The Apple App Store gaming update is Gamertell’s weekly look at the previous week’s Apple App Store game releases. We cover them all – good and not so good – in their respective categories with a breakdown of the great games and the free games right where you want ‘em, at the top and in your face. The list is available every Monday, right as you are about to start that long work week.
Another week down and another App Store gaming update up.
This week brings handheld adaptations of everyone’s favorite need for speed movie, Top Gun, and also the classic redux of Star Trek. If those movie games don’t do it for you, there’s also the third iteration of Super Word Find, Red Bull challenges you to a race, and plenty more to satisfy your time killing needs.
What You Might Want To Check Out
World of Tunes Lite
“Save the World of Tunes by orchestrating the Tuneys in defeating the invading alien overlords.”
TOP GUN: Price: $1.99
“Defend the skies in the most authentic first person jet shooter game on the iPhone and iPod Touch! Attempt to become one of the few to survive the “Highway to the Danger Zone”! Shoot down enemy jets, dodge incoming air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles, navigate dangerous environments and obliterate the enemy’s air power. You are a new recruit under the guidance and training of Maverick and Iceman, now teachers at the Top Gun Academy. A new, hostile Communist threat has begun encroaching upon our Naval space, and it is up to you to fend off these unfriendly bogies in your supersonic fighter jet.”
STAR TREK: Price: $4.99
“Soar through galaxies as the captain of the USS Enterprise on a mission to complete your intergalactic obligation to seek and destroy your enemies! Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk make special appearances to assist you on your journey through space and time. Valiantly fight alongside and against familiar ships from the series like the Keldon, Valdore, and K’tinga. Be one of the first to “BOLDLY GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE!”
Super Word Find 3: Price: $0.99
“You’ve played the rest, now play the BEST! What makes Super Word Find so Super? Other wordfind games only allow you to search on one screen so the player finishes the puzzle in a short amount of time. Super Word Find is a smooth scrolling, multi-screen word search puzzle. The player has the option to select small, medium, large and SUPER puzzles which contain up to 200 words! Super Word Find will keep you entertained for hours! Super Word Find includes 25 different word puzzles!”
What’s Free
iFightU Lite
“iFightU Lite is the Standard Edition/Companion of iFightU. It has all of the features of iFightU full edition except for:
1.- You can only JOIN network games, you cannot start them. To start them you need the full version of iFightU.
2.- You cannot create new characters, but you can receive characters shared via an iFightU network game.”
STRAIGHT GAME : Crow & Hare Lite
“Do you know the mind of farmer? From now on, You can get the famer’s mind. You must defend your farm. There are crows here who would snatch your precious pears. You have the hare, throw that hare and must catch the crows.”
Distant Assassin Lite
“This is the lite version of Distant Assassin. You can download this free version to try it out. And if you like it we hope that you will buy and download the full version. There is a very dangerous criminal on the loose. This criminal is hiding out, disguised in a crowd of innocent people. Don’t let him get away, and don’t hit the innocent! Your mission is simple, find your target in a crowd, scroll around with your finger. Then zoom in and shoot! Keep in mind that there is a distance delay from when you fire and when your target is hit. If you miss, your reward will decrease. And if you hit an innocent person, you will be penalized. As the levels progress, the difficulty increases, the crowds get thicker, bigger, faster and there are more obstacles.”
Wild West Bank Robery Lite
“Wild West Bank Robery is a new exciting game where you ability to react and shoot fast counts! You are a Sheriff from the Wild West. Robbers are going to steal all the money from the main town bank! No time to lose! Let’s get rid of these ugly thieves! Help to save the bank as soon as possible! Shoot the enemies and protect the civilians! Save a lot of money and people’s lives. Become the best Sheriff of the state or.. rest in piece!”
iPST#1-Smash
“Smash is a simple game in which you can smash a randomly-flying UFO. This application is one of the examples from the book titled “iPhone SDKの教科書 (iPhone SDK Textbook)” which shows how iPhone applications are constructed. The book is written in Japanese and published only in Japan.”
iPST#2-Balance
“Balance is a simple game using the accelerometer. A ball on the screen will move according to the iPhone’s tilt angle. You have to keep the ball away from the fence around the screen. This application is one of the examples from the book titled “iPhone SDKの教科書 (iPhone SDK Textbook)” which shows how iPhone applications are constructed. The book is written in Japanese and published only in Japan.”
Kaloki Free
“Kaloki Free challenges players to race against time to save the princess while building lemonade stands, arcades, gardens, chemistry labs and a whole slew of expansions to keep their space guests happy. Solve challenges, entertain visiting aliens, keep ratings high, and rake in the money on the way to fame, love and glory! Kaloki Free gives you three levels of space building fun. The premium version, Kaloki Adventure, gives you 14 levels and six sandbox levels.”
Azkend Lite
“Take the first steps of the journey now – try Azkend for free!”
Sea Rascals Lite
“Dive into the fast paced world of Sea Rascals, where you are tasked with keeping the oceans clear of aquatic trouble makers! You must not let them overcrowd the ocean! Squish them by tapping on a group of three or more Rascals of the same variety. And if the Rascals were not enough you also have to deal with marine debris. Get rid of it by grouping Rascals in a strategic manner. Set off massive chain reactions to destroy the debris and earn bonus points!”
Tutti Frutti Flute
“Ever thought of playing a fruit instead of a flute? Junji Koyaman did. Famous from Youtube, Junji takes musical instruments to a whole new level. Junji makes beautiful music with apples, pears -and even a cactus. Turn your iPhone into a fruit flute! Relax, think happy thoughts and test your pineapple playing skills.”
World of Tunes Lite
“Save the World of Tunes by orchestrating the Tuneys in defeating the invading alien overlords.”
Supernova Blast Lite
“Supernova Blast is a Fun fast paced Strategy game where you create and blast your way between supernovae.
