Apple App Store iPhone and iPod Touch gaming update for the week of July 5 – 11
by at July 12, 2010 9:59 am
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Looks like the iPhone news has finally slowed down this week, so I’m going back to Monkey Island 2 and you can either join me or play one of these fine games:
What You Might Want To Check Out
Across Age ™ Lite
“Across Age rekindles the golden 16-bit era.Travel back through time and experience an all new oldschool 2D Action RPG! “Across Age” is the first Zelda like Action RPG to include real environmental puzzles, with the look of famous SNES and Genesis cartridge games.”
Archetype: Price: $2.99
“The best fragging deal on iPhone® and iPod touch: Intense multiplayer FPS that unleashes a new breed of mayhem. The best fragging deal is also one of the best fragging games: Archetype delivers a high quality console-style FPS experience on iPhone or iPod touch. No gimmicks, no tricks: iPWNAGE IS JUST $2.99.”
Death Knight: Price: $0.99
“An ACTION-PACKED battle between the FORCES of EVIL and GOOD. BRANDISH your WEAPON, UPGRADE it, and step onto the BATTLEFIELD.”
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge: Price: $7.99
“More Pirates! More Adventure! More Monkeys! Relive the second hilarious swashbuckling misadventure of the wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood in signature special edition detail!”
What’s Free
Destroy9 Free
“Aliens have invaded earth!!!! They have been very far away and very Powerful Mutants. We must retake the earth!”
Etch Lite
“Etch Lite is a thrilling digital art program.”
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge – LITE
“More Pirates! More Adventure! More Monkeys! Relive the second hilarious swashbuckling misadventure of the wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood in signature special edition detail!”
PrincessFury Lite
“An evil overlord has invaded the land, bringing violence and destruction in his wake. Only Princess Fury can save us! With stunning swordplay and magic power, combat over 100 enemies at once in the fiercest battles ever. Command your servants to help you conquer enemies in this highly strategic action game.”
Fragger Free
“The world of Fragger is at risk, and he needs your help to explode all enemies! Unleash your shooting abilities to kill all the enemies and unlock 3 different perks! Featuring 40 challenging levels, and 3 difficulty modes, Fragger guarantees you many long hours of exploding fun!”
Crossword Scramble
“Crossword Scramble is a beginner-level version of our classic, Crossword Blitz. A simple, intuitive interface and a revised, crossword-friendly dictionary ensure an enjoyable experience: on the go or at home!”
MixMania Free
“MixMania is a breathtaking Music application which is giving you an opportunity to create great mixes like any professional DJ do. It allows to create track on the base of existing loops, mix some tracks, record that and send it in email.”
DreamScape
“Jump into a thrilling world of blasting bubbles before time runs out while you carefully choose your shot – the best combo shot can get up to 127M in one shot. Blast the Super Boosts, Double Ups, Da Bombs and Ultras for a high-speed, high-scoring, explosive thrill! Watch out for Toxic bubbles that kill you instantly. Be smart, be sharp, be focused, be the highest All Star! What a trip! An exhilarating mix of speeding bubbles, challenging strategy and dramatic photography, DreamScape spins you on a fantastic journey across Earth and to Outer Space with stunning images from world-renowned photographer Marc Adamus, and gorgeous vistas of stars, nebulae, galaxies and more. Score big as you blast bubble combos that whirl and collide beneath your fingers – get in the Daily Top 10 scores and become a DreamScape All Star. Each time you achieve a Daily Top 10 score, you receive another star on the All Star scoreboard. All Stars are special players that are a force for good! Find out how at http://www.dreamscapesite.com!”
Grandma’s Kitchen
“A simple cooking game.”
Across Age ™ Lite
“Across Age rekindles the golden 16-bit era.Travel back through time and experience an all new oldschool 2D Action RPG! “Across Age” is the first Zelda like Action RPG to include real environmental puzzles, with the look of famous SNES and Genesis cartridge games.”
Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter LE
“Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter LE is a free-to-play version of its popular dinosaur hunting game. In the Lite Edition, players can equip themselves with two of six weapons; choose either Tranquilizer or Radar as their hunting accessory; combat five waves of deadly beasts in Survival mode, and hunt two of the nine dinosaurs available in the full version.”
Circus Chuck Free
“Experience the classic game with this LITE version of our Circus Chuck, the game was featured in “New and Noteworthy” and made top 10 in Simulation and Family in over 7 countries. LITE version includes 3 stages of our beloved classic circus game and if you like what you playing, try the full version for only 99 cents.”
Skeeter Ball Bowling -FREE-
“If you love bowling games then Skeeter Ball Bowling is for you! This fun, free app lets you bring the fun of the arcade with you. You can challenge your friends and family to try to beat your high score!”
Icarus-X Free
“Icarus-X is a Full 3D Vertical Shooter, featuring fast paced action and epic boss battles !”
Brainy Game
“Brainy is a simple game using excellent tilt controls. You have to feed you Brainy to with tons of stars and cakes, move your way through clouds and ladders and have fun. Perfect for reaction development! Relax your brain. Be the first to land without collisions.”
Roly Poly Cannon FREE (part of PHYSICS GAMEBOX)
“Roly-Poly bugs have invaded your turf. It’s time to show these unwanted visitors that they’ve picked the wrong spot to hang out! Don’t let their cute appearance fool you, just get rid of them any way you can. Your massive cannon and an accurate aim should be more than enough to do the trick.”
rRootage Online
“Kenta Cho’s popular shooter rRootage ported and optimized for iPhone and iPod touch! Including Music, SFX and online Hi-Scores.”
A Ninja vs Zombie Free
“Make them to kill themselves by crashing each other.Stronger zombies will appear at each stages as it gets advanced. The momentary judgement takes command of a victory and defeat! Make incomparably enjoyable game with timely used skills.”
WordsWorth Free
“Grab the dictionary. Brush up your vocabulary. It’s time to level up your appetite for excitement as WordsWorth goes online to take the fun of word-building to a whole new level. Pit your skills against the best literary minds with the all-new Multiplayer mode and enjoy world-class gameplay experience right at your home! Play the way you want! Link letters to trace new words in a beautiful honeycomb structure. Create longer words with rare letters to earn hefty points. Challenge your friends over Bluetooth/Wi-Fi or just select a random opponent to confront. Find out who has the best Vocab Power in the WordsWorth clubs and compete with the finest players to reach the top.”
Wordify
“Prepare for the challenge of your life! Complete 14 challenging levels of descrambling words to beat the game! Start with simple and short words, and go on to complete more challenging words that are longer! Beat the game? No problem! Updates with more levels and more features will become available often. Keep up to date with the latest info by checking for updates often.”
What’s New
Action
Archetype: Price: $2.99
“The best fragging deal on iPhone® and iPod touch: Intense multiplayer FPS that unleashes a new breed of mayhem. The best fragging deal is also one of the best fragging games: Archetype delivers a high quality console-style FPS experience on iPhone or iPod touch. No gimmicks, no tricks: iPWNAGE IS JUST $2.99.”
Death Knight: Price: $0.99
“An ACTION-PACKED battle between the FORCES of EVIL and GOOD. BRANDISH your WEAPON, UPGRADE it, and step onto the BATTLEFIELD.”
Rhythm Spirit: Price: $2.99
“Join Toshi, a wandering swordsman who unwittingly receives a strange, fearsome power from a mysterious fox spirit. He soon finds himself embroiled in a bizarre and bitter conflict between the demons and deities of an ancient land. Steeped in Eastern folklore, Rhythm Spirit is a story-based, action-oriented rhythm game in which you battle opponents using musical cues. Unlike most rhythm games, which tend to focus on dancing or instruments, Rhythm Spirit incorporates real-time action and fighting mechanics to create a new type of game experience. Jump, duck, slash and block, as you and your opponent battle it out to a completely original, “zen remix” soundtrack. Ten exquisite tracks feature a unique fusion of electronic dance music and traditional Japanese instruments.”
