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Lion Pride Review
Have you ever dreamed of hunting animals in the desert plains of Africa? How about as a lion? Well now you can, thanks to Lion Pride available on the iPhone. Players will take control of a fierce lioness as she hunts down her prey in an attempt to gain the highest score possible for each level. The game features a line drawing control scheme that utilizes the iPhone touch screen. Players tap on a lion and draw a path for them to take. As you progress through the levels, you’ll n…
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Stay Review
Stay is a puzzle game where players must balances a small pink shape on a see-saw like board for as long as they can. To do this, players must counter balance the board by placing other squares on either side. Different squares have different weights and must be placed effectively to stop the pink shape from falling off completely. You drop different square pieces onto the board by tapping the screen. You cannot control the size pieces that will drop, but you can see what sizes will d…
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Geared Review
Geared is a puzzle game where players must place different sized gears in order to reach and turn each level's blue gear. The difficulty gets harder and player must deal with no drop zones, obstacles and multiple blue gears to turn at once. Players choose the different gears by tapping on the gear buttons at the bottom of the screen with their finger and dragging the gear to where they want to place it. If gears are placed correctly, they will begin to turn as they should, if there ar…
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Guitar Rock Tour 2 Review
In the tradition of console music/rhythm games, Guitar Rock Tour 2 puts you up on stage playing a number of classic Rock and Roll tracks. With 16 tracks available and the option to play drums, as well as guitar, there's plenty of musical content to keep you rocking on your iPhone. The controls are the usual rhythm game style, where notes fall from the top screen and you hit them in time to the music, but now players tap their fingers on the screen to hit the notes. At times you might…
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Fling! Review
Fling! is a puzzle game where players controls little furballs and must fling them into other furballs in order to knock them off the stage. The goal here is to clear the game’s level of all but one furball, which becomes more and more of a challenge due to the games increasing difficulty. The controls are simple and ideal for this style of puzzle gameplay. Players control their creatures by flicking them in the direction they want using the touch screen. Players can also undo m…
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Ynth Review
Ynth is a puzzle game where players take controls of Ynth the ladybug as you try to pass through a ghostly marshland to try and return to your family. You must use the various maze pieces to roll through the swaps safely. However, you must also watch for dropping spike balls and other nasties that may drop into the maze and become a hassle for you. You move Ynth by using the buttons on the side of the screen; two buttons to move and two buttons to jump. Move to the edge of a maze piec…
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Gomi Review
Gomi puts players in control of a happy red ball as you try to clean up the world. The gameplay is similar to Katamari Damacy as the more objects you roll up, the bigger you get, allowing you to roll up larger items and grow more .etc. The controls are simple enough, tilt your iPhone to move your Gomi and tap the screen to jump. But the speed at which your Gomi rolls and changes direction is far too slow to give players any challenge in regards to movement or to keep players intereste…
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Beach Rush Review
Beach Rush is a puzzle game similar to Aqua Globs. Players must guide shipwrecked survivors through the shark infested waters to the safety of the sand. There are three types of survivors, each with their own safety point that they must go to in order to be saved. You are given three lives, and game over results when three survivors are eaten by sharks. You control and guide the survivors by swiping them in direction you want them to travel using your finger. It’s up to players…
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Simon the Sorcerer Review
Simon the Sorcerer is a port of the 1993 point and click adventure game. You play as Simon, a teenager who is transported into a magical realm by a wizard that has been captured by an evil sorcerer. It is then up to you to save the captured wizard and embark on a long, magical journey. Players are given two control schemes to choose from, a classic mode and a touch mode. The touch mode incorporates the touch features of the iPhone more, while the classic mode brings up a pointer arrow…
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Block Drop Review
Block Drop is a serene puzzle game where players must navigate a small diamond on top of a series of blocks to make it to the finish block. Players will have to jump over gaps and work out the correct path or risk falling into the water below and restarting the level. You control your diamond by using the on-screen d-pad to jump one space. By holding down the small square on the other side of the screen, players can jump two spaces. Players will need to use both in order to progress t…
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Dungeon Scroll Review
Dungeon Scroll is a word based adventure game where players travel through different dungeons spelling words in order to cast spells on enemies. Letter tiles and bonus tiles will refresh after every enemy, and the same words cannot be used twice in a single dungeon. Players control the spelling of words by tapping the different letters on the screen and then tapping submit to cast the spell. Players can also use double damage letters in the spelling of words for attack bonuses and mul…
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Spy Bot Chronicles Review
Spy Bot Chronicles is a spin off of Toy Bot, another platform game by developers IUGO. Toy Bot has been kidnapped and it’s now up to Spy Bot to travel through many different worlds in order to rescue him. You control Spy Bot by using the onscreen buttons to move and jump. Players can also shoot a small laser to kill enemies or solve puzzles by tapping on the screen. A hacking system is also used in the game, where players tap on certain objects to interact with them and progress…
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The Deep Pinball Review
The Deep Pinball is, as the title suggests, a pinball game for the iPhone. The game features an underwater theme and features the standard pinball type gameplay. Players must try to get the highest score they can using three balls and once they are lost, the game is over. The game’s controls are simple and utilize the iPhone’s touch screen interface. Players launch their ball by dragging the kicker back and releasing, and use the paddles by tapping either side of the scree…
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Shark's Treasure: Rise of the Octopus Review
Shark’s Treasure puts players in control of a small submarine that must avoid sharks and other dangerous obstacles in order to collect the sunken treasure scattered around the stage. As you progress through the levels, the difficulties increase, as does the amount of sharks and treasure you’ll need to collect. You move the submarine around the level by holding your iPhone flat and then tilting in the direction you wish to move. You can tilt at more of an angle to speed up…
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Play Marbles Review
Play Marbles is a version of the classic kids game marbles for the iPhone. The aim of marbles is to knock as many marbles as you can out of the game circle in order to beat your opponent. You control your shots by tilting the iPhone to move the marble around the circle, using the two buttons on screen to change camera and adjust your direction and flicking the marble to shoot. The controls are simple but they don’t seem all that polished and it can be difficult to line up shots…
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