Apple App Store gaming update for the week of March 1 through March 7, 2009

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.

Get those credit cards ready because on March 12, 201, you’ll finally be able to pre-order your very own iPad. Then on April 3, 2010, you’ll get to play with said iPad. Exciting, right?

In the meantime perhaps you’ll enjoy an exciting round of Spongebob Kart, Data Hunter, Assassian’s Creed II Multiplayer? Or maybe you want an RPG like Seed 1 or the indie game hit The Graveyard.

What’s Free

Assassin’s Creed II: Multiplayer
“Welcome to Assassin’s Creed II: Multiplayer, an exclusive game for iPhone & iPod touch and the first game in the series that allows you to compete against your friends.”

B-Boy Beats Lite
“Tap, slide, jump, hand plant and even moonwalk as B-Boy Beats takes iPhone music, rhythm and action games to the next level!”

The All-American Rejects – Photo Hunt
“The All-American Rejects bring you their Photo Hunt app game. Figure out the differences between 2 almost identical photos that are exclusive to the app.”

Arodius Lite – A Dual-Stick Shooter with Plentiful Power-Ups
“Are you tough enough to find the sisters? This is a shoot em up with dual controls. Use the touchscreen controls to fly and fight off the evil hordes that are after you. This is sure to give you a blast of adrenaline one way or another! The time is now, the place is far way. The sisters have taken what you hold most dear. Which must be something big when you’re one of the Gods with unlimited power at the end of your fingers. You call your best friend “Holy Smokes” who tells you about a lead. Now its time to suit up and put on your leather shorts, there some busting to do. Revenge is best served cold and you have the perfect method of delivering it.”

Music Drawing Lite
“The Music Drawing game by Virtual Sheet Music has been specifically designed to teach children or music beginners how to write music by putting notes on a music staff the easiest way. The game allows to write music on a free of bars music staff. You can write on different pages, move notes around, change their pitch by just moving them up and down and modify their duration by selecting the corresponding value button. Rests also may be added, as well sharps and flats. At any time the music may be played, paused and saved into an archives section of the application which allows to retrieve previously saved songs.”

Gunrazor Elite
“Blast through waves of attacking alien spaceships, grabbing powerups and defeating giant alien bosses. Your Gunrazor assault craft cuts like a knife through those sneaky alien hordes. Get up close to waste enemies with your forward gun batteries, or stand back and pummel the aliens with homing laser volleys. Aliens drop three types of energy powerups, allowing you to customize your weaponry on the fly. Gunrazor Elite is the sequel to the hit iPhone/iPod Touch game, Gunrazor. We started with the fast, smooth action of Gunrazor, and added so much more!”

X Invasion 2 Lite Version
“Hostile aliens have invaded San Francisco, and you are mankind’s last line of defense. X Invasion 2 redefines the 3D arcade-style flight combat genre with photorealistic graphics, intense gameplay, epic storyline, and intuitive controls! Built on our patent-pending TruView Technology, X Invasion 2 allows you to fly freely in true 3D over 10,000 square miles (2,500 square miles in the Lite Version) of photorealistic and geographically accurate views of the San Francisco Bay Area. TruView also scales to your device, meaning X Invasion 2 can deliver smooth gameplay on 1st gen models, and added detail to newer devices. This Lite Version of X Invasion 2 lets players try out the first 5 missions of Campaign Mode (4 Training Missions and 1 Dogfighting Mission). To get the full X Invasion 2 Experience, purchase the full version which includes 3 modes of play: Campaign Mode consists of over 16 unique missions that lead you on an epic journey from rookie flight training, to missions to perfect your flying skills, to unique missions such as aerial rollercoasters, follow the leader, cargo support, bombing runs, and of course culminates with an epic showdown with the Alien Mothership with the fate of Mankind in your hands.”

Monkey POP – Mommy Gorilla Catches Fruits in the Jungle
“Monkeys in the jungle are throwing down Gorilla’s favorite fruits. Help Mommy Gorilla bring back as many fruits as you can or else she will be sad, little gorillas are waiting at home for their mommy to come back. So do you think you can help her?, Whoever has the highest score, will be on the top of the list. Tell you friends your score and see if they can beat yours. This game is free for everyone. Download now and enjoy.”