Adventure
The Last King of Africa: Price: $2.99
“Benoît Sokal’s masterpiece finally adapted for the iPhone. A great, mysterious adventure filled with twists and turns that will lead you to the heart of the wonderful imaginary country of Maurania. Exciting riddles will make you progress in an extraordinary story with a captivating storyline. After her plane crashes, a young woman called Ann Smith wakes up in the hospital of Madargane, a city located North of the African country of Maurania. Who is she? What did she come to do here? Why do all those who meet her speak fearfully of king Rodon, dictator and absolute maser of Maurania? And what is the true role of the black leopard that is strangely connected to Ann? Ann Smith will have to solve all these mysteries in a fascinating quest to find her own identity.”
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge: Price: $7.99
“More Pirates! More Adventure! More Monkeys! Relive the second hilarious swashbuckling misadventure of the wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood in signature special edition detail!”
Magnetic Joe Bundle: Price: $0.99
“Magnetic Joe is an arcade game with a revolutionarily simple control method. Your goal is to guide Joe, the little magnetic ball, to the exit of the levels by tapping the touch screen at the right moment. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? You would not believe what wide range of possibilities and how much fun lies in this simple action. We could write pages about why Magnetic Joe is innovative, why it is addictive, why it is a “lifestyle” but instead of doing so, we suggest you download the game and check it out yourself. Magnetic Joe offers you 50 challenging and fun levels, which will soon be followed by additional ones in the form of updates to the game. Completing these 50 levels does not mean game over though either, as you can always try to improve your best time. On top of that, hardcore Joe players can try to beat the developers’ best times as well!”
Ultraviolet Dawn: Price: $1.99
“From the makers of critically-acclaimed “Project Phoenix” comes a new, exciting creation. “Ultraviolet Dawn” is a hybrid space-shooter/trading game with a completely open Universe comprising over 1,000 stars to explore. “Ultraviolet Dawn” is our most beautiful and refined game to date. There is no single predefined way to play – everything is entirely up to you. You chose what you want to be and how you want to play. You can be a peaceful merchant, shuttling goods between stars. You can be an outlaw, attacking innocent ships and capturing their cargo. You can be a smuggler, trading in illegal goods banned by the the Intergalactic Federation. You can even run missions, both legal and illegal. There is so much to the game. Not only can you upgrade your ships weapons, but you can also upgrade equipment, such as adding more powerful engines or faster regenerating shields. You can even trade your ship in and fly something else entirely, whether a captured pirate ship or a large, bulky cargo carrier.”
Cool-Oh Adventurer: Price: $1.99
“Help Cool-Oh to get the Gold Roll, get away of the liquid poo tanks and darts/syringes, use your super power fart to escape of your enemies and avoid to be squashed by the poo ball…. if you manage to keep your a*s saved, you will be recompensated with fortune and glory.”
Arcade
Army of Mice: Price: $0.99
“A great time killer with rich graphics, smooth animations, realistic sound effects, and up to 120 game levels! Save the planet at your fingertips! In 2012, the Mice Valley, a group of mice are infected by pollution and turned into ruthless maniacs by toxic gas. They harm the civilians and disrupt the harmony of the planet. So what do you do? Identify the enemies with your wisdom, kill them with your skills, and bring peace back to the planet!”
Star Age: Price: $0.99
“Star Age takes you on a journey back to the old school days of arcade games. Speed around the galaxy and take out the alien space drones until the “master control” ship arrives. This game is loaded with power-ups – with over 40 levels of heart pumping action!! You can even upload your high scores to the Arcade Wizz Kid high score table and see how you rank against other players around the world!!”
SeaHunter: Price: $0.99
“it is a game using accelerator. Tilt your iphone to control it’s movemonts. Imagine you are driving a submarine in sea and hordes of enemies rushing towards you, then imagine turing them into smithereens use your weapons.”
