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The Official iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming Thread
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WordAssassin
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I don't know how to link to things in the iTunes store, but it's called "Saturday Night Fever: DANCE" and it's basically EBA, but with disco tracks. It has YMCA, the regular and extended editions of Shake your Groove Thing, reg & ext Love Machine, and Car Wash.Costanza said:
I don't know if it was worth $5 (I suppose it is, if you see it as $0.99 a song, plus added EBA gameplay) but it's so awesome to have more EBA I don't even care. WTF is taking Nintendo so long to make a second one?
RobbieNick
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My question of course is, why did it take this long for someone to make an EBA ripoff? You'd think it would be a natural.
x3n05 said:
Apparently there's a patch on the way to fix some niggles, but it's still very playable as it is. I didn't have any trouble buying it from the Aus app store. It doesn't seem to show up if you search for it, but I followed the app store link from the Do the Hudson site and it works fine.
WordAssassin
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Seriously, I'm shocked as well. Hopefully SNF: D will get more songs in the future, or other games will rip it off. I wish the guys who made Tap Tap would do an EBA game...RobbieNick said:
Mr.Squirrel
Tom
is there a r-type/gradius kinda game for the phone yet? what about contra clone?
Toasty Frog put up a rather glowing review of Edge.
Just might make me succumb- damn you Parish! I was trying not to spend my last $6!
Just might make me succumb- damn you Parish! I was trying not to spend my last $6!
It's lasted me a couple months (surprised myself I lasted that long), but I've been a little too generous in giving out my money to all the devs since I scored a $200 gift card for $75 on eBay. iTunes and its virtual money really burns a hole in my pocket.colinp said:Hah, I think I went through $40 in ~ three days when I got my Touch last week. Damn app store is addicting.
Flunkie said:It's lasted me a couple months (surprised myself I lasted that long), but I've been a little too generous in giving out my money to all the devs since I scored a $200 gift card for $75 on eBay. iTunes and its virtual money really burns a hole in my pocket.
Yep, I know exactly what you mean. The low price points make it really easy to justify, but I am getting tired of spending any $ (even .99 cents) on games that ultimately really aren't that engrossing, even for a low low price.
Stoney Mason
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colinp said:
I think it's about being selective or getting titles that truly interest you. I have bought around 15 to 20 games total and going back I would only not get about 2 or 3 of those. That's not a bad hit percentage imo.
Stoney Mason said:
Yep that's exactly right. I think this happens with all of my new-system purchases: splurge like crazy at first trying out all the different stuff that people recommend, then pull back and be more discerning with what they recommend and what you are really interested in. Good times- I have two or three games out of the eight or nine that I have bought that in retrospect were not worth the money.
Dr. Strangelove
I'M COOCOO FOR COCO CRISP!
So does the update for Katamari make it worth buying? I heard they fixed the controls and touched up the framerate a bit.
WiiRevolution1
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But it was'nt lolBlakero said:
Anywayz: Who here has a Tapulos profile? Wanna add me? I got TTR,Collage,Fortune, and twinke. (Basicly all free apps from them) I plan to get more really soon
Tap Tap Tapulous ID: WiiRevolution1
ephemeral garbage
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Blakero said:
Is there something going on at MacWorld re the itouch? I am kinda outa it, though I am in the neighborhood...
Speaking of which, is anybody going to Raven Zachary "iPhone Intelligence Party @ Macworld 2009"? http://raven.me/macworld2009/
I am going with a prealpha of my next game! it crashes a lot right now
i'll probably keep it in my pocket... regardless, ladies take note, I will be there wearing my circa-1992 KMFDM t-shirt with the blue paint splotches on it.WordJong
Soooooo good. Scrabble and Mah Jong have a baby, and feed it Zuma powerups.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301295390&mt=8
Soooooo good. Scrabble and Mah Jong have a baby, and feed it Zuma powerups.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=301295390&mt=8
golduck342
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My friend who has it says they just updated and fixed some bugs.scola said:is simcity as buggy as the itunes reviews say? I love simcity but don't want to get burned
Here's some more recomendations
Fluke
http://appshopper.com/utilities/fluke-random-app-finder
Poor man's appsniper (not that appsniper's that expensive in the first place). Randomly picks an app and gives you information about it. You can limit by category and paid/free
Jelly Blocks lite
http://appshopper.com/games/jelly-blocks-lite
Found this with fluke. it's a puzzle game where you try to combine all the blocks of the same color. I got through the whole demo, I think I'm buying the full version, only 99 cents.