Penguin Thrower – A Hungry Whale in the Ocean
“A Hungry Whale in the Ocean is looking for food, do you think you can help him get some?
Penguins are throwing food at him, your job is to help the whale get some bites, but be careful, if you keep loosing some food, he will die. There is a panic button on the right bottom corner, hit it once and all the food being thrown at the whale will get saved. But use it only when you really need it.”

Ghosts’n Zombies Lite
“A long long time ago, an ancient chapel became haunted with ghosts, zombies, and vampires. No one knew where these demons came from nor why they were here. As nobody would go near the haunted chapel anymore, a monk was sent from the Vatican to investigate. Armed with only his faith and his weapon, the monk bravely ventured into chapel to exorcise the demons and restore peace back to the chapel. No one knew if they would ever hear from the Monk again. Ghosts’n Zombies is an action shooting game. You play the monk from the Vatican that was sent to eliminate the demons and restore peace to an ancient chapel. You must destroy the enemies and gather the crystals they drop. The crystals represent faith and are used both for bullets and life. There are two different game modes in the game. Each game mode features many stages with unique levels and enemies to fight.”

StickQuest: First Encounter
“You will begin in Pilo Village, where the first enemies have set foot ashore. Your mission is simple: journey across the island and deliver each village from the evil River Sticks army and their underworld accomplices. Prepare for the fight of your life. Victory is absolutely necessary, not only for the island, but for your quest. You will face varying climates and diverse amounts of enemies and will be able to fully upgrade your weapons arsenal as your quest progresses.Cry havoc and let loose the sticks of war!”

World Poker Tour® Texas Hold ‘Em! – LITE
“Test your Texas Hold ‘Em expertise against five opponents in this free single-player version. Get your skills and your bankroll up and begin your journey becoming a WPT Pro!”

A Crazy Fishing Lite
“This is the second deep-sea fishing, the first hero Jack overcome the difficulties an arduous journey over the Atlantic undersea adventure. He harvested mermaid, pearls, agate, shell, but he is not satisfied with the status quo, he continued to challenge himself, he wants to continue his dream, he was going to look for that legendary Haiyangzhixin.”

Monster RPG 2 Lite
“Monster RPG 2 is a fantasy quest that spans continents and worlds and lets you take a simple villager and develop her into a hero with the power to save her world. The next instalment in the classic Monster RPG series, Monster RPG 2 is a turn-based role-playing game with enough variety, plot twists, secrets, and scenery to keep even the old school players coming back for more. If you loved the 16 bit classics on systems like SNES, you’ll love this game. If you’ve never heard of those games, you’re in for a real treat!”

Office Combat
“Office Combat is an exciting and unique new online multiplayer strategy game. You can face off against your friends, or test your skills against another member of the community. Office Combat’s gameplay will immediately remind you of your favorite tower defense games, but that’s just the starting point. Rather than just defending against mindless waves of enemies, your opponent will be choosing which enemies attack your base, and you’ll be doing the same to him. Will you spend your resources setting up an unbreakable defensive line, or take a gamble and press your opponent with an all-out attack? Make the tough choices and test your strategic thinking.”

Big Mountain Snowboarding Lite
“Uniquely realistic iphone snowboarding. Features one trail from the full version. Race to the bottom, slalom between the gates, or rack up big points with in-air spins and grabs. Meet the bronze, silver, and gold challenges. The realistic snowboard controls include carving, skidding, and dynamic switching between goofy and regular. Jump off 1,000-foot cliffs. Use downhill momentum to go up ramps. Tuck to bomb down the mountain. Explore different paths down the slopes and have fun.”

What’s New

Action

Data Hunter: Price: $0.99
“You are a DataHunter , a galaxy explorer in search of artifacts and technology to be sold on the black market!”

Open Fire Gold: Price: $1.99
“Get ready to load your weapons and open fire with Open Fire Gold, an arcade-like military shoot-’em-up, that will have you uncontrollably wasting hours of precious time. Featuring two different game modes: Survival and Timed, OpenFeint integration, including Leaderboards, Achievements, Chat, and Facebook and Twitter, Open Fire Gold shoves you in the shoes of a lone operative armed to the teeth with explosive rocket rounds and a handful of land mines!Unload your weapon and riddle your screen with pockmarked scars of battle, because it’s time to play Open Fire Gold!”