Increase energy stars and blast them in multiple supernovae.”
Simply Solitaire
“This advertisement sponsored application includes: SOLITAIRE (KLONDIKE DEAL 1 and KLONDIKE DEAL 3) that is also known as single deck Klondike. EASTHAVEN a more challenging variation of red-black solitaire. After starting and resuming a game you will see a screen promoting my own applications. Hit the blue play button (right top) to start the game. During the game you may see banner ads.”
BINGO! 25
“BINGO!25″ is Free, easy and fast virtual bingo player! With realistic 3D interface, It saves you from carrying heavy bingo machine. If your party members are less than five, “BINGO!25″ would be the perfect choice! It has 25 balls in the machine and you’ll be playing it with 3×3 bingo cards.”
Memory Pro
“Memory Pro is a fun and exciting memory improvement game! It’s the premiere memory matching game in the iTunes App Store, with gorgeous animations and adorable animal cards!”
Memorize Words for Spanish Lite
“Memorize Words for Spanish Lite is a flashcard vocabulary building program designed to help you memorize Spanish words (Western Spanish) as quickly as possible while maintaining a 90% retention rate. Utilizing a Spaced Repetition Algorithm, Memorize Words tracks the recall rate of individual words and reminds you of words you’re about to forget. This way you can memorize thousands of words yet only review a few difficult words daily. Each day you’ll review words and learn new words selected automatically based on word use frequency. In addition, you can select individual words or categories of words to your daily lessons. Once you become proficient with a word, an English translation will be added and eventually followed by an audio-only Spanish word.”
National Geographic’s Kingdom of the Blue Whale Lite
“Kingdom of the Blue Whale is the classic jigsaw puzzle game recreated on the iPhone, using over 50 beautiful and highly detailed Blue Whale and undersea images from the National Geographic Society. Puzzles can be cut into 6, 20 or 30 pieces. Each photo has a detailed description so that players can learn and play at the same time. Pieces can be cut in 2 different styles – classic jigsaw puzzle pieces, and more elegant and rounded pieces. For novice players, there is also an option where rotation of pieces is not required. While playing, immerse and surround yourself with the sounds of the sea in beautiful locations with unique and colorful undersea species, or use your own photos!”
World Master Lite
“10 exotic locations to find on world map. State of the art programming show you the exact distance to the location asked. Do you have what it takes to become the next World Master champion ? You will need to know your geography but also to be quick. Scores are based on precision and speed. Challenge your friends and family to find out who is the best traveler. “World Master Lite” takes full advantage of the Iphone zoom capabilities, two finger pinching allows you to zoom in to get the closest possible to the locations on the map and get a perfect score. Save your name and score and compare it with others.”
iFlowerLite
“Sit back, relax and match flowers in your beautiful garden. Match more, higher your score. Bees and carts will help you if you meet problems. It’s fun, and cute and a great puzzle game! Every member of your family will love it. Every flower is a life, they will smile or cry depending how you take care of them. Tutorial mode will guide you lean it in 5 seconds. Enjoy 2 game modes, standard and expert. If you like challenge, you can play expert mode; 40 levels are waiting for you. Nice graphic, sound and animation.”
Dr. Ito’s Brain Training
“Dr. Ito’s got your brain covered. Are you ready to train? Test your mind and sharpen your memory with Dr. Ito, your friendly neighborhood neuroscientific genius professor. He’ll flash lights and musical notes at you, and you’ll have to punch them back from memory. Build up to longer sequences as he trains your brain. Before you know it, you’ll improve your memory and start remembering all those phone numbers and names. Get started now – Dr. Ito’s waiting!”
Trivia World Lite
“Trivia World is a collection of thousands of trivia questions spanning 15 categories. And Trivia World Lite is the free version for you to try it out ! Try out trivia questions ranging from Health, History, Sports, Science, Hollywood, Celebrities, Music and much more ! Presently each category has an average of 15 questions now, with a total of more than 150 questions, just enough to provide you a few hours of fun and the desire to buy the full version 
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What’s New in:
Action
TOP GUN: Price: $1.99
“Defend the skies in the most authentic first person jet shooter game on the iPhone and iPod Touch! Attempt to become one of the few to survive the “Highway to the Danger Zone”! Shoot down enemy jets, dodge incoming air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles, navigate dangerous environments and obliterate the enemy’s air power. You are a new recruit under the guidance and training of Maverick and Iceman, now teachers at the Top Gun Academy. A new, hostile Communist threat has begun encroaching upon our Naval space, and it is up to you to fend off these unfriendly bogies in your supersonic fighter jet.”
Rockchinko: Price: $2.99
“Rockchinko is an explosive action puzzler game featuring 8 worlds and over 40 levels. Your mission: Destroy all the red orbs! Use everything in your arsenal – impeccable timing, precision aiming, and even defying the laws of physics. You’ll get some help along the way from your trusty power-ups that include Slo-Mo, Devastator, Mega-Ball, Triple-Ball and – always the crowd pleaser – The Flame Thrower!”
Original Snake: Price: $0.99
“A troublemaker snake! Original Snake Beyam’s Adventure! For the game basic operation, you touched left and right on the screen, the Snake will be based on your click to move. It is a very simple mode that be divide into obstacle and item mode.”
iFightU: Price: $0.99
“If you have been wanting to create personalized fighting characters for you and your friends since the first version of street fighter and mortal kombat then iFightU is for you! iFightU is a silly fighting game that allows you to take a photo (or use one from your photo library) to create a face that you can then match with one of the bodies provided to create a new fighting character. Once you have your character(s) created you can play against the computer, play a network game with your friends (iPhone or iPod Touch) or have the computer play itself (Fight it out! mode)”
Card Ninja: Price: $0.99
“Card Ninja features unique game play in which you flick cards at matching targets, balancing speed with accuracy as you try to improve your Ninja ranking. Card Ninja begins as a deceptively simple matching game with killer sound effects and a fast tempo. As you progress you are confronted by challenging matching combinations, dynamic targets and out of control wild cards. This addictive game will soon become a test of your peripheral vision, short-term memory and the key Ninja skill, your finger flicking speed.”
