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Flunkie said:
That's who I PM'd, lol.

"The Official App Store Thread (iPhone/iPod Touch)"
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I'll pm him but wouldn't maybe something better be like

The Official (Iphone/Ipod Touch) Gaming Thread. Seems like the app store bit is not needed.
 
Anyone having any issues with the AppStore? I just tried updating it to 8.1 but just recently it is failing to authorize my account or another message saying to connect to iTunes, which doesn't help.

Once I click on Install for an app and try and download it, or go to Updates, the thing can't connect. I need my games :(.
 
joesmokey said:
Anyone having any issues with the AppStore? I just tried updating it to 8.1 but just recently it is failing to authorize my account or another message saying to connect to iTunes, which doesn't help.

Once I click on Install for an app and try and download it, or go to Updates, the thing can't connect. I need my games :(.
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I think people downloading iTunes 8.1 fucked up the servers or something. Hopefully it's fixed soon.
 
Costanza said:
I think people downloading iTunes 8.1 fucked up the servers or something. Hopefully it's fixed soon.
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Hopefully that's it as it just happened within the past hour or so. I guess no 3d Brick Breaker for me :(
 
first time I played Oregon Trail game. I'm liking it, but I agree with the loading. Especially when u cross a river its a separate scene so another loading
 
A genre cousin of the puzzle game, word games (most being based on the concepts present in boggle or scrabble) are equally as prevalent on the iphone and their is a wide selection of good ones.







Scrabble. The grand daddy of modern word games. Credible port and the usual high production values for an EA iphone game.
Itunes Link
Review
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Wurdle. Very popular game and well reviewed on the platform. Essentially a take on the timed boggle concept.
Itunes Link
Review
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WordJong. Basically a daily challenge puzzle game where MahJong meets scrabble. A new puzzle is generated every day.
Itunes Link
Online Flash Demo PC version
Review
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Moxie. Strategic yet simple word game that is well reviewed on the app store.
Itunes Link
Review
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Textropolis. Sort of a free play relaxing and casual word game. No time limits and no pressure as you build words based on cities. Well reviewed on the app store.
Itunes Link
Review
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Crossword Apps. You have lots of options here. USA TODAY Crosswords. The same daily crossword that appears daily in USA TODAY newspaper along with Quick Cross, a faster sort of mini-crossworld puzzle. Crosswords which is able to do puzzles in the .puz format which some papers and online sites use. 2 Across is another option and you are able to download and do the New York Times puzzle if you have a premium subscription to the times. The New York Times Crosswords Daily 2009 is your option if you want the offical NY Times crosswords but don't want to go through the hassle of the other program. Which app is the right one for you depends on which puzzles you want to do. Lite version is available for Crosswords and 2 Across.
Itunes Link USA TODAY Crosswords
Itunes Link Crosswords
Itunes Link 2 Across
Lite Version Crosswords
Lite Version 2 Across
The New York Times Crosswords Daily 2009
Review Crosswords
Review 2 Across
Video 2 Across
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Wordsworth. One of the most well updated word games on the iphone. Good game that is a bookworm clone that shows what a good deal of user feedback can do. Fully featured. Leaderboards and Facebook features. Lite Version is available.
Itunes Link
Lite Version
Review
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Bookworm. Well done port of the PC PopCap word game that is as good as it ever was.
Itunes Link
Review
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WordFu. Another boggle themed game with a fast pace and a kung-fu theme with nice presentation and sound.
Itunes Link
Review
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Scramboni. Scramboni is a online multiplayer game word unscramble game. It is free.
Itunes Link
Review
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Quordy. Another boggle style game that is similar to wurdle. Well reviewed on the app store.
Itunes Link
Review
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Stitch'em Words. One of the more unique word games on the iphone, Stitch'em words will appeal to you if you are looking for something different from the usual variations on Scrabble and Boggle.
Itunes Link
Review
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My Word Coach. Port of Wii and DS title seems to be well liked by users on the app store. Actually 6 games in one.
Itunes Link
Review
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Super Word Find. Word finding puzzle app similar to the Word Search puzzles you find in newspapers or books. Features the ability to do multi-screen puzzles. Lite version is available.
Itunes Link
Lite Version
Review
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Lexic. Another boggle inspired title with three different modes of play. Well reviewed by users on the app store.
Itunes Link
Review
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Engima Machine. Now here is a clever word game. Ostensibly a boggle game combined with a code cracking game. Well reviewed both in commercial reviews and on the app store.
Itunes Link
Lite Version
Review
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Imangi & Imangi Word Squares. Made by the same devs. To use a quick shorthand Imangi is Scrabble meets Rubik Cube. Imangi Word Squares is Scrabble meets Sudoku. Both well reviewed in commercial reviews and on the app store. Lite version is available for word squares.
Itunes Link Imangi
Itunes Link Imangi Word Squares
Lite Version Imangi Word Squares
Review Imangi
Review Imangi Word Squares
Video Imangi
Video Imangi Word Squares