Auschwitz Liberation – Defeat of the Nazi Empire: Price: $0.99
“Finally a SNIPER game where you play as a soviet soldier to help liberate the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp! Upon finishing all 5 missions your last job is to kill a major Nazi official.”

Adventure

Dungeoned: Price: $0.99
“Dungeoned is a funny little dungeon crawler game with some action, puzzle and role playing elements. From level to level, through various dungeons and other places, you must find and activate the exit which leads to the next level. Each dungeon needs a certain number of gold coins to reveal its exit. But beware: monsters, traps, logical puzzles and even an enemy with the same goal as yours will stand in your way. You must get as much gold as you can and find the exit before the enemy does. With the remaining gold you can buy better weapons, armor, spells or potions in the shop which will always await you after you have completed a dungeon.”

Dracula: The Path Of The Dragon – Part 2: Price: $1.99
“The Story : September 1920, the Vatican appoints Father Arno Moriani, the “Devil’s Advocate”, to investigate a potential candidate for sainthood in Transylvania. But in the shadows of the disturbing ruins that were once Vlad the Impaler’s castle, his investigation takes an unexpected turn… There is obviously no such thing as vampires… at least according to the official line of the Catholic Church. But how can you be so sure, standing in the swirling mists of Transylvania ? Carry out your investigation amidst tales of bloody deeds and ancestral fears. Doubts start clouding your mind and doubt begets fear… The Game : A Point&Click Adventure using a 360° engine, the same used in Jules Verne, Return to Mysterious Island. You play Father Arno and you help him investigate in the mysterious city of Vladoviste.”

Arcade

Radio Flare REDUX: Price: $2.99
“Redefining both the shoot-‘em-up and the rhythm action genre, Radio Flare REDUX is a side-scrolling, multi-touch shoot-‘em-up thrill-ride, featuring retina-popping visuals and tub-thumping club anthems.”

Ometti: Price: $1.99
“Ometti is a fast paced arcade game. With Ometti, you will experience a lightening fast, wild game to challenge your brilliant mind and stimulate your fast moving fingers.Touch an Ometti, and then touch a neighbor to swap their positions. Or to play faster, swipe your finger to slide an Ometti up/down or left/right. Make sequences of 3 or more identical Ometti to complete a match.
The Goal of each level is to make a match at each location on the board. You have 10 tries in each level to earn points, but after that, matches take points away from the total you have already earned. The timer is running! So move fast to ensure that at least one match is in place when the clock strikes. After one match has occurred at each location on the board, the current level is complete! The game ends when your score falls below zero, or when you fail to make a match. Various levels of Bonus Points are awarded for multiple matches. More matches per try earn greater bonuses! After completing multiple levels, a bonus game will appear.”

Cannon Canyon: Price: $0.99
“Cannon Canyon is a basic yet addicting game where angles meet velocity and gravity. Your mission is to collect points by position the tank’s cannon, set a speed and destroy your targets and advance to the next levels, which get harder with each level.”

The Jerky Boys Pinball: Price: $0.99
“That’s right, tough guy!! The Jerky Boys are here with one game that everyone enjoys: Pinball!Enter the world of The Jerky Boys and blast your balls away with the characters that you know and love from the past, Frank Rizzo, Jack Tors, and Sol Rosenberg. Each character has their own level that is catered towards them with the sounds and sights of The Jerky Boys!! If you enjoyed The Jerky Boys back in the day, you will love them now with their new and remastered sound bites. These newly recorded clips bring each character alive right in the palm of your hand! Each character still has their own attitude, so you better watch out!”

Board

[Good]Original Sudoku Game: Price: $0.99
“Sudoku is played over a 9×9 grid, divided to 3×3 sub grids called “regions”. Sudoku begins with some of the grid cells already filled with numbers. The object of Sudoku is to fill the other empty cells with numbers between 1 and 9 (1 number only in each cell).”

SudokuKids: Price: $0.99
“SudokuKids has lots of 4×4 puzzles that range from easy to challenging in a beautifully packaged app that kids love. Add up to 3 users to track your progress through the puzzles or just touch Quick Play to get started.”