Super Chicken Space Edition: Price: $0.99
“The story says that long time ago Evil Spicy Chicken had been eradicated from Earth and since then Super Chicken has been secretly protecting the world… Now after thousands of years Evil Spicy Chicken came back and this battle now is taking place in the Space. His diabolic plan is to convert all chicken race to the DARK SIDE infecting all the eggs in the world before chickens are born, to control their bodies and souls and therefore the entire world. A new type of Superhero has risen from the shadows to save the chicken race for good… SUPER CHICKEN. Your mission as Super Chicken is to save all chicken eggs spread in Space before they’re turned to the Dark Side.”
STAR TREK: Price: $4.99
“Soar through galaxies as the captain of the USS Enterprise on a mission to complete your intergalactic obligation to seek and destroy your enemies! Mr. Spock and Captain Kirk make special appearances to assist you on your journey through space and time. Valiantly fight alongside and against familiar ships from the series like the Keldon, Valdore, and K’tinga. Be one of the first to “BOLDLY GO WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE!”
Silent Library: Price: $1.99
“Everyone’s heard about and laughed at the Japanese game show Silent Library – now it’s here for your iPhone!”
Strike Force Trio: Price: $1.99
“Strike Force Trio is a top down scrolling shooter game. If you like Raiden, Aereo Fighters, or 1945, you will love this game. With awesome power ups and boss battles you will not be able to put your IPhone or IPod Touch down. Controls are simple and easy to use and can be customized to players preferences. Ships have full freedom to move anywhere on the screen and can be controlled by tilt or touch. With 3 difficulty levels and 3 unique story perspectives, along with a survival mode, this game will provide endless hours of entertainment. The different story modes provide players a chance to use different ships each with a special ability.”
Space Falcon Commander: Price: $0.99
“Space Falcon Commander is a vertical scrolling shoot ‘em up game featuring 3D rendered graphics, wide range of explosions and visual effects, high quality music and sound effects, lots of bonuses and power-ups. You are in the role of an elite commander controlling an advanced space fighter: the Space Falcon. You must stand as one-against-many strange aliens, mini-bosses and big bosses invading the universe in more than 45 levels. It’s a simple plot of the game, but it is made with gameplay as the most important factor in mind. Lots of arcade fun, adrenalin pumping action and online “Hall of Fame” where you can compete against other Space Falcon Commander players around the world!”
Rope’n'Fly: Price: $0.99
“Use your ropes to swing from on skyscraper to the other. You have full control over your ropes, touch on a tower to through your rope there, touch once again to release it and use your acceleration to fly through the sky. Touch again once you come too near to the ground before your break into smithereens. How far can YOU get before you fall? (compare your achievement to all other players by using the builtin online ranking system).”
Kingdom Skulls: Price: $0.99
“If you love Labyrinth games, then Kingdom Skulls is for you. You guide a ball by moving you iPhone or iPod Touch, picking up all the crystals on a level in the quickest time possible. Avoid Skulls and falling over the edge! Defeat the Kingdom of the Skulls.”
Whack It: Gangster Premium: Price: $1.99
“Your mission is to clear the streets of MadVille from notorious gangsters who after your precious skin. Today is your chance to get rid of them once and for all, before they get rid of you. Avoid the bombs at all costs and embrace all the sexy ladies as often as you possibly can. It’s your call! Go out there and fight!”
WarShip: Price: $2.99
“The screams of seamen echo in the deep and wild seas. Now, the seamen will go through an adventure, risking their lives, fighting at sea. Advance to where no human has been before and become a master of Sea. Only brave and the wise can be a master of sea. There are enemies who have powerful warships and weapons in each zone. As you defend an attack by the enemies, you’ll get stronger. As you get stronger, you acquire trophies and in return you get stronger warships, each warship having a special feature. However, there will be pirates that will try to steal your trophies, so keep an eye out and make sure the trophies aren’t stolen. We hope you win by understanding the features of each warship.”
ToMaCow: Price: $2.99
“Come to save our tomacow now! Simply tilt your device to throw tomatos at aliens. The yellow alien is explosive and you can drag him to bomb its species. Protect our farm and keep tomacow safe from alien’s attack.”
Stunt Car Racing 99 Tracks: Price: $4.99
“Delivering a high-speed adrenaline rush of fun including 99 tracks, off-road challenges, mammoth jumps, sick tricks and more! Play with friends in a nitro-fuelled stunt racing game that’ll take you across desert, forest and ice! Perform the art of extreme flips, jumps and wheelies in the ultimate off-road challenge and even experience head-to-head action in Hot Seat Mode. Earn nitro boosts performing tricks and collect health to avoid spectacular crashes. Dash to the finish line and get ready for the ride of your life!”
SpinShip: Price: $0.99
“On a routine scouting flight to Alpha Centauri your ship, Lusitania VII, is experiencing technical difficulties with your hyper drive. Your first jump leaves you stranded in a field of meteors! Your communications are dead, but your finger-powered lasers are charged and ready for firing. Now all you have to do is spin and blast your way out of a seemingly endless barrage of space rocks! SpinShip is a unique fast-paced take on the asteroids genre which features beautiful graphics and innovative gameplay. Tilt and spin your way through asteroids and blast them away by tapping the screen.”
SIZZ: Price: $1.99
“SIZZ is an innovative puzzle-game that is addictive to play. Combined with elements from the action-genre it will get faster and more complicated with each level you reach. The computer won’t forgive failures. How long can you survive? Your aim is to build closed paths by moving and rotating the tiles which the computer offers you. The more tiles you use, the higher is the score. Building three large figures in a line starts the triple score mode, which will push your earnings to really high values.”
