'Rosmah-inspired' game for Apple users

Users of Apple electronic gadgets iPod, iPad and iPhone can now pick up some tips on how to save for the future, thanks to a game seemingly inspired by the prime minister's wife Rosmah Mansor.

The 1.1 version of the Aku Jimat (I Save) game, available for free at the App Store since Jan 17, features a cartoon figure which shares Rosmah's physical appearance, including her recognisable hairdo, and allows users to save money to 'go shopping".

In describing the game, developer Antartica Group said the game is "to educate the kids the important (sic) of saving since childhood. The younger you achieve your saving (sic) goal, the better!"

Users use a piggy bank, in the shape of a cat, to catch falling coins worth US$1,000 (RM3,100) each to make purchases -either for a US$5,000,000 (RM15,000,500) home or US$300,000 (RM10,00,000) car.

Users can also purchase any of the nine handbags on offer, worth between US$9,000 (RM27,900) to US$110,000 (RM440,000) or more damningly a diamond ring worth US$24 million (RM74 million).

Each coin is worth $1,000 but if one is lucky, a gold bar worth $1,000,000 falls from the sky.

Users must be careful to avoid the bombs, as each adds a year to the user's age and one is forced into "retirement" at the age of 99.

Fat lady game

The present version of the game, the only one by the Antartica Group, has been rated five star by 27 users, while a previous version available since December received the same rating from 28 users.

User 30yr reader called the game 'the Fat Lady game' and said it was, "(the) best", while userAlexcheong said the simple game is "humorous".

"Funny! My wife loves it very much!" said another user,okaong.

The PM's wife was previously under fire for purportedly purchasing a ring costing RM24 million, but has vehemently denied it, terming it "slander".

Following this, a fake news article made out to be from Utusan Malaysia with the headline Beli sendiri guna duit menabung dari kecil(Bought with money saved from young) circulated over the Internet.

Popular blog Malaysia Today had also featured a popularly shared collage of press photographs of Rosmah carrying several different Birkin handbags by the designer brand Hermes, said to cost up to US$150,000 (RM465,000).