Helios: Price: $0.99
“Helios is your average breakout/arkanoid/brickbreaker type game. It uses touches to launch the balls, swiping up over the paddle will launch a ball. Tilting left and right moves the paddle back a forth. Players starts with 5 regular balls and may randomly earn a fire ball or the Helios, which breaks all bricks.”
Frogjump: Price: $0.99
“FrogJumo is a puzzle game. It is simple, but it is very interesting.
Click on the frogs to make them hop to the next rock. All frgs can only hop one frog at a time. Move all three brown frogs all the way to the right and move all three green frogs all the way to the left to win.”
Canoe Slalom: Price: $0.99
“Canoe Slalom is an iPhone/iPod Touch game with intuitive two thumb touch screen controls. In your canoe, thumbs control the movement of your paddle, and the object of the game is to get down the river in as quick a time as possible. Navigate through gates and between rocks, and try to use the flow of the river to your advantage. Earn medals, and try to unlock faster flowing and more difficult slalom courses. Online leaderboards for each course mean you can compete with friends and others around the world!”
FoodBreaker: Price: $0.99
“Enjoy FoodBreaker!!! Hit delicious Food Blocks by Paddle and Balls. Various Items Makes Your Gameplay More Exciting. Cool Food Graphics Will Make You Happy.”
A.C.E. – Air Combat Elite: Price: $1.99
“Unique 360° free flying air combat game! Fly five fighters to reveal the conspiracy behind the most famous air combat tournament and win the title of “ACE”!
Please feedback to help@nebulastudio.cn. We will hear you and adapt your suggestions!”
Bomber 1944: Price: $0.99
“Bomber 1944 is an amazing, arcade styled 3D bombing game based in the Pacific Ocean in 1944. Imagine you are a young bomber pilot protecting your fleet whilst searching enemy targets on land and sea to destroy!”
Board
chessPhone: Price: $0.99
“A simple chess game for beginner to intermediate players. Now you can play chess anywhere, anytime! chessPhone uses the same AI engine OS X’s Chess engine is based on, so you know it’ll result in a good match. chessPhone features an intuitive, tap-based UI that avoids the inaccurate dragging techniques of some chess programs. It also features infinite undo for those occasional missteps — or that knight fork that caught you off guard! chessPhone also features a full move list, to track your game’s progress, low resource usage for extended battery life, and will save your in-progress match if you quit the app or receive a call mid-game. We’re polite like that.”
Card
NOTHING
Casino
NOTHING
Dice
NOTHING
Educational
NOTHING
Family
NOTHING
Music
MixMania: Price: $0.99
“MixMania is a breathtaking Music application which is giving you an opportunity to create great mixes like any professional DJ do. It allows to create track on the base of existing loops, mix some tracks, record that and send it in email.”
Puzzle
Labyrinth Game: Price: $1.99
“Classic labyrinth game where you control the ball while avoiding holes and traps to reach the destination. 50 Gorgeous looking levels with challenging puzzles to solve.”
Mad Billiards for iPhone: Price: $2.99
“Bored of simple match three games? Mad Billiards forces your brain to think laterally as your gems crack then smash unless you’re fast enough. All you have to do is slide rows of billiards either left or right to make the largest groups you can, the bigger the groups, the bigger the score. Line up longer chains to earn more points. Each time you clear the billiards, more billiards fall into play. It’s fast, it’s fun, it’s beautiful, and it’s made just for your iPhone. Enjoy high-resolution graphics with particle system effects, a relaxing ambient soundtrack.”
Mummy Panic: Price: $2.99
“Set in an imaginary Egyptian Pyramid, the poor mummies have lost their Mommy to the thieving explorers, and must hitch a ride to the Royal Museum to get her back. But how to get there without being caught by the explorers? As luck would have it, the explorers have left a bunch of their crates full of loot open, so if the mummies can just sneak into the crates, they should be well on their way in their adventure..”