PUNK JUSTICE: Price: $0.99
“A fighting game like no other! Play Jed, a local punk who wants a peaceful life for his family, as he rids his local parks of the gangs that have claimed them as their own.”
Cutout Heroes – Making of a Ninja: Price: $2.99
“Making of a Ninja is the first installment in the Cutout Heroes series of games revolving around our lovable but incompetent Ninja, Nin. Nin’s only strong point is his exceptional skill with Shuriken and other thrown weapons. In this first episode, help Nin pass his entrance exam and prevent him being kicked out of his Ninja village by his Uncle.”
WWII Blitz: Price: $0.99
“Let the sky rain bombs….destroy the barrage balloons set there to catch and bring down your plane… When those air raid sirens are heard it signals your destiny to do your duty. We all love blitz…we all think we have what it takes to be the best!”
Soul Touch: Price: $0.99
“Soul Touch is a iPhone and iPod Touch music rhythm action Game in the tradition of Tap Tap Revenge(TTR) or Dance Dance Revolution(DDR) or Guitar Hero that puts your rhythmic skills to the test in all-new ways.”
AquaSpank: Price: $1.99
“AquaSpank is a fast paced game with a hint of strategy. Fend off wave after wave of underwater mines by triggering explosive chain reactions. Create one explosion to get the reaction started, and force the remaining mines toward the carnage with a finger touch or swipe. Keep your chain reaction going, and detonate as many mines as you can! Put on your music, sit back, relax, and blow some stuff up. Watch the water ripple effects, thousands of bubbles, and beautiful environments.”
Adventure
Tower of Witch: Price: $1.99
“Based on the classic game ‘Sokoban’. The story of heroine to rescue a hero that be locked in Tower of Time. Lower levels are easy to solve, but as the levels go higher it gets more difficult to solve. Rules are very simple. only one Object can be pushed at a time, and they can’t be pulled.”
Shotgun: Price: $0.99
“Shotgun Infinity: A Shotgun and infinite ammunition. What more could you want? The world’s finest shotgun app meets the world’s finest platform. Choose your shotgun, select a location, insert some shells, pump your iPhone, and blast away. Shotgun Infinity provides the firepower, you provide the foe.”
Kaloki Adventure: Price: $1.99
“Kaloki Adventure challenges players to race against time to save the princess while building lemonade stands, arcades, gardens, chemistry labs and a whole slew of expansions to keep their space guests happy. Solve challenges, entertain visiting aliens, keep your ratings high, and rake in the money on your way to fame, love and glory!”
Temple of Arkadoom: Price: $2.99
“Welcome to the Temple of Arkadoom! Laren was sent to investigate the temple by the village elders after Undead monsters started to appear on the outskirts of town. The temple has been in the forest at the edge of town for as long as anyone can remember. No one has been inside it, or for that matter anywhere close to it, for generations. Legends of the evils here still frighten the children of the village. Featuring 3D graphics and great depth of play, enjoy this dungeon crawling game. Play either through the story or just generate random dungeons of any type you like. Chain them as you move from level to level and become stronger. Marvel at the enchanted items the enemies you encounter will drop. Battle fierce enemies from Firey Skeletons to powerful Sorcerers!”
Power Rush: Price: $0.99
“Incredible journey in the space! Power Rush is an action game where you navigate the ball along the travel. On the way, you need to move the ball back and forth by tilting the iPhone/iPod touch side to side, avoiding it touches the top of the screen.”
Girl Wars Friend Finder (Unofficial): Price: $1.99
“GirlWarsFriendCodes.com presents Girl Wars Friend Finder! A tool for all fans of the addictive Girl Wars game, Girl Wars Friend Finder gives you access to thousands of players to help you on your way to getting the biggest crew of them all! Promote yourself! Girl Wars Friend Finder remembers your code and with a single touch, you can submit and bump yourself to the top of the code list at GirlWarsFriendCodes.com! No more blindly adding codes – this tool tells you which codes to add, and which ones you have already added.”
iVampires Friend Finder (Unofficial): Price: $1.99
“iVampiresFriendCodes.org presents iVampires Friend Finder! A tool for all fans of the brilliant iVampires game, iVampires Friend Finder gives you access to thousands of vampires to help you on your way to having the biggest clan of them all! Promote yourself! iVampires Friend Finder remembers your friend code, and with a single touch, you can submit and bump yourself to the top of the friends list at iVampiresFriendCodes.org! No more blindly adding friend codes – this tool tells you which codes to add, and which ones you have already added.”
Arcade
Window Breaker: Price: $0.99
“Welcome to Window Breaker! Are you stuck in boring life with horrible job? Do you need something to relief your stress? Um~ How about this? Why don’t you go outside and throw a stone to the window of your crazy boss’s room? It sounds good… isn’t it?”
ToyRaid: Price: $3.99
“Relive the epic airplane wars of your childhood in high resolution with realistic toys, massive explosions, and heart-pounding action! Watch plane wreckage burst into flames! Hear enemy paratroopers scream as they plummet to their doom! Grab every special weapon and nuke to keep your anti-air cannon alive through 50+ levels of mayhem as helicopters, planes, jets, zeppelins, UFOs, and paratroopers attempt to bomb your base into oblivion! Control your aim by touch, or use the tilt option to move the cannon with just a flick of the wrist. Shake to unleash a Nuke on a screen full of unsuspecting enemies. Toy Raid’s intense action will satisfy your craving for that classic arcade feel!”