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The rest of the genre roundups.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14955001&postcount=3398
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14957347&postcount=3402
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14962561&postcount=3411
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=14987492&postcount=3477
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15000440&postcount=3523
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15016967&postcount=3531
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15031473&postcount=3576
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=15045977&postcount=3602

Not sure which genre is next for me. Perhaps just a best of the rest genre roundup.
 
Sudoku Unlimited is a great sudoku app. Right now I greatly prefer it to EA's version because the interface is much simpler without all the flashy effects. An added bonus is being able to listen to your music while playing.

EA's version is nice because of the Newspaper Mode where you get blank squares and can fill in numbers from any sudoku puzzle you see. It's too annoying when trying to go for best times though because there's no way to turn off the effects that take forever to go through.

Need more playtime with Sudoku Unlimited, but I'd definitely recommend it.
 
OK, so, a few notes about my experiences with the new Oregon Trail app. I hope that I'm missing something, but I fear that I'm not.

Firstly, I should note that I played multiple versions of this game across a number of different Mac stations throughout my childhood. I have unbelievably fond memories of this game. I'm sure that I played through this games many dozens (and perhaps hundreds) of times as a young person.

Anyway, I just played through Gameloft's version of Oregon Trail on Normal. It probably took me a total of about two hours (if I had to guess). It has been a couple of years since I last played OT on my old Mac, but I believe that this is a bit longer than the old game's standard length.

I arrived with all of my family members, with my wagon and family in good condition. There were a couple of close calls, but nothing particularly scary. Too easy.

The minigames are game-breakingly easy. I succeeded at every minigame, every tme, without it ever (even once!) approaching moderately challenging. I was hoping that the games would get harder toward the end, but they never did. Super disappointing.

At the end of the game, I was totally shocked and disappointed that it didn't give me a little score breakdown (listing the multipliers, etc). My favorite part of playing Oregon Trail as a child was trying to beat my old high scores. Without a bit more transparency regarding how the scoring works, I'm afraid that I'm going to quickly lose the desire to re-play the game.

I'm not happy with this version of the game at all. It takes away all of the micromanagement (I want to decide how many bullets I want, you motherfuckers!), adds in a bunch of unfun and way-too-easy minigames which are regimented/staged (e.g., you can't just go for food whenever you feel like it!), and the scoring system sucks.

I'm not happy. They ruined one of my favorite games of all time. :-(
 
Two hours is WAY longer than the original Oregon Trail. We used to play a trip in one class (computer classes in the early 90's were about 1 hour a week). At least, that's how I remember it.

For those who played Oregon Trail, did you also play that math game with monsters, and levels...gah, I can't explain it any better than that and I can't recall the name.
 
eznark said:
Two hours is WAY longer than the original Oregon Trail. We used to play a trip in one class (computer classes in the early 90's were about 1 hour a week). At least, that's how I remember it.

For those who played Oregon Trail, did you also play that math game with monsters, and levels...gah, I can't explain it any better than that and I can't recall the name.
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Brain Quest? Action Reaction?
 
eznark said:
Two hours is WAY longer than the original Oregon Trail. We used to play a trip in one class (computer classes in the early 90's were about 1 hour a week). At least, that's how I remember it.

For those who played Oregon Trail, did you also play that math game with monsters, and levels...gah, I can't explain it any better than that and I can't recall the name.
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Was it set in space sort of, and you were a green man? Mathbuster or something?

EDIT: game i was talking about was Math Blaster it seems

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/math1/blaster1/mbe.gif
 
joesmokey said:
Sudoku Unlimited is a great sudoku app. Right now I greatly prefer it to EA's version because the interface is much simpler without all the flashy effects. An added bonus is being able to listen to your music while playing.

