank you ### 4/5 — ⚡️Nostalgic but the ads,,,, *2020-06-14, version 1.0.3* Love the nostalgia and odd realistic feel from this game but the ads on the start screen are a little much considering there’s also ads whenever you die in game after a while. Other than that, it’s a good game and I would definitely recommend it if anyone I knew liked this kind of stuff 🎮 ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great *2024-12-02, version 1.0.3* Amazing game and free - just like the original 10/10 ### 5/5 — Pretty unplayable on ipad without a gaming controller *2024-04-09, version 1.0.3* Gameplay is excellent, 5 stars worthy as it sweeps ya back to childhood arcade days BUT as a grown adult, your hands cannot spend longer than one game with wrists almost touching to use the onscreen controls before they begin to hurt. Please make the game controls position adjustable in the settings so users can offset the outer buttons to be higher up screen so wrists can be in natural relaxed position given index fingers are shorter than middle fingers! Far more enjoyable with a gameSir bluetooth controller game pad. ### 5/5 — Help! *2024-02-21, version 1.0.3* This game is the only thing in life that brings me joy and now the left and right keys are sticking. I’m sure it’s not my iPad. I’m sure it’s your software. Please have somebody from the tech team reach out to me. I do not want to have to uninstall and reinstall to lose my seventh place, ranking on the scoreboard. ### 5/5 — AWESOME!!! *2023-04-20, version 1.0.3* Ah, used to play this in the arcade back in the day. This is a great game, and nearly identical to the original. The only thing that could make this classic better, would be to upgrade the control of the ship from left/right arrows to touch control like nearly all modern iOS SHMUPS. With that said, the gameplay is simple to learn, hard to master, and a blast to play. The frustration level decreases as you master the game. The Devs have provided an excellent options menu, but I don’t see auto fire there yet. I know this has been around for awhile, but I’d really appreciate an update for that. Thanks! (Also, the paid version deletes the ads.) ### 5/5 — Good but... *2022-10-14, version 1.0.3* I love it just like you create other games but can you create other games like classic arcade games ### 5/5 — Nailed it! *2022-04-08, version 1.0.3* Not too many ads, and they nailed this game! I think the birds are smarter than in the original. ### 5/5 — Memories *2022-01-12, version 1.0.3* Wow !!! Feel like I’m 8/9 years old again playing Atari games with my brother with the old kempston joystick :) . It’s perfect !! Thx !!!!! ### 5/5 — Classic *2021-09-13, version 1.0.3* So happy to see this in the App Store one of my favourite arcade games, I have one request though is there any chance of adding controller support for when I’m playing in my iPad? That would be the icing on the cake! ### 5/5 — Great *2021-02-12, version 1.0.3* An accurate reproduction of a arcade classic. Just as frustrating as I remember. Very well done 👍 ### 5/5 — Phoenix *2020-12-12, version 1.0.3* I played this everyday after school in the early 80’s. I’m buying it because it bought back so many memories... I didn’t expect to find it in the App Store. Like someone else said do Pleiades next and see if you can also do Gyruss...I’ll continue to support you. Only issue. See if you can update controls with a joystick.... Thanks for the work on this. Steve. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-05.*