Reflex Revenge: Price: $0.99
“Reflex Revenge is a game that will challenge your brain and your reflexes. Players have to follow commands presented on the screen as the pace gets faster and faster. If you can’t react to the commands quick enough, the game will be over.”
iCheers: Price: $1.99
“You are a charming server and need to satisfy your customers. Customers are very thirsty and waiting for you to serve fresh beer. Do it fast! If they don’t like your service, they get angry and leave the restaurant. Good service makes you rich and successful. There are 8 steps for you to earn money to be successful. You will earn more money if you do your job well. Work hard! The money you earn will be recorded on the high point list. The game is fairly simple to play. You fill the beer glasses and serve them to the customers. You have to try to please the customers and keep them happy, and do not make them angry, they will leave your restaurant. Keep your customers in their seats. At the end of each round you will have simple break games to get refresh and earn bonus.”
Fruitler: Price: $1.99
“Fruitler is a game of skill. You have 20 fruits falling from the tree, catch them if you can using your little basket. Each fruit will provide an increasing challenge as the levels progresses. Try and see if you have the skill to catch the fruits.”
Pinbowl: Price: $0.99
“Part pinball, part bowling, all fun! Grab the ball to change your setup, then grab the target circle to aim. Let go of the target to roll your ball down the lane and hit the bumpers and knock down the pins. You get three balls to score enough points to advance to the next frame.”
PACHINKO 9-EAGLE: Price: $2.99
““PACHINKO 9-EAGLE” is new project of the hand beat type pachinko application game which is inspired from “HANEMONO DAI”. For one “Jackpot”, the wings open 18 times every round and it lasts 9 rounds at most that balls enter unlimited. At the last round, when the wings open for the 18th time, “Jackpot” is obtained one more time if the ball enters into the “V zone”. Please enjoy the new pleasure of the hand beat type pachinko “HANEMONO DAI”
Copa – Ball in a Cup: Price: $0.99
“Copa brings a realistic ball in a cup toy to your iPhone or iPod Touch! Play freestyle like the old school toy or play through 40 unique and challenging levels. Copa uses a realtime physics engine to give you the ball in a cup experience any time you want to play!”
Board
TrainBeaser: Price: $1.99
“If you think you know the difference between left and right, TrainBeaser will prove otherwise. Battle the computer or your friends in the ultimate test of mental reflexes and concentration.”
Leds: Price: $0.99
“Leds is a puzzle game based on the classic Lights Out game. The goal is to turn on (red color in 3-state mode) all the LEDs by pressing the buttons on the playing grid. Whenever you press a button LEDs will go on and off in a cross or knight pattern. The game features several grid sizes ranging from 3×3 to 6×6, you can even wrap around the board edges to make it more challenging. Next to the standard Cross pattern is the Knight pattern. The Knight pattern uses the movement of a knight chess piece. And if you’re really up to it you can play the game in 3-state mode, where every LED can be off, red or yellow. You can start with a grid in which where all the LEDs are off or use the random button to start with a random pattern to solve.”
Art Slider: Price: $0.99
“Pushes an image piece by the hand and is a game which fixes. Leonardo da Vinci, Francois Gerard and Jean Francois Millet and Jacques Louis David and Vincent van Gogh, Sandro Botticelli, Raffaello Sanzio, Gustav Klimt and Peter Paul Rubens, is providing 10 Pieter Bruegel masterpieces. The restrictive time is 30 minutes. The elementary people are that fixing image pieces all inside restrictive time will be difficult quite.”
Halma 8×8: Price: $0.99
“This board game has several popular variants, such as games on square board from 8×8 to 16×16 and star-shaped boards. The star-shaped variant is also known as Chinese Checkers. The number of players also varies: from two to six.”
Ugoki: Price: $0.99
“Ugoki is a fun and challenging two-player board game that can be played with a standard chess or checkers set. The goal of the game is simple: move all the game pieces to the opposite corner of the board, while preventing your opponent from achieving the same goal. Pieces can be moved one square, either horizontally or vertically. Pieces can also perform successive jumps over other pieces (both your own and your opponent’s). You can play Ugoki either against your iPhone/iPod touch, or another player.”
Starcube: Price: $0.99
“In the distant future the captains of starships rely heavily on human navigators in order to execute successful jumps through space and time. Navigators are measured on their skill, but also on their speed… Navigate through 35 challenging levels by sliding all numbered tiles into their correct order. Each tile that is at its correct position turns from black to white. The faster you solve a board the more score you will get. Starcube is a visually rich variant of the number ordering game you may know from your childhood – we simply made it a little bit more challenging by adding more tiles ”
Battle at Kruger: Price: $0.99
“Our game is inspired by the wildlife of Kruger National Park, the largest game reserve in South Africa. Often there unfolds life-and-death drama between herd of Buffalos and pride of lions. Sometimes the lions hunt the buffalos. On the other hand, the buffalos also have the capability to defend and sometimes win. In this game you will help the buffalos take the fight to the lion by controlling a herd of 7. To win you need to trap the lion in a corner so that it can’t make a move or jump over a buffalo and eliminate it. In the process, you also need to be careful not to get trapped yourself – especially be careful of the very first step you take! Also, you need at least 4 buffalos on the board to keep playing the game with a chance to trap the lion. Many of you who have played the checkers which is called English draughts or simply draughts in the United Kingdom or American checkers or straight checkers, may find this game bit similar in nature.”
Card
Wild Tri-Peaks: Price: $1.99
“Wild Tri-Peaks brings you classic Tri-Peak solitaire and much more!”
Casino
MySlots (Customize it!): Price: $1.99
“Win big time when you download this slot machine game brimming with originality. What makes this so unique and stand apart from all other casino applications for the iPhone you say?? How about a custom professionally designed Steam-Punk theme, class all the way. How about the ability to totally customize the items used in the slot machine with pictures of your own? (Take a picture with the camera [iPhone only feature] , or choose a custom image from your library on your phone or touch!). Not convince Yet, check out all the features below.”