EA's version is nice because of the Newspaper Mode where you get blank squares and can fill in numbers from any sudoku puzzle you see. It's too annoying when trying to go for best times though because there's no way to turn off the effects that take forever to go through.

Need more playtime with Sudoku Unlimited, but I'd definitely recommend it.
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I'd recommend checking out Sudoku Grab.
Really good for entering any Sudoku competitions in the paper :D
 
Small change to the app store but a welcome one. All apps now have an overall review score and a review score for the current version.

The problem was that many times apps would get released. Get improved via updates but the old negative scores would still drag down a review average. Puzzle Quest is a good example of this. Now you have sort of two review indicators to base your decision on.
 
eznark said:
For those who played Oregon Trail, did you also play that math game with monsters, and levels...gah, I can't explain it any better than that and I can't recall the name.
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It was Number Munchers. Doing math was hard as a kid so I never really go in to it.:lol
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Stoney Mason said:
Small change to the app store but a welcome one. All apps now have an overall review score and a review score for the current version.

The problem was that many times apps would get released. Get improved via updates but the old negative scores would still drag down a review average. Puzzle Quest is a good example of this. Now you have sort of two review indicators to base your decision on.
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They should also tag individual reviews with the version number the reviewer used.
 
Thanks guys. I really appreciate it. I am planning on gettin the 2nd Gen 32 GB model real soon and
wanted to know if it played all the games. Am getting it mostly for movies and music and the awesome
application that let you control your PC and other things. That just feature solely sold me a touch.
Music, movies and games are all just the icing on the cake me. Any links to a site where i can learn more about the apps ?
 
OK, so far I've picked up:

Galcon
Tap Defense
iDracula

I downloaded Mazefinger, the Super Monkey Ball demo, Reign of Swords demo, and a couple of other things, but only these have stuck so far.

Still no Diablo clones up yet?
 
Blast Processing said:
OK, so far I've picked up:

Galcon
Tap Defense
iDracula

I downloaded Mazefinger, the Super Monkey Ball demo, Reign of Swords demo, and a couple of other things, but only these have stuck so far.

Still no Diablo clones up yet?
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If you liked Galcon I'd say pick up Strategery. I've probably played that more than any other game I own.
 
Man, now I want a Number Munchers (and Word Munchers!) port to the iPhone.

With leaderboards.

I bought Oregon Trail yesterday, and I share a lot of the concerns others have mentioned. What irritates me more than the excessive loading is the movie playing during the initial load, which just seems completely pointless.

The best part is if you go to the settings page, there's a "Reorientation" setting. The options are "Yes" (which I think is the default) and "No". I changed this, expecting it to use the regular orientation rather than the landscape view.

Nope: it changes it so that instead of rotating your iPhone 90° counter-clockwise for landscape, you have to go 90° clockwise. And the movie still displays using the "regular" CCW rotation, so something will seem upside down during launch no matter what you do.

Great QA job!
 
Remy said:
I bought Oregon Trail yesterday, and I share a lot of the concerns others have mentioned. What irritates me more than the excessive loading is the movie playing during the initial load, which just seems completely pointless.
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You guys know you can skip that, right? Just tap the screen to bring up the movie player controls and tap the done button.
 
So I just jailbroke my phone, when I sync do I have to set it up as a new phone I assume. I can't restore the old one can I?
 
Well I restored anyway, since I didn't have my contacts backed up and I still have Installer and Cydia on there. Syncing now, no clue if those still work.

Thanks for the tech support.
 
I love Ancient Frog. Showed it to my friends today and they loved it. They haven't been so excited about an app since Touchgrind.
 
Flunkie said:
Eliss <3
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I'm not seeing enough on this on here! Eliss is seriously an awesome game and you guys should really give it a shot. Along with Edge it's probably my favorite game for the iPhone/Touch released so far... that good!
 
joesmokey said:
Any idea what the patch is for iDracula? Hopefully it has a bunch of bug fixes, dying at full health isn't fun :(.
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The app description describes it thusly:

v1.1 has been submitted- Price WILL increase to USD2.99 when update is approved - GRAB YOUR COPY NOW!
New features include:
-4 new monsters
-2 new maps
-Perk system updated, new perks added
-2 game modes: Super Survival, Wave Attack
-New powerups - Haste, Rage, Time Stop, Bomb (only available in Super Survival mode)
-Earn money and buy reinforcement in Wave attack mode
-Rush mode updated - you can choose a weapon now.
-Added 2 new options for better weapon switching
-2 new weapons - one (Blade Ripper) only accessible in Rush mode, other (Flamethrower) is everywhere.
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Flunkie said:
That's who I PM'd, lol.

