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Pond, James Pond is back on iOS

by JC Fletcher on Jun 30th 2011 12:30PM

Can you believe it? There's a new James Pond game out today! He hasn't had his own game since 1993! ... Oh, right, some of you weren't born then. James Pond is a series of British platformers published by EA, starring a goldfish secret agent who walks upright and wears a tuxedo. It was mostly an excuse for lame fish-themed 007 puns.

So why are we excited? We don't know! Anyway, the new James Pond is for iOS -- it's called James Pond in the Deathly Shallows, which updates the gimmick with a Harry Potter pun. James must navigate an underwater maze to find and cover leaking oil pipes, to stop Doctor Maybe from ruining the oceans. James has a bubble gun that uses his own air supply, which must be replenished from item pickups.

James Pond is on the App Store today for 099 cents.

Source: Special Move Games, iTunes

Tags: iphone, james-pond, james-pond-in-the-deathly-hallows, james-pond-in-the-deathly-shallows, mobile, q2-2011, release-date, special-move-games

Reader Comments (16)

I remember playing James Pond II: Robocod on megadrive..

I did not enjoy...

@ClarkyAC

Same. Even as a kid, couldn't figure out how to do anything.

Maybe I was just really stupid back then.

@ClarkyAC

I still remember this series of games, i never understood why they were so popular, for me it was a very stupid platform game that tried too hard to be funny but ended being a very bad game, not one of the james pond games was good, i don´t understand why they were so popular even the magazines gave it good scores.......

@Hunter141072
the first one was pretty decent, played it on the amiga
the 2nd (robocod) is on PSN btw, got it with PS+
but it's really nothing you would want to play in 2011

So...it's a fish that can't breathe underwater?

Ah yes, I still remember the "collect some items whose first initials correspond to the letters in cheat", cheat. Didn't realise it was British though; explains why they included a tap for T. Cheaf doesn't make much sense.

i want a remake of the one i got for Genesis

For some reason I remember the Genesis title being way better then what's described here.

Now that JAMES POND has returned... should I begin hoping for a GREENDOG remake or sequel now?

@foxhound

Well the ending to Greendog was a total cliffhanger, so a sequel would be what the "fans" would demand, I guess.

Really? James Pond?

I am honestly speechless as to what a bad idea this entire...thing...is, from first inception to present.

But it does give me hope for a remakes of shining classics such as Bubsy the Bobcat, or Jim the Claw-end Hammer, or Terry the Slightly Stained Tablecloth with an Attitude, or...

James Pond 2 was THE game of my childhood. I used to think it was great so I bought it on PSN. It's not great!

But I will still buy this game for my iPhone

@Tihn The PSN Robocod is the completely butchered Playstation version; they added that terrible intro, removed any reference to Penguins (or chocolate biscuits in general) and for some reason changed all the level designs. The original was a hell of a lot better.

Was Operation Starfish really out in 1993? Good god, I feel old.

So does anybody remember The Aquatic Games?

@Bekefel Indeed I do, for the Super NES!

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