Dice
NOTHING
Educational
My Yorkshire Scene Composer: Price: $0.99
“Create your own scene! Your kids will have so much fun playing with this app. They can create thousands of different scenes by changing the Yorkshire color, eyes, mouths, clothes, food, etc! Once you have selected a category of accessories, use the Red button to browse all the available elements in it, you will see the scene updated in real-time. So easy to use, your kids will LOVE IT!”
Match ‘em up – Math: Price: $1.99
“Match ‘em up-Math is designed keeping preschooler/kindergartner/elementary school kids in mind. It is very ideal for kids between the ages 3 to 9. Match ‘em up is a wonderful game which is designed to encourage preschoolers to learn and identify words in a fun way by matching the math problems and their answers. It is designed with a very simple layout. Kids just need to touch and drag from left to right to match the two picture with corresponding word. They get a visual clue of a line being drawn as they touch and drag to match them. There are more surprises waiting for them once they solve 5 screens in a row. They would really love to play again and again once introduced to this innovative new learning game.”
China Rings: Price: $0.99
” The Chinese Rings puzzle, also known as Baguenaudier, is thought to have originated in China in the 2nd century AD. Legend attributes the puzzle to General Hung Ming (A.D. 181-234), who gave it to his wife as a present to keep her busy while he was away at war. Goal: move all the tokens to the right. Rules: 1/ The topmost token can move freely. 2/ Others can only move if there is a token just above on the left column AND if there is no token all the way to the top of the left column.”
PathPix: Price: $1.99
“Bored with all those 3-in-a-row games? Here’s something different! Simple rules – complex puzzles – hidden pictures! Draw paths with your finger, connecting pairs of colored numbers. The length of each path must match the numbers on the two endpoints. Draw backwards or double tap to correct mistakes. There’s only one way to do it, and all squares will contain a piece of a path when the puzzle is solved.”
Brain Fit: Price: $0.99
“The addicting brain fitness puzzle game. Just solve a few puzzles a day to keep your brain in shape. The idea is easy: just fit the colored figures into one big rectangle by moving them with your finger. That sounds very easy but the game is challenging and sometimes seems hard, but your brain is good enough to solve it, isnt it? Exercise your brain solving the 90 levels divided into 3 difficulty categories while listening relaxing music.”
Kanji Match: Price: $0.99
“Kanji Match is simple, intuitive memory match game paired with a hot learning topic. Kanji cards that you study, twist, match and challenge. An amazing way to learn Japanese characters and program subconscious your brain with them while enjoying. Learning was never so easy and less time consuming. You will be able to learn compliant to pass the JLPT 4 test (Japanese Language Proficiency Test-nihongo nōryoku shiken). Countless hours of fun. You do not even feel like learning. But you will feel the progress. Play and Learn – Great for any age!”
Cup O’ Joe: Price: $1.99
“Mental exercise is the key to good health for both mind and body. Cup O’ Joe is a simple way to make mental exercise fun. Just 45 seconds in the morning, and you will feel more prepared and ready to face the rest of your day. Play a quick round before an important meeting, a crucial test, or any time you need a mental edge.”
Bunny Colors: Price: $3.99
“Visit the land outside Little White Bunny’s burrow and play a colour matching game. When a colourful bunny hops into view, kids can choose from three possible colors to match the color of the bunny. When the correct color is chosen, the name of the color is displayed and the bunny hops away. New bunnies will appear as many times as you want.
Fun and educational! Recommended for age 2 and up. Little White Bunny and lots of bunny friends can’t wait to help your child learn about colours!”
Family
My Farm Scene Composer: Price: $0.99
“Your kids will have so much fun playing with this app. They can create thousands of different scenes by changing the sky, landmark, barn, animals and more. Once you have selected a category of accessories, use the Red button to browse all the available elements in it, you will see the scene updated in real-time.”
The First Dog: Price: $2.99
“ATTENTION DOG LOVERS! Read all about it! Read all about it! Here is your chance to play with the most famous dog in the world! That’s right! Bo “TheFirstDog” is now living at the White House and now YOU can join the fun by interacting with him, rubbing his belly, pet his head, feed him and playing a game of fetch the disc. Want to see Bo Dance? Have him catch the disc enough times and watch him break dance. This lovable game is more then just interactive fun, it has a VERY SPECIAL meaning! For more information on why this is so special… check out our site for details.”
QBall: Price: $0.99
“Now, you will meet a new kind of baseball game. But only have to select the number from 1 to 0 at the top , and find the hidden numbers behind the diamonds by using the count(balls-and sytikes). There are ten numerical balls you can select,and change the selected number what you want. If you touch the “clear” then the selected number will be disappeared from the latest one. Once you touch the “done”, the numbers will be moved toward the right box and record the count. If the hidden numbers are 6,2,1 in turn and selected numbers are 6,1,0 or 1,2,0 then the count record 1-ball and 1-strike.”
Catch Words (Guess Catch Phrases): Price: $0.99
“Catch Words: The Hot Potato Word Party Game. When played correctly, you and your friends will be physically unable to stop laughing. Make your team guess the secret word and pass it quick! Don’t get caught stammering when the buzzer goes off! It’s easy to play, uproarious, contagious, addictive, and you can play with 4-20 people. Perfect if you like Catch Phrase or other word games like: Taboo, Scattegories, Charades, Boggle, Scrabble, Pictionary, Balderdash.”
Amazing Difficult iSlider Puzzles: Price: $0.99
“Modern twist on the traditional slide puzzle. This puzzle consists of several puzzles of Amazing Difficult puzzles. The puzzle consists of 29 squares that you slide to form the image. There is also a “Peek” button to help a little.”
Graphics Fun: Price: $0.99
“Ready for a fun and addictive game of Graphics matching? It’s a memory game where you have to match all the identical pairs of Graphics. Too difficult? Don’t worry, there is a hint. Try it out, you will know how fun and challenging is it.”