"The Official App Store Thread (iPhone/iPod Touch)"
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I find it fascinating that you would have the main title include the app store and only mention iphone/touch parenthetically. Apple marketing magic?
 
bdouble said:
really? never had that happen.
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Yeah I was at (or near) full health and the next hit killed me when my health bar was still accurate. I've also had a couple of freezes (ipod touch 2g).

The updates sound pretty good (weapon switching especially), but it doesn't mention bug fixes at all.
 
PhlivoSong said:
I find it fascinating that you would have the main title include the app store and only mention iphone/touch parenthetically. Apple marketing magic?
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lol. I pm'ed Black Ace and asked him to change it and I didn't put in the app store part. To be fair Flunkie didn't make the thread. The app store part was put in by whoever made the original thread.
 
hows the port of puzzle quest? i know when it was first released, it was kinda buggy, hows it looking now? thinking i might wanna pick it up now that it includes chapter 2
 
argh.. lost my headphones at university today..

anyone got any headphone suggestions that has a quality mic/button (button with the same features as the iphone)?
 
TruthJunky said:
OK, so, a few notes about my experiences with the new Oregon Trail app. I hope that I'm missing something, but I fear that I'm not.

Firstly, I should note that I played multiple versions of this game across a number of different Mac stations throughout my childhood. I have unbelievably fond memories of this game. I'm sure that I played through this games many dozens (and perhaps hundreds) of times as a young person.

Anyway, I just played through Gameloft's version of Oregon Trail on Normal. It probably took me a total of about two hours (if I had to guess). It has been a couple of years since I last played OT on my old Mac, but I believe that this is a bit longer than the old game's standard length.

I arrived with all of my family members, with my wagon and family in good condition. There were a couple of close calls, but nothing particularly scary. Too easy.

The minigames are game-breakingly easy. I succeeded at every minigame, every tme, without it ever (even once!) approaching moderately challenging. I was hoping that the games would get harder toward the end, but they never did. Super disappointing.

At the end of the game, I was totally shocked and disappointed that it didn't give me a little score breakdown (listing the multipliers, etc). My favorite part of playing Oregon Trail as a child was trying to beat my old high scores. Without a bit more transparency regarding how the scoring works, I'm afraid that I'm going to quickly lose the desire to re-play the game.

I'm not happy with this version of the game at all. It takes away all of the micromanagement (I want to decide how many bullets I want, you motherfuckers!), adds in a bunch of unfun and way-too-easy minigames which are regimented/staged (e.g., you can't just go for food whenever you feel like it!), and the scoring system sucks.

I'm not happy. They ruined one of my favorite games of all time. :-(
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Just to follow up on what I wrote before (quoted above):

It is true. This game sucks fucking huge load. It is terrible.

I just finished the game on 'Hard' mode. (The mode should be called 'Boring'.) It was actually much easier than 'Normal' mode, because I was more familiar with the (very few) tricks and nuances. I ran through the game on hard, I achieved the top star-rank at each checkpoint, I never had my family's status drop below 'Good', I won every single minigame, etc.

So, for the few of you who were hoping that 'Hard' mode would make things better: it doesn't. If anything, it is worse.

This game is a huge, huge, disgusting disappointment for fans of the OT franchise. Motherfuckers.
 
tabsina said:
argh.. lost my headphones at university today..

anyone got any headphone suggestions that has a quality mic/button (button with the same features as the iphone)?
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I'm most certainly not suggesting this, but you could always buy those "real" iPhone headphones on eBay. (They have real packaging, with barcodes and all) Then maybe buy another headset from WalMart. Since you don't need two, you could always just return one.

Seriously, though, the ones on eBay that are "confirmed real" are absolutely fucking fake. 100%.
 
Dacvak said:
I'm most certainly not suggesting this, but you could always buy those "real" iPhone headphones on eBay. (They have real packaging, with barcodes and all) Then maybe buy another headset from WalMart. Since you don't need two, you could always just return one.

Seriously, though, the ones on eBay that are "confirmed real" are absolutely fucking fake. 100%.
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are the ebay ones anywhere near the same quality of the apple store/walmart ones?

I might just end up getting the standard apple ones that came with the phone in the first place
 
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