SuperRope is a looping game from Craneball Studios where, like Robot Unicorn Attack, the main goal is to achieve as high a score as possible. In it you control a character as he climbs up ropes, shifting from one to another in order to avoid stage obstacles like falling pianos and anvils. It is available for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, and requires iOS 4.0 or later. Perhaps the best thing about this fun little app is that it [...]
This week I have had a chance to sink my teeth into a game which combines two of the things I love most. I am talking of course about Zombies and the iPhone. In the past the combination of zombies and phones may have seemed unlikely not only because of the limited linguistic skills of the common zombie, but also due to the fact that the average mobile phone is neither heavy nor sharp enough to form and effective weapon [...]
Contributed by Helen Doherty Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is the third title in a relatively new series of games which focus on the characters and settings of Sega’s history. The first two titles in the series were ‘Sega Superstars Eyetoy’ and the commercially successful ‘Sega Superstars Tennis’. SSAR (Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing abbreviated) has thus far proven the hit itself, having sold 2.37 units worldwide to date. It has been praised far and wide by critics and fans [...]
Contributed by Helen Doherty Starting in 1983, Hudson’s successful Bomberman series has, to date, sold over 10 million units. The franchise has spawned over 70 titles to date, appearing on everything from the ZX Spectrum to the Playstation 2, and more recently the iPhone. Released on the 10th and 14th February 2011 respectively, Bomberman Chains and Bomberman Dojo represent the third and fourth games in the series to hit the platform. While Dojo is quite a traditional Bomberman title in [...]
So we’re approaching the end of the first month of 2011, and in the grand tradition of each year feeling identical to the last (what with months being a concept of time and all that) January still feels as cold and miserable as December 2010. But that’s not really important, what’s important is what this year could bring us in the world of videogames. This could potentially be one of the more important years in gaming for a while. In [...]
For a long time now I have been mentioning in a few infrequent posts about a games that I used to play on the PC Called Jazz Jack Rabbit, I have also been complaining that the games is now stupidly hard to get hold of and that a revival is long over due for the green rabbit and his turtle slaughtering escapades. I was nosing through Kotaku today for something to post about and I may have stuck gold in [...]
Contributed by Helen Doherty Robot Unicorn Attack is a game most of you will already be familiar with. One of this year’s biggest hits, its camp charms came leaping unto the AdultSwim website in February, where it has so far achieved over 32 million plays. June saw the launch of its iPhone port, which proved so successful it inspired two recently launched reskins : Heavy Metal Edition and Christmas Edition. It is these iPhone versions of the game that this [...]
Contributed by Helen Doherty Out now for the iPhone for just £0.59 via the iTunes store is Doodle Smash, a game with more than a passing reference to the massively popular Doodle Jump. Both see you playing as a bouncing alien, controlling the action by tilting the iPhone left or right However, whereas Doodle Jump’s objective was to travel as far up as you possibly could, Doodle Smash now expects you to make your way down.
Contributed by Helen Doherty Crystal Defenders is, along with Voice Fantasy, part of a wave of Square-Enix apps to recently arrive on the iPhone. This fun little game has previously been released on everything from the iPod Nano to the Xbox (as a Live Arcade title), and its easy to see how its simple tower defence gameplay could be easily adapted to so many formats. It is more overtly connected to the Final Fantasy series than Voice Fantasy, lifting many [...]
Contributed by Helen Doherty Voice Fantasy is an innovative new iphone (3G and newer) title from Square-Enix and Koto, where you generate Final Fantasy-style battlers using the power of your voice! Its not a game per se, as you don’t actually control your character during gameplay ; you merely watch as your creation battles it out, hilariously trilling whatever it was you said during their birth as their battlecry. But its feel and abundance of Final Fantasy influence makes it [...]
