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Pang Mobile Review
Pang Mobile is an arcade action game where players must pop a series of bubbles with a harpoon gun. A bit of overkill perhaps but it gets the job done! Anyway, players must travel around the world popping the bouncy bubbles and staying alive in the process. You control character movement using the slide pad on the bottom of the screen and fire by tapping the appropriate button. Players must either shoot a bubble while directly underneath or shoot the harpoon earlier so the bubble boun…
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Nick Chase: A Detective Story Review
Nick Chase: A Detective Story is a film noir puzzle game where players take control of an out of work, ex-cop turned private eye. After receiving a mysterious letter requesting help in a robbery case, Nick Chase begins his investigation by searching leads and other clues. By using the touch screen interface, players are able to search for items and complete various actions. The game will help you by showing your current objectives and you can use up to six hints, displayed as bullets…
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Soosiz Review
Soosiz is an iPhone platformer where players take control of a small little creature who, must embark on a long and arduous journey to find his friends and stop an evil darkness from taking over the world. Players travel through a number of different levels defying gravity and walking around on different floating platforms and islands, guiding any lost friends found along the way. Players control the main character by using the on-screen buttons to move and jump. You’ll need to…
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Boost 2 Review
Boost 3D is a surreal and unusual game where players must travel as far as they can in a 3D tunnel. The game is a first person quick reflex game where players must avoid various blocks and obstacles by quickly dodging and moving around them to continue zooming down this tunnel. Players control their movement by tilting the iPhone left and right; and that’s it. Players must only focus on avoiding obstacles by watching for coloured paths that appear before you. This will let you k…
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Storm Attack® Review
Storm Attack is a single serve dosage of everyone’s favourite brick dropping game Tetris. The game play is the same, except you are lining up single blocks instead of shaped ones. Players must stack up as many bricks as they can in order to get higher score boosts and make sure that none reach the top of the screen. Players will also need to watch out for storm attacks every 30 seconds or so. These will unleash a fast paced flurry of bricks in hopes of ending your game. Players…
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Swingaling Review
Swinglaling is a Rope’n’Fly clone replacing the stick figure character with a small monkey like creature. Your goal is to swing as far as possible using low hanging tree branches to grab onto. The further you go, the higher your score will be and the more obstacles will appear to try and throw you off. You swing off each new branch by tapping on them to keep going. Players are recommended to swing a bit slower in order to keep going as far as possible as you may swing out…
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InkBalloons Review
InkBalloons is a quick tapping game where players must pop coloured balloons in a presented sequence in order to get enough points to proceed to the next level. Besides keeping an eye out for the right coloured balloons, players must also watch out for objects such as helicopters and spaceships that will burst your balloons and make an inky mess on the iPhone screen. Players can tap on these enemy ships to destroy them and return to popping balloons. But will also need to swipe the sc…
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B.I.T.S Pinball Review
B.I.T.S., otherwise known as Balls in the System, is the latest pinball game to make its way to the iPhone. Your goal is the same as other pinball games; to gain as many points as you can using your three balls to collect bonuses and hit different bumpers in the machine. By using the on-screen buttons, players are able to use the two game paddles to hit your ball around. The controls are straight-forward and exactly what you’d expect in a pinball game. There is a small issue wit…
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iTotem Idol Review
iTotem Idol is a physics based puzzle game where players must remove blocks from a small structure or tower without knocking off the small man on top. Your goal is to remove the specified amount of yellow blocks and as fast as you can without allowing your man to fall. Players must tap on the yellow blocks to remove them from the game. It is up to you to make sure that you calculate your block removal, as structures that become unbalanced will topple. But don’t rely on the game…
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Junkmobile Review
Junkmobile is a quick reaction game where players travel to Arizona to buy a second hand car. Unfortunately, the car you are bought is an absolute bomb and as you start the engine and begin your trip, the car begins to fall apart. You must try to hold your car together for as long as you can in order to make it your destination, San Francisco. As the car begins losing pieces, players must quickly tap on the item and drag it back onto the car. The car will keep shedding pieces the furt…
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Titanic Rescue Review
Titanic Rescue puts players in control of the rescue of frantic passengers at the sinking of the Titanic. Players have to move the life boats around to catch the jumping passengers and ensure they survive. Players can flick the passengers out of the ship to catch them or wait until they jump themselves. Players move the rescue boats around by sliding their finger on the screen. Players can fit up to three gentlemen into a boat but if you try to catch more, you’ll sink the boat.…
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Tap Tap Revenge 3 Review
Tap Tap Revenge 3 is the latest sequel to the highly popular series of music and rhythm games for the iPhone. Players must tap the targets to the beat of the songs in order to max out their score. If you have played any of the other Tap Tap Revenge games, you’ll have an idea of what is featured here. The controls are the same as they’ve always been; players tap the different targets when the falling balls reach them. A small tap meter will show how accurate the tapping is,…
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Hopido Review
Hopido is a single player puzzle game where you play as a frog and must try to hop around different game boards. You can jump over two spaces horizontally and vertically and one space vertically. You must try to try and land on all the tiles without jumping on the same tile twice. You control your frog’s movement by tapping on a square to jump on and must try to create a single path for you to take. Players are encouraged to use the undo button if they make a mistake and are cau…
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PDC World Darts Championