Fascinating. I missed this news. Managed to snag a few games I've been wanting, too. Duck Tales Remastered, Raiden Legacy and R-Type 2.
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more data mining... installing only on device with root and limiting the app, will see if it runs
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Cheers for the info!
Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion and Duck Tales remastered free? Sure! :)
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Went to install it, doesn't work :S Each time I go on the page for a free game, it tells me to update to Underground. ><
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Can't see anything. Guess geographical restrictions are to blame.
Anyway, thanks a lot for the detailed explanation. I saw this today in the Amazon app with nothing listed and guessed it was a replacement for the app of the day, but didn't get what it was because it showed nothing and had no details.
If it ever gets unlocked to me I'll re-get the apps I have from fhe faotd, so the devs get some money. There are some apps that my kids play quite a bit.
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They claim that the apps are automatically available to Kindle Fire HD and HDX owners but when I go to get one of the apps it says that it's not compatible with my device (Kindle Fire HD 8.9). Normally the apps that you have already purchased have a notification telling you that you already own it and the date that it was purchased but I looked at several of the ones that I use daily and they still saying not compatible and there was nothing notifying me that I had already owned them. There are many Kindle owners complaining about this on the Kindle forums on Amazon today. They took out free daily app away and borked yet another launch of a new feature that left Kindle owners waiting for things to get fixed.
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Added a link to the list of the names of 168 free games to the op.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidGaming/comments/3ih4cg/amazon_underground_offering_a_lot_of_free_games/
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Amazon has ended their long running “Free App of the Day” promotion which offered a different free paid app every day through their Amazon Appstore for Android. In its place, Amazon has introduced Amazon Underground which claims to offer “over $10,000 in apps, games and in-app items that are actually free.” A new Underground Apps section has been added to the Amazon Appstore which currently includes 471 paid apps which you can get for free. Additinaly, Amazon has rebranded their shopping app in their own appstore into the Amazon Underground App which, according to the updated description, “includes enhanced features that aren’t available on the Amazon Shopping app found on Google Play.”
Unlike the old Free App of the Day promotion, these Amazon Underground free apps are listed separately from their paid counterparts. Searching for apps in the Amazon Appstore will bring up two listings for the same app if the app is offered in the underground section. For example, Castle of Illusion can still be purchased for its regular price of $9.99 even though there is a free version in the underground section. The underground app listings appear to have tighter restrictions on which devices they can be installed on. Castle of Illusion is a Fire TV compatible app, yet the free version cannot be installed on the Fire TV.
Update
More information about Amazon Underground has been revealed. The reason there are separate underground app listings is because Amazon is introducing a new business model with these underground apps. They are free to you forever, but Amazon will be paying developers a certain amount on a per-minute played basis. This means, unlike with the Free App of the Day program, developers will actually be reimbursed by Amazon for including their apps in this program. Additionally, all Amazon Underground apps are completely free with no in-app purchases. Amazon says this is a long-term program, rather than a one-off promotion, which they will continue to introduce more benefits into.
http://www.aftvnews.com/amazon-ends-free-app-of-the-day-promo-and-introduces-amazon-underground/
http://www.amazon.com/mobile-apps/b?node=2350149011
[EDIT Added] https://www.reddit.com/r/AndroidGaming/comments/3ih4cg/amazon_underground_offering_a_lot_of_free_games/
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