Thanks for the suggestion for the pause button. And no, these early Game & Watch games did not have auto key repeat.
You don't need to wait for Octopus. Here's a test build to try out on your phone! Enjoy :)
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Awesome stuff thankyou, plays really well on Android. Certainly a trip down memory lane for that particular game and it has really good gameplay in terms of the risk/reward mechanism (grabbing the loot from the chest whilst staying in that position as long as you can). You don't get that same game mechanic with Parachute.
One more suggestion, it would be good if there was a solid black background available, the grey background is not quite dark enough to make the the gap between the phone screen and a black bezel seamless on some some screen ratios (and will vary between handheld simulations as well). You probably added the grey to create some slight contrast with the darker edges of some heldhelds?
I've found the the star background works best at the moment to hide any gaps around the game.
iOS playback on iPhone 8 is suffering badly with the last few updates (I think the attempt at a sound fix created some major performance issues). Might work ok on new iPhones but probably best to get some feedback from other iPhone owners on that topic.