It’s not often when you can call an iPhone game a monumental success. Most fizzle away after a few weeks or a month, but a small handful have the staying power to really drive sales. Flight Control is in that handfull and has now surpassed the 3 million sales mark on iPhone and iPod Touch. This does not include the iPad version, which is even more impressive.
Since its release 18 months ago, the leaderboards have totaled over 2 billion planes landed in the game, which is roughly 5000 times the air traffic at LAX every day. Not too shabby. I know I’ve contributed quite a few of those landings, but I know some of you have done a lot more than me.
If you haven’t checked out Flight Control yet, shame on you. Whether you get it for iPhone, iPad, or the upcoming PSN version with Move support, make sure you check this one out. It’s one of my favorite portable games of the past 2 years and still in my regular iPhone play rotation.
If you’ve been waiting since July to get your Game Center on, next week is your chance. Apple’s previously announced gaming application platform for iOS devices is coming next week in the iOS 4.1 update.
Think of Game Center as an Xbox Live for your iPhone. Matchmaking, achievements, global leaderboards… the whole shebang. Once games start getting patched to support it, things will be dandy. But don’t expect it all to work flawlessly on day one as many developers still need to add Game Center into their apps.
I’m excited to see what happens with this. Considering Apple is now 50+% of the mobile gaming market share, above Nintendo and Sony, this could be a killer feature for them. We’ll see how it all plays out.
I love the Street Fighter series, always have, always will. But how far should you take that love? Will the thirst to own all SF game ever fail someone? That’s a question I still ask myself in regards to Street Fighter IV for the iPhone. A small, underpowered platform with no controller is the next receptacle for the Street Fighter franchise. So one must ask: are eight characters, eight stages and no online play enough to keep up the frantic, visceral pace that Street Fighter is known for? It sounds like a long shot doesn’t it? Well, read on to find out.
It’s been a long wait, but everything has finally paid off today as Plants vs. Zombies has been released on the App Store. Coming in at a cool $2.99, this is an absolute must purchase for every single iPhone or iPod Touch owner. I’m not kidding, if you own Apple’s portable marvel and don’t buy this, someone may come to your house and take you away. What do I want more this week… Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone or Spring Training to start… hmmm…
Right off the bat, Fish Fun sounds like a grand old time. What could be better than trying to make your way up the aquatic food chain, eating smaller fish to grow your character until you are king of the under water world? Plus, the game title has the word “Fun” in it. So it has to be good, right? Not exactly. Fish Fun has some good qualities, but in the end, it fails to live up to an engaging application that you would want to keep playing or even keep on your iPhone for the long run. Where does it go wrong? Read on to find out.
Classic point and click adventure games are back. Spearheading the effort is the original Beneath a Steel Sky, an oldie leading the new charge. Simple controls, story driven, and entertaining. The game delivered it all back in the day but does it hold up on the iPhone and iPod Touch? Read on to find out.
There are two kind of people in this world: those who play chess and those who play checkers. Think about it. It is not a question of intelligence, just how you like to relax. Some people like Jeopardy, some Wheel of Fortune. For those who like to think while they relax, Chess Elite is a very good Chess Sim for your Apple devices. The game has all the features you need and none that you don’t and at a very good price, chess fans will be happy here.
We’ve all sat there playing the classic Nintendo system and wanted to desperately mash up, modify, and create our own great 8-bit tunes coming out of the TV speakers. Well, with the help of NESynth (an iPod touch/iPhone app) you will be able to do just that, create your own classic Nintendo-like music themes.
At first glance of the application, you see that the interface is just a very simple keyboard, with a few virtual knobs above that to change octave, waveform, and sound effect. When you eventually dive deeper into the app, you’ll see just how versatile this little bad boy is. Add in another keyboard on top of that, and you create awesome 8-bit power chords that make Eddie Van Halen run off into the sunset and give his game away for free.
Face Fighter is sort of like Mike Tyson’s Punch-out but super real. You have 4 different possible commands. You can punch with your left or right as well as kick. Your best weapon however will be the blocking move. If you block at the right time, your opponent is stunned and you can land a damaging combination to reduce their health or even get a knockdown. The game is from a first person’s view and gives you the feeling you are really smacking the shit out of someone.
If you haven’t played Toki Tori, go shell out the $0.99 entry fee right now to get the game for your iPhone or iPod Touch. Chillingo is joining the “let’s get huge sales numbers by selling for a dollar” crowd, following the likes of Peggle and Topple 2, among others.
Toki Tori is a puzzle/platformer with an enormous amount of content for the price. It was worth the price of admission at $4.99, but if you sleep on this at $0.99, someone should throw your iPhone in a river.
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