Tomb of Qin: Price: $0.99
“Tomb of Qin is a puzzle game from old China. People who want to get into the tomb should settle up not only the dangerous traps but also guardians in the tomb. It is not easy for all of us, but I believe you could make through.”
Fruited 2: Price: $0.99
“Awesome puzzle game with addictive gameplay and online game scores. Fruited2 has several new features with fully upgraded graphics & animations. If you have got bored with similar games or if you want more funnier and entertaining match puzzle game, Fruited2 is here for you. Its gameplay is better than other similar games with lot of creative fun involving monkeys, squirrels & worms.”
iRobbo: Price: $1.99
“The iRobbo is a game where You, Robbo the robot, have to collect needed amount of bolts and leave the planet on a warpship. This of course is not as easy as it sounds. The game, after all, is a mixture of action and puzzle genres. The game contains 50 levels of increasing difficulty. Some levels require good reaction and fast decision making, some can not be complete without careful deliberation. The goal of the game is to reach Robbo’s home world – planet Zyyr. To get to Zyyr, You must complete all 50 levels. You have to find keys to open locked doors, get bolts, move though the laser beams at the right time, avoid dangerous enemies, position objects in the right place and move explosives to a useful place so that you can create a path when you detonate them. The main game character – Robbo the robot – is controlled in unique iPhone way. Instead of using “virtual joystick” – an image of joystick drawn on a screen that reacts on taps, Robbo is controlled by simple gestures like swipes and holds. So in order to make Robbo move one step, player shall just quickly swipe and tear the finger away of the screen. While to make a continuous move, player shall put the finger on screen, swipe in desired direction and hold till needed. Simple and effective!”
Racing
NOTHING
Role Playing
Xenome Episode 1: Price: $4.99
“Welcome to Silica Flats. A wasteland ripe for exploration. That is, if you manage to stay alive long enough.The land looks different from what you remember, but that’s bound to happen to anyone who’s been in cryo-stasis for the last 250 years. You’ve been reactivated during the advent of the Union-Prime war. Both factions want your allegiance. More importantly, either faction would rather see you back on ice (in one way or another) than to be aligned with their enemy.”
Simulation
NOTHING
Sports
The Cup 2010 Goalie Shootout: Price: $0.99
“Experience the thrill of being goaltender in biggest game of your life! It’s down to the wire and up to you to defend the goal in the final shootout. This fast paced action games will test your skill, speed and accuracy. When the kicker shoots, tilt the phone to direct the goalie’s gloves and save the ball. Catch 3 out of 5 balls and you’ll advance to the next round. The action heats up as you play, with each round the shooter kicks faster, and the points are worth more. Can you lead your team to victory? Take your place on the field and find out.”
Touch Shot Strike: Price: $1.99
“60-second miracle. This creates a small ball a great miracle! Please hold in tens of thousands of baseball.”
World Soccer Hero 1: Price: $1.99
“This game is consists of mini games. First game is with gravity sensor. And, this game should have continuously ball and avoid opponent player running for steal ball. The user should avoid opponent running with moving i-phone to take a left or right . Second game is should fall a flag soaring at bottom. The player should run for a flag and fall a flag with a tackle at exact time . Third game is take a ball from opponent player running with ball in zigzags. This game is game over, if a player don’t take a ball from opponent player at a exact time. The more users play a game, the more feels toxicity.”
The Old Course: Price: $0.99
“St Andrews Links presents The Old Course, an official licensed product from The Home of Golf. With unique top down touch-and-swipe controls, beautiful graphics and addictive game-play, The Old Course is easily played and enjoyed by anyone. The game of Golf has never looked or played better! Bluetooth multi-player, enjoy the thrill of realtime competition with your friends. The Old Course is Plus+ enabled, add friends, access leaderboards, etc. Use Facebook Connect to post your scores to Facebook to show your friends.”