Mahjong Tower: Price: $3.99
“The mah-jong tower like the fortress is built by piling up the mah-jong tile.
This is a quite new mah-jong game of completing the hand of the mah-jong while destroying the wall of the tower. There are four seasons in all from the season of spring to the season of winter. The stage of 100 in all waits for you. Various towers of the impregnability afflict you. Can you really defeat all towers? The tower surrenders when all cores that exist in the tower in the time limit were able to be removed. One core comes off when the hand of the mah-jong is completed by destroying the tile that forms the wall of the tower. There are neither music nor a sound effect in this game. Please enjoy this game while listening to music. I will put music and the sound effect in the upcoming version when there are a lot of demands.”

Card

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Casino

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Dice

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Educational

Brain-Storm: Price: $0.99
“A collection of “FOUR” great brain teasing games available in “ONE” app for only 99 cents! You can’t go wrong with Brain Storm! From the creators of the hit classics “Duck Season, Rabbit Season” and “Football Toss 2010” comes Brain Storm! Choose to play single games or all 4 in a row. Compete against your friends’ best scores for bragging rights. Claim your intellectual superiority for all to see!”

Family

Nick Jr.’s A to Z with Moose and Zee: Price: $1.99
“The alphabet is here, from A to Zee! Join Moose and Zee on a puzzle-packed adventure with loads of letters. In this game, preschoolers search for letters hidden in exciting scenes like at the beach, on the street, and even in the deep seas! Moose will introduce your little letter-finder to the entire alphabet, capital and lowercase letters, in 26 different pictures. Get set for a stupendous time!”

Music

Music Drawing: Price: $2.99
“The Music Drawing game by Virtual Sheet Music has been specifically designed to teach children or music beginners how to write music by putting notes on a music staff the easiest way. The game allows to write music on a free of bars music staff. You can write on different pages, move notes around, change their pitch by just moving them up and down and modify their duration by selecting the corresponding value button. Rests also may be added, as well sharps and flats. At any time the music may be played, paused and saved into an archives section of the application which allows to retrieve previously saved songs.”

Puzzle

Dungeon Crawler: Price: $0.99
“Raymond Jean is the retired army general of the most feared mercenary that led the victory of legendary battle of Caspioke Hill. Forty years after the battle, his bravery is now passed on as the most famous local folklore. Since the battle, however, Raymond Jean has led the careless life of debauchery and once the fearless hero has become a frail vagabond. No one could recognize this feeble and filthy old man as once the fierce worrier. Drifting from town to town as the wind led, he is now far away from his home where the people talked in a foreign tongue. The mysterious town he has arrived five days ago is called Draguegem. He hasn’t stepped out of a local tavern since his arrival and has been drinking himself to oblivion. On his sixth day at Draguegem, still nearly unconscious from the poison his been drinking, Raymond heard the valiant voice speaking in his native language. This adventurous young man was a treasure hunter. Few miles into the mountainous region of Draguegem existed a thousand year old dungeon which was guarded by a ferocious red dragon. Inside the dungeon was a treasure worth more than all the wealth in the world. For centuries, many brave adventurers went into the dungeon but no one has returned. In his drunken stupor, Raymond shouted he will go into the dungeon and return with treasures. Everyone in the tavern laughed at him. But, the man with the valiant voice noticed something different about Raymond and decided to bring him along. When the two arrived at the frightening looking gate of dungeon, they were swept by the sudden terror of imminent death. Before they had a chance to turn around, the land collapsed and fell into…”

One Piece Flip: Price: $2.99
“Designed for One Piece Fan. You have to know the inside out of One Piece. From major characters to minor one, and from items to special ability of devil fruit, you have to know it all. This is not your everyday card matching Games. Rather than finding the same pattern match, your goal is to find a logical match. In fact, matching the same pair of pictures is guarantee to be a wrong answer. It is up to you to find out which pair is a match. There are over 300 pictures, and over 900 different combination of matches.
Are you up for the challenge?”

FRUIT JELLY: Price: $0.99
“Thanks for supporting FRUIT JELLY! This game is really unique. The analog puzzle game which you have never seen so far. Hearing the melody of the waltz and pick and arrange for the jelly with the same color. I can’t describe the theory, because this game is analog. Anyway, please try and attempt to actually feel!”

