ZEN Pinball Rollercoaster Rating: I am a pinball and retro arcade game fanatic! I almost paid an ungodly sum for a real pinball table the other day at a local market in Thailand. That table had been imported about 15 years ago, and even so was being offered for sale at the price of a cheap second hand car. Then my … Read More
Mad Skills Motocross A Fun Racing Game Despite The Challenging Controls on iPad
Mad Skills Motocross Rating: Mad Skills Motocross is a new universal app for the iPhone and iPad from developers Turborilla AB based on the game of the same name that has been available on the PC for quite a while now. I haven’t played the PC version of the game but if it’s anything like this portable version then it must … Read More
Sheeple Chase for iPhone Purchasing this average racer may let EWE down
Sheeple Chase Rating: The play on words in the title is a reference to Steeple Chase which is a type of horse race where horses race against each other while jumping over fences and while the play on words works in relationship to horses being replaced by sheep but not in jumping fences as that is limited if non-existent in this … Read More
Backbreaker 2: Vengeance Review for iPhone 4
Backbreaker 2 Vengeance Rating: Backbreaker 2 has just smashed it’s way into the App Store, with bigger hits, improved graphics and a new game mode everything points to another great way to imagine yourself playing in the NFL, but is it a big enough improvement over the original to demand its purchase? The graphics have certainly been improved which is quite … Read More
Galaxy on Fire 2 is an engaging romp through space with something for everyone to enjoy
Galaxy on Fire 2 Rating: I think I went to school with Keith T. Maxwell, not the war hero who finds himself at the centre of a battle to save the Earth from aliens who’s purpose it seems is to destroy everything in their path. No, the Keith T. Maxwell I believe I knew was a mild mannered boy who would … Read More
Tilt to Live HD Launch Trailer [iPad Games]
Tilt to Live for iPhone has been one of our favorite games on the App Store. It is an accelerometer-based iPhone shooter with more than 500,000 users. When we reviewed the game in February it scored 5/5 and it certainly turned out to be one of the most addictive games developed for the iPhone. After the success of Tilt to Live for … Read More
Zombie Highway Review. Speed, Guns and Zombies, need I say more?
Zombie Highway Rating: With current hysteria for all things zombie related you would think that all possible avenues have already been explored. Apparently that is not the case though as Zombie Highway for iPhone uses the premise of a car being attacked by zombies leaping onto them as the speed down deserted highway. As the driver of the said car it’s … Read More
MotoGP 2010 for iPhone. A Solid Racer for those Preferring 2 Wheels
MotoGP 2010 Rating: While the title Official MotoGP 2010 suggests that you are purchasing a motorcycle racing simulation style game that’s not exactly the case, however does that make it a bad thing? There aren’t a huge quantity of motorcycle racing games for iOS devices compared to the car racing genre and even less when you take into account the number … Read More
Second Gen iPad to feature Gyroscope?
iPad Teardown Reveals Gyroscope Part of Original Design In an interesting piece in EE Times they relate that when UBM Insights completed their teardown of the iPad they found an unpopulated area on the PCB next to the accelerometer which would fit a similar design of gyroscope to that found in the iPhone 4. They even went so far as … Read More
iPhone 4 Gyroscope Controlled Air Drums Available on App Store
Washington based Logic Consulting today announces Gyro Air Drums 1.0, a virtual drum set simulator for the iPhone 4. Gyro Air Drums uses the iPhone 4 gyroscope sensor to put the player in the center of a virtual air drum set. The iPhone is the drumstick and the drums exist in a 300 degree setup around the user. By leveraging the MEMS gyroscope in addition to existing accelerometer, Gyro Air Drums transforms all the sensor data into an enhanced, fun drumming experience for the user.
Beauty & Brains Make Dark Nebula – Episode Two for iPhone a Must Buy Game
Dark Nebula – Episode 2 Rating: Amongst the players of Dark Nebula – Episode 1 the anticipation for the impending release of Dark Nebula – Episode 2 has been growing and growing. The developers have been releasing bite sized chunks of information regarding the new release and then in May a preview was released and few, if any were disappointed by … Read More
1951 World War One for iPhone. A Dog Fighting Game that is no Dogs Dinner
1951 World War One Rating: I’ve never been a huge fan of flying games. My first taste of the genre was The arcade classic Afterburner, however after many humiliating defeats in the local arcade I soon moved on from that. Then I had the idea of testing my skilled of being an airline pilot and purchased Microsoft Flight Simulator, needless to … Read More
Drift Mania Championship for iPhone Coming Soon to the App Store
Racing games for iPhone and iPod touch is a popular genre and there are many titles available in the App Store which make the best use of iPhones graphical abilities. The control mechanism in a racing game is always simple, a very easy implementation of accelerometer or touch based controls. However, drifting your car in a racing game on iPhone has always proved to … Read More
RastaFun for iPhone. Fly High with this Rastafarian take on Doodle Jump
RastaFun Rating: One of my favorite bands is a cover band named Dread Zeppelin. They play Led Zeppelin songs in a reggae style and with RastaFun you get another cover version, this time it’s a cover version of the game Doodle Jump, again with a reggae style! So I have to assume that everyone reading this know’s what Doodle Jump … Read More
Racing Mania HD for iPad. Retro 2D Mini Car Racing Game with a 21st Twist
Racing Mania HD Rating: Back in the day when my game console of choice was my trusty Commodore 64 computer one of the favourite games I would play was Super Sprint, a 2D top down racer that was as simplistic as they come yet had an addictive game-play that kept me coming back for more. And it was this game that instantly … Read More