Cydia does not often see many game releases, as most iOS games make it into the App Store unless they contain extremely offensive or objectionable content or go past what is allowed within the iOS SDK. The latter is the case with SpringBoard Invaders by Velocity Apps, which transforms an iDevice’s home screen (SpringBoard) into a Space Invaders style game.

Although PCWorld would consider me an “idiot,” and our friends at Gamertell believe I’m setting myself up for failure, I’m still looking forward to getting my iPad on April 3rd, and I’m looking forward to playing games on it. Will the larger iPad screen improve touchscreen accuracy? Will the accelerometer still be logical in a device that big? I’m looking forward to finding out, and I’ll be using these iPhone games for my test run.

Retro games can be a lot of fun. They are a blast from the past for players old enough to remember when they were new, and they can be a new insight into gaming for younger players. Setting up and maintaining older systems is a lot less fun. If you are determined never to blow on another cartridge again, these titles can help.

Having released games for pretty much every gaming system ever made in the history of everything, Taito has moved on to the iPhone with three of its classic titles: Space Invaders, Cooking Mama and Cameltry. Does the jump to Apple’s touch screen devices work? Gather ’round, we’ll take a look.