The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes: Price: $1.99
“The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes is a lavish puzzle game for the entire family! Solve mysteries with Sherlock Holmes! Using a mix of addictive Hidden Object games and deductive reasoning, the Sherlock Homes game is quick, fun and endlessly repeatable with little chance of ever getting the same mystery twice. Figure out the motive, suspect and murder weapon to solve the case!”

Gem Masters: Price: $1.99
“Rack up points by making sets of 3 or more gems of the same color. Sets can be made either vertically or horizontally. Choose from 4 different time lengths and see how many points you can get.”

CookieCat: Price: $0.99
“CookieCat has been a student of Mr.Gourmand X for several years. One day, he was awakened to the secret of baking tasty cookies. He opened his own cookie shop downtown. Survive the various tests of gourmets, and be the most famous Cookie Master downtown.”

BurnStar: Price: $1.99
“Burnstar turns up the heat in this addictively fun and frenetic puzzle game. Over 100 levels ignite your reflexes with challenges from smoldering puzzles to blazing sprints. Evade the Robot sentries and blast any obstacle in your way using the pyrotechnic tools of your trade. To save the world from the tyranny of Evil Industrial, Inc. Burnstar must think his way through a multitude of traps, tricks and fire scorched hazards laid down by enemy AI robots and foil their evil plan. The EI Corporate Office won’t halt its assault until Burnstar is extinguished!”

Chemical Pixel: Price: $0.99
“The lab is a mess. The chemical compounds can not be completed because the elements are disordered and no one can do it. Try to reconstruct the compounds mixing elements of the same color. But hurry up because if you don’t generate thermal reactions elements will begin to freeze … and get blocked!”

The Magical World of that Evil Dude!: Price: $0.99
“Move that evil dude left and right as you shoot the element ball to eliminate elements on the top screen. The element on top gets lower and lower as time goes by. You lose when these element balls touch the ground. It’s simple, but if you wanna score high, you gotta learn how to combine and eliminate! You could also summon 4 different element elves – fire, earth, wind, and ice. They will help you with their mighty elemental power!”

Tomb Treasure: Price: $3.99
“The visual design is based on ancient Chinese shrine, splendid and gorgeous.
This game of tomb adventure has six stages, named by Chinese five mythical creatures. Each stage has particular features and difficulty. Reaching different stage can obtain the Guardian and its corresponding function. Use those functions will make the game more fun.”

Racing

SpongeBob Kart: Price: $2.99
“Join Spongebob Squarepants, Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles and Gary the Snail as you aim to become the Bikini Bottom Karting champion but watch out the evil Plankton and The Flying Dutchman will be hot on your tail!”

Raging Thunder 2: Price: $4.99
“Are you ready to take on the most adrenaline pumping 3D street racer ever on a handheld platform?Raging Thunder 2 will take you through abandoned temples, tropical beaches, snow-covered mountains, the Great Wall and a range of other breathtaking vistas the world over! Buy new cars to upgrade and balance until you have the ultimate ride then take it online to punish your opponents wherever they might be, or play an intense round of Survival, Time Attack or any other of the 5 single player game modes. Buckle up and get ready to take it to the streets in this seminal sequel to Polarbits award-winning Raging Thunder.”

Role Playing

SEED 1 Gold Edition: Price: $9.99
“Adventure within a thriving universe in this fantasy-RPG. Begin your adventure as an unskilled apprentice. Defeat enemy monsters and complete quests to discover new weapons, skills and spells. Eventually, become a powerful hero who can change the world forever …”

Simulation

Estates Tycoon: Price: $0.99
“Hmmm lets see…so you are not a Real Estate Tycoon yet but you have aspirations of joining the ranks of the wealthiest and the most successful in the business. The business is tough and the competition cut-throat. You need a keen eye, extremely fast reflexes, strategy and vision to be successful in this business. Now you have limited capital to start with which is 65K. The properties are put on sale by the owners and their prices keep fluctuating. How does someone becomes a real-estate tycoon? Well, they have the vision. They buy them when they are cheapest and sell them as soon as they sense that this is the highest you gonna get for them before the prices fall down again.”