Fire art garden lite
http://appshopper.com/games/fire-art-garden-lite
Also found this with fluke. This game is pipe dream with fuses, but instead of swapping blocks, it's a slide puzzle. At 99 cents I couldn't resist buying this.
Escape Lite
http://appshopper.com/games/escape-lite
This game is pretty cool, a lot like Zelda. I also want to buy this since it's $2.99 for a limited time.
Bomboozle Lite
http://appshopper.com/games/bomboozle-lite
I'm pretty sure a GAFfer was involved in this game. Seriously, this game is such eye candy, it feels so polished. I instantly bought this, there was no hesitation at the $2.99 price point.
Pristine_Condition
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Router said:
Dr. Awesome is indeed AWESOME. I can't wait to try Edge and SNF.
I just can't seem to get the free version of Word Warp off my iPhone right now. So addictive.
WordAssassin said:
AND IT SUUUUUUUUCKS!
there's a free, one song version on itunes and i did not really have fun with it at all. a couple things:
the timing feels real loose when tapping. there's a floaty feel that's different from the tight EBA/ Ouendan controls.
the art style is really bad. garish purples and really ugly 3d models makes it a chore to look at. even worse, the color choice makes it harder to see the concentric circles narrowing in over the tapping points.
unlike EBA, there's no break in the song so you're tapping for 4+ minutes straight and, dare i say, i got bored real fast. you then realize that the breaking up of the songs in the original games was a very smart choice.
anyway, you can try the demo for yourself and maybe you'll feel differently than I do. I really would like a more artful take on the EBA mechanic. to make it to the iphone but this clone really doesn't cut it.
don't know if someone already said it, but the guys behind the amazing Off-Road Velociraptor Safari and Brontosaurus Jetpack recently released their first iPhone/Touch game: Raptor Copter.
It's at the special price of 99 Cents at the moment, i bought it yesterday night and i've had some truly good fun with it.
Despite not being as awesome as the other two (since it's pretty simple and a little repetitive) it's still damn good, plus for that price is really a steal.
These guys are really talented, i love em!
Trailer and info here: http://tinyurl.com/7nqgk4
It's at the special price of 99 Cents at the moment, i bought it yesterday night and i've had some truly good fun with it.
Despite not being as awesome as the other two (since it's pretty simple and a little repetitive) it's still damn good, plus for that price is really a steal.
These guys are really talented, i love em!
Trailer and info here: http://tinyurl.com/7nqgk4
Stoney Mason
Banned
Thought I'd pimp a game that I think is being overlooked
Orions:Legend of Wizards.
Basically a single player turn based resource building card battle strategy game.
Nothing quite like it on the iphone imo. Very fun title.
It has a high initial learning curve mainly because the tutorial and instructions don't really explain the concepts beyond the bare bones basics but hang in there and after a couple of games you've figured it all out.
It's ported over from the Pocket PC where it won best Best Strategy of 2007 from Pocket PC magazine.
It's a decent port. It's attractive enough imo and the controls are good, not great as there are many areas where it clearly could have improved from better iphone controls. It's no crystal defenders though meaning its way better than that.
$4.99
Review
A few screens
Orions:Legend of Wizards.
Basically a single player turn based resource building card battle strategy game.
Nothing quite like it on the iphone imo. Very fun title.
It has a high initial learning curve mainly because the tutorial and instructions don't really explain the concepts beyond the bare bones basics but hang in there and after a couple of games you've figured it all out.
It's ported over from the Pocket PC where it won best Best Strategy of 2007 from Pocket PC magazine.
It's a decent port. It's attractive enough imo and the controls are good, not great as there are many areas where it clearly could have improved from better iphone controls. It's no crystal defenders though meaning its way better than that.
$4.99
Review
A few screens
biggyfries
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any impressons of Snails Reloaded? Looks like a Worms clone, which could be good.
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