Diversity: Price: $0.99
“Diversity is a tile based puzzle of visual recognition and strategy. Instead of asking you to identify same colors or shapes, diversity challenges you to spot the colors and shapes that are different. Unlike cluster of identical objects, there are more than one ways to see a cluster of diverse objects — that is where you need strategy. ”
Music
Kid Songs Kwiz Game: Price: $0.99
“Kids will love this. A popular kid song plays. Touch the picture that matches the song. Correctio!!! Compete against the clock to see how fast they can guess the song, or just play for the pure fun of hearing the songs and picking the picture. There’s also a sing-along button that plays the entire melody so your child can add their own vocals. With dozens of great kid songs, it’s perfect for the car ride when your child is wanting something fun to do.”
Puzzle
Word Dash: Price: $0.99
“A great twist on a classic word puzzle game! Find as many words as you can using the six letter tiles. Time is added when you find 4, 5, or 6 letter words. Get 5 words in a row and enter a 2x dash mode. Extend the 2x scoring by quickly finding more words. Scramble to enter as many words as quickly as you can for maximum points! Enter a bonus round after finding a 6 letter word. The letters in the bonus round are formed from a friend’s name in your address book!”
Memory Smileys: Price: $0.99
“Play a classic memory game with smileys. A memory game consists of 9 smiley pairs. This app contains 43 different smileys.”
Memory Words: Price: $0.99
“Play a classic memory game with words. A memory game consists of 9 word pairs. This app contains 71 different words.”
iWin! – Worldwide trivia contest: Price: $0.99
“Do you love trivia? This is the app for you. Join a worldwide trivia competition. Find out how you stack up against the world. It’s simple: Answer one question every day. Open the app on Monday and see if you are a winner.”
Hangmath – Brain Challenger: Price: $1.99
“Hangman + Math = Hangmath : Challenge your Math skills with Hangmath. Best Math game ever, with amazingly beautiful graphics for making game playing experience the most enjoyable one ever. Play and enhance your math skills. Race against time or just kick back and play while you learn. The “Surprise Me” game play with 3 seconds timeout option is the most challenging one; must be prepared to answer questions of any operation.”
CloneRabbit: Price: $0.99
“There are such two rabbits that one moves just the same as another,which is the origin of the word “clone rabbit” . TO complete level, both two rabbits have to get the two carrots.”
Bombs Away: Price: $1.99
“Bombs Away is a fast-paced puzzle/stratergy game for the iPhone. Left in charge of the bomb factory you must deal with the broken down machinery firing out the mixed up bombs seemingly at random. You must sort the bombs by color as quickly as possible otherwise they might explode. No mean feet; but to make matters worse if you put any bombs in the wrong boxes they might just blow up. Luckily for you all it takes to control the bombs is a flick of your finger. Power ups take the game to a new level using all the iPhone/iPod’s abilities; blow or shake away all the bombs flying around the factory.”
Slideshot: Price: $0.99
“Inspired by the likes of Rush Hour, Parking Lot and other sliding and pipe connecting puzzle games, Slideshot takes the traffic around the next bend: Move various tiles into a position that allows you to shoot a puck from one end of the game area to the other without missing any of the present pieces. It’s easy to grasp – so join in the fun and exercise your brain!”
Pollys Popping Parrots: Price: $0.99
“Let’s pop some Parrots! Polly’s Popping Parrots is an exciting, colorful Game for everyone who enjoys a challenge from the first minute on. In versus mode you can battle against your firends over WiFi. Try to pop your birds faster than your opponent. Use some exciting extras (weapons) to beat him! With its detailed graphics, its lovely animations and an awesome sounddesign you will be hooked immediately. But watch it. This game is highly contagious and anyone who watches you will want to play it for many hours.”
LogiCore: Price: $1.99
“Immerse yourself in the 3D world of LogiCore, a unique puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod Touch! Rotate the pieces of your core into place to form patterns and gather logic points. Utilize your amassed logic in 4 different game modes: Casual, Timed, Stabilize, and Debug. You will enjoy LogiCore for countless minutes of mind boggling enjoyment in a game more addictive than World Of Warcraft!”
9aPandora: Price: $1.99
“Part IQ test, part dexterity test, part gadget, part memory game and part arcade(!). To describe 9aPandora would defeat its purpose slightly, as it’s a game for you to discover for yourself. You may even find it simple, you may find it perplexing, you may find it frustrating. But you will be back.”
WordCircle: Price: $0.99
“A fun take on an anagram finder. Can you beat the clock and find the six letter word hidden in the circle? Gain points by making as many words as you can, or cut to the chase and move on to the next word. Need a hint? Shake your device to rearrange the puzzle letters.”
SkyeBlu: Price: $0.99
“SkyeBlu is a “remove the blocks” type game with a twist. Remove the blocks by touching matching colors or symbols for points. Rotate the device to make the blocks stack how you want.”
Escape (The Car): Price: $0.99
“This game is much more complicated than the previous escape the room game in hopes to satisfy the hope for a bigger challenge for some of the users of the other application. In order to navigate the different areas of the car you need to click the left side of the screen to look left, the right side of the screen to look right, bottom of the screen to look at the floor and the top of the screen to look at the ceiling. When looking at the floor or ceiling you must click the bottom of the screen to go back to the previous view and begin to look left and right again. There is an item list at the bottom left of the screen where you can see all of the items you’ve found. To navigate be sure to select the hand.”
Racing
Red Bull Air Race World Championship: Price: $4.99
“Prepare yourself for the new Red Bull Air Race World Championship season and experience the thrill of navigating through six official and two bonus tracks in this exciting and authentic racing game. Take control of the cockpit in an EDGE 540 or MXS-R and race against the clock to become the world’s best race pilot. Hold your breath as you fly through air-filled pylons known as “Air Gates” with steady hands and absolute focus. Just as in a real Red Bull Air Race, skill, speed, and precision are the name of the game!”