Mini Hamsters Breeding: Price: $0.99
“Feed the hamster with appropriate foods in moderation depending on the type and age for its healthy growth. You can see the food table to do it. The hamster dies when its fed state or health state becomes zero level. So, always check the hamster’s fed state and the health state, and take action for it. You can also feed the hamster water and the pill to improve its health state. The hamster can live up to 90 days. The hamster gives birth to a baby when it’s at the age of 10(days). Breed the hamsters to 9 within 100 days. Keep the instructions of ‘Hamster Guide’.”

The Graveyard: Price: $1.99
“The Graveyard is a very short computer game designed by Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn. You play an old lady who visits a graveyard. You walk around, sit on a bench and listen to a song. It’s more like an explorable painting than an actual game. An experiment with realtime poetry, with storytelling without words. The Graveyard has one special feature: the possibility of death. Every time you play she may die. With music (sung in Flemish with English subtitles) by Gerry De Mol, animations by Laura Raines Smith and sound effects by Kris Force. By Tale of Tales, the independent games studio that created Vanitas for iPhone and iPod touch, and The Endless Forest, The Path and Fatale for PC and Mac.”

Sports

Real Trophy Hunting: Price: $1.99
Real Trophy Hunting is an ultra-realistic hunting game where you experience the thrill of hunting the most prized big game animals of North America. Developed by the founders of the hunting game genre and the App Store hit Real Deer Hunting. Real Trophy Hunting requires skill, patience, and persistence as players find themselves in realistic locations, using all the tools of the trade to bring in and bag the most prized big game animals straight from the Rocky Mountains! Playing the game is an incredible experience that closely simulates real-life hunting where you’ll need the same techniques and feel the same thrills! Unmatched graphics and sounds, realistic animal behavior, rain, snow and wind effects will place you on location in the hunt of a lifetime.”

i 3D Fishing: Price: $5.99
“Explore a lake with your boat, you can cast your lure anywhere. Find the hiding place of the most big fish. This is the only game on iphone wich make you able to see how the fish react to your fishing method under water. The graphics are very impressive, and the fish animation and their behaviour are very realistic. Where is the giant blackbass? Try your luck and don’t forget to hook it.”

Big Basketball: Price: $1.99
“This game is a Basketball game where you have to bounce the ball. You can actually feel the bounce from the ball with your hands! and it is interesting to view from sky to the floor. When the ball touches the floor just give it a touch!”

Real Table Tennis: Price: $1.99
“This game is a table tennis game where you have to bounce the ball. You can actually feel the bounce from the ball with your hands! and it is interesting to view from sky to the floor. When the ball touches the floor just give it a touch!”

Hit Baseball – TouchBall: Price: $1.99
“This game is a baseball game where you have to bounce the ball. You can actually feel the bounce from the ball with your hands! and it is interesting to view from sky to the floor. When the ball touches the floor just give it a touch! Enjoy the Game with the real crowd-like sound effects! You Better score to hear the cheers!”

Strategy

Last Front: Europe: Price: $3.99
“iPhone and iPod touch users can now immerse themselves in the European battles of World War II with the launch of Last Front: Europe from developer Plow Games. An intense strategy-based gaming experience, Last Front: Europe offers players three modes of game play, as well as the ability to customize accounts and create their own maps. Last Front: Europe offers players three modes of game play, in which users can play as the British, Soviets, Germans or Americans. Featuring 16 maps spanning four historic battles of the European theater, including The Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of the Bulge Last Front: Europe lets players immerse themselves in the conflicts that took place in Europe during World War II.”

Gunjin shogi : First: Price: $0.99
“‘Gunjin shogi’ resembles ‘Stratego’ or ‘Jungle’ or chinese board game.”

Air Field: Price: $0.99
“World War II turn-based strategy game: “The Air Field: Rule of the sky”. Be a wing commander raid in enemy’s territories or defend yourself against enemy counter’s attack. Join to Air Field air-to-air in order to combat with Air Field. Great dogfight with 4 playable nations: The United States, The United Kingdom, Germany and Japan. But there is no relation between this game and the history background.”

Trivia

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Word

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iPhone / iPod Touch / iPad Links

Appletell: [Mac, iPhone, iPod and iPad product news - March 5, 2010] [Free apps roundup for March 5th, 2010] [Apple iPad available for pre-order March 12th, on sale April 3rd]