Macintosh/iPhone software update roundup – November 13, 2009

Macintosh and iPhone/iPod updates and announcements for November 13, 2009:

Macintosh

• Mac Games and More has announced the release of a new Mac game called United States of Pool, which is a set of billiards game that allows you to travel across American stopping off in various cities to play a match of 9-Ball pool and more. In order to advance to the next city, players are required to earn a minimum number of points and win the game against their opponent.

iPhone/iPod

• Gee Logic Software Co., LTD has released Video Poker: Jacks or Better 1.0 for iPhone and iPod touch. Video Poker is a simulation of video poker machines featured in casinos. It is based on Jacks or Better variant. Video Poker is a casino card game based on Five-card draw poker first appeared in the mid-70s, and has been popular among casinos throughout the world since. If you’re a Video Poker fan, this will be a perfect companion for your iPhone and iPod touch.
• 24x7digital today has introduced TeachMe: Kindergarten 1.0, their new children’s learning game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. TeachMe: Kindergarten is an educational app which teaches four different age appropriate subjects to kindergarten aged children: sight words, addition, subtraction and spelling. Parents can select which subjects they want, set different difficulty levels, and even choose specific questions.
• Clickgamer’s Genius Defense Force—a brain-training game for iPhone and iPod touch—is now available on the App Store. In Genius Defense Force, players must add, subtract, multiply and divide their way to victory. The full campaign offers 30 action-packed levels appealing to contestants of any age and skill level, with players receiving a performance grade after every stage.
• Plaid World Studios has announced the release of Mouse House 1.1.5 for iPhone and iPod Touch. Use your environment to block stingers and wind your way to the top of the house. Guide the heroic Mouse through 57 levels of challenging and addictive puzzle fun. Mouse House has been continually updated since it’s initial release, adding new levels and user requested features. The most recent update added music, a level select screen and multiple save slots.
• Marware has announced the Eco-Runner armband case for iPod nano 5G. The Eco-Runner is the newest addition to our environmentally friendly cases for the iPod nano 5G. The Eco-Runner keeps your iPod secure, provides comfort for an active lifestyle, and helps reduce your carbon footprint. The Eco-Runner is available in black, blue and pink Eco-Prene and comes with Marware’s Lifetime Warranty.
• Dan Russell-Pinson has announced Furballs! 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch. Furballs! is an addictive new game that combines two popular game genres of path-drawing and match three into one package. It features original music, sound effects and over 150 levels of ever increasing difficulty. Using the familiar tap and draw control system, you must guide the colorful furballs through space to make matches.
• David Ross Software has announced Whimsy Animals 1.0, a simple kids jigsaw puzzle game for iPhone and iPod touch. Explore sixty beautiful animal photos and sounds by completing simple jigsaw puzzles. Practice hand-eye coordination, recognize shapes, and learn about scale while unveiling a world of animals, domestic and wild, baby and adult – all with their fun and unique sounds. Great to play with your kid or to give them for a plane or car ride or at a restaurant.
• PerfectTune is the latest guitar tuner to hit the iTunes AppStore. The team at 31tone Research and Development have rethought the concept of a tuner for stringed instruments from the ground up, creating a custom ultra fast pitch detection algorithm, especially suited for strings and a revolutionary user interface, that not only shows an overview of all strings at the same time, but also allows easy use of a wealth of different tunings.
• Alakazapps has announced Magic Beer Bottle 1.0, a beer simulator that literally comes off the screen. After demonstrating what looks like a normal iPhone ‘beer app’, the performer of the trick can literally pluck the top off the bottle—it becomes real in their fingertips. Beer simulators have existed since the dawn of the App Store, Magic Beer Bottle takes the concept to the next level.
• Freeverse’s Flick Fishing has been updated to version 1.4.1. Announced for the anniversary of the popular virtual fishing game’s release, the newest update introduces a limited-time Cake celebration and is available this weekend for 99c! In addition, Flick Fishing now works seamlessly with Plus+ integration and introduces recapture of Named fish for endless challenges.