Rabbit of the Doom: Price: $0.99
“Rabbit of the Doom is a bonny and peaceful gourmet of heavy music, which likes to contemplate selected smash hits of heavy metal bands while being surrounded by the beautiful nature. Only one thing can make him furious – if someone disturbs him at his hobby. Nowadays it’s not easy to find empty, quiet beaches or virgin mountain hogbacks. Please help the Rabbit to get rid of those noisy excursionists and remember… we don’t take any prisoners ”
MyReactionTime: Price: $0.99
“The objective of the game is to press the gas pedal as fast as you can once the traffic light turns green. You will then be given your time in milliseconds. You can use this information to compare against your friends. If you hit the gas pedal before the light turns green, you will have to retry.”
Role Playing
Ancient Legion: Price: $2.99
“A huge MMORPG finally available for iPhone and iPod Touch. Set in a medieval fantasy world, this multiplayer RPG will throw you in fantastic missions and last-ditch fights against thousands of players!”
Simulation
Marcus: Virtual Therapist: Price: $0.99
“Marcus is a chatbot that can help you with your problems, or can just be a good friend to talk to. If you have a hard decision coming up (or maybe you just don’t know what to have for lunch!) Marcus can help guide you. Just ask him what you should do! You can also ask him yes or no questions, or questions about your future. Amazingly, he can even carry on semi-intelligent conversations with you!”
Sports
Lacrosse Star Player: Price: $1.99
“Put away the paper, pencil, and stopwatch! Don’t wait for the scoresheet. Use Lacrosse Star Player while you’re watching your *star player*. Lacrosse Star Player is for players, parents, spouses and coaches. This fun to use app enables you to track, store and review key player performance statistics and game scores, It provides simple to use tally counters and timers for shots, assists, goals, take aways, field time, and game score.” NOTE: Also available in Hockey and Soccer.
Nanogolf: Price: $1.99
“lay virtual minigolf with other Nanogolfers all over the world! Nanogolf is a rich, multiplayer mini golf community for Mac, iPhone, and iPod Touch users. Internet play is seamless — if you have an iPhone, you can play miniature golf on the road, in meetings, or just from the comfort of your own couch! The beautifully textured 2D interface takes full advantage of Apple’s CoreAnimation to provide a fun experience for video game enthusiasts and casual gamers alike. So grab your putter and navigate your ball over water and sand traps, up hilly terrain, through magical teleporters… and victory awaits!”
Strategy
Boxed In: Price: $1.99
“It’s a logic based puzzle game in which you guide a robot through each level with your finger. The challenge comes from the boxes obstructing your path. Push boxes in the correct order to reach a level’s end. Be careful! You can’t pull boxes and you can’t push boxes if something is on the other side of it. Extra puzzle elements come into play by pushing boxes on to floor switches to deactivate forcefields allowing you to pass through them and progress.”
Trivia
Shifting Sands: Price: $0.99
“With Shifting Sand the fun is guaranteed. Your goal is to guide the sand blot to the exit, deleting all the tiles that compose the path. In order to make this, the time on your hands is 120 seconds; less time you will use more points you will gain. If the time ends ? No problem, simply you will not gain extra points. There are 3 types of tiles, marked whit the numbers 1 – 2 and 3. In order to delete them is necessary to pass on one time for the tile marked with number 1, two times for the tile marked with number 2 and three times for the tile marked with number 3.”
Bible Trivia Quiz: Price: $0.99
“Bible Trivia Quiz brings to you a wide collection of questions to test and improve your knowledge of the Bible. Spread across around 12 categories, this app has around 800 interesting questions.”
Trillionaire Trivia: Price: $0.99
“Trillionaire Trivia can help. One trillion dollars is an amount too large to truly comprehend, but you’re probably already getting used to hearing it tossed around… day-in and day-out in financial circles. The United States government is the only player in the middle of this mess big enough to actually spend that kind of money. But it’s not really their money… it’s your money!”
Word
Super Word Find 3: Price: $0.99
“You’ve played the rest, now play the BEST! What makes Super Word Find so Super? Other wordfind games only allow you to search on one screen so the player finishes the puzzle in a short amount of time. Super Word Find is a smooth scrolling, multi-screen word search puzzle. The player has the option to select small, medium, large and SUPER puzzles which contain up to 200 words! Super Word Find will keep you entertained for hours! Super Word Find includes 25 different word puzzles!”
Word Search Ultimate: Price: $0.99
“Word Search provides the classic word search puzzle or word finder game for the iPhone and iPod touch. Unlike other word search or word finder games in the store, Word Search doesn’t have a limited set of pre-canned puzzles. Word Search can generate virtually an unlimited number of puzzles, and it generates a unique puzzle every time. And the number of words is not limited to a half dozen like some of the free applications, or even 16 like some paid applications. Word Search puts as many words as it can from the category you choose into the puzzle. Many times over 30 words in a 11×13 grid! What a challenge! Word Search puzzles are fun, provide many levels of difficulty, and are a great way to pass the time and improve your vocabulary.”
Super Hangman Pro: Price: $0.99
“This Super Hangman game challenges the user with over 16,000 words in a fun way of studying for the SAT, GRE, TOEFL, GMAT vocabulary test. Words vary from simple to complex but are easy to learn while playing the game. The big differentiator between this app and the myriad of other word game apps available for iPod Touch and iPhone is quality. This app comes with excellent graphics, a user friendly interface, and numerous options for play”
downWORD: Price: $0.99
“downWORD is Larry Snyder’s first game for the iPhone/iPod touch. Word and Puzzle game lovers alike will rejoice in a fresh new game that challenges the players to spell words from falling tiles. Words can be formed vertically or horizontally and as they clear, new words can be formed as the top rows drop down to fill in the gaps.”
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