Soccer Hero 2010: Price: $0.99
“For those that can’t get enough of Soccer Hero – the popular Facebook football game – we bring you Soccer Hero for iPhone! Put your goal poaching skills to the test in this addictive high-score chasing game. Starting with 5 shots on goal, how many can you put away? For every goal scored you’ll get another chance. Are you a better finisher than your Facebook friends? The in-game weekly high-score table will let you know…”
9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2011: Price: $4.99
“Landscape mode will be embodied in the end of July! Play 9 innings with REAL All stars! This is the REAL baseball game you have been waiting for. 9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2011, in association with MLB PA, brings you the best full-featured baseball game with all your favorite Major Leaguers! With REAL players updated with their LATEST stats, 9 Innings showcases all 30 Major League teams and almost 800 actual player profiles. Key features include three different modes of play! Season, Exhibition, and Homerun Derby. 9 Innings boasts fully interactive game play and team management. With thousands of cards to collect (even for Coaches and Cheerleaders!) and 100 achievements to master, you cannot be disappointed by this full-featured baseball game. Download and play 9 Innings: Pro Baseball 2011.”
Fast Shot Basketball: Price: $0.99
“Beat the buzzer with this addicting finger flicking basketball game! Challenge your friends to beat your high score. Take free throws up close or drain a basket from half court.”
Run Streaker Run Soccer 2010: Price: $0.99
“An exciting action game! A distinctive story of World Cup! A way to win people’s hearts! A streaking plan of World Cup. Let no one stops you, make fun of the guards and cops, even those soccer stars, but fans will love you, and crazy for you! You thought your plan is big enough, but you’d found an even bigger plan behind the World Cup matches little by little…… How would you put an end to this and could you truly win their hearts?”
Fly Fishing 3D: Price: $1.99
“Among sport fishing enthusiasts, “Fly Fishing” holds unmatched popularity, and we now introduce a full 3D game! In Fly Fishing, the newly recreated casting style is made to offer fully realistic experiences with the tilted iPhone operation. On a stage of natural beauty, challenge a fish to a psychological war!”
Strategy
Bear Vs Penguins: Price: $1.99
“Bear Vs Penguins is a funny strategy game for iphone. Evil penguins rush fiercely forward to the bear’s ice house. In defense of hearth and home, what the bear can only do is to unite a large number of animals in fighting against the invasion of the penguins. You can control the bear’s alliance on five roads to defend the repeated attacks of the invading army made up of 30 kinds of penguins, thus, you can hit especially hard at the invading army. Funny characters, impressive images, flexible strategy, mysterious and inspiring music will bring you the most incredible experience. Every penguin has its own unique and funny way of walking and attacking. The attack of the defense turret will give you a big surprise. The game has 20 levels, so you can allow your imagination full play. You can combine any way of fighting you can imagine to hit the invading army. Every battle will give you different surprises. Let’s join in the fight in the defense of hearth and home. You can also visit our facebook to see the detailed account of the game and join the relevant discussion.”
Modern Conflict: Price: $0.99
“Modern Conflict is simple but incredibly addictive. Tap to select units and then tap to send them into battle. Repeat until you win! If you lose, just rethink your strategy and try again. You’ll keep coming back as it’s so easy to have just one more go!”
CELL™: GaT: Price: $0.99
“CELL™: GaT – part one of the series. GaT is an outstanding turn-based strategy game with long term motivation.”
Trivia
NOTHING
Word
Word Wheel HD: Price: $0.99
“Word Wheel HD features more that 2000 English / American 9-letter words, for you to puzzle together. 3 challenging game modes, OpenFeint integration with 11 unique online leaderboards for you to compete on, and more than 22 achievements for you to unlock. A Word Wheel HD consists of a round game area (Wheel), with one letter in the middle that is preselected as the first letter of the word, and 8 additional letters in a “Wheel” around it. It is your job to piece the word together as fast as possible, in the right order, to get the highest score or the fastest time.”
Word Scrmable: Price: $0.99
“Try to unscramble as many words as you can. You have 60 seconds and 3 tries. Select the difficulty easy, medium or hard. Word Scrmable is OpenFeint enabled so you can check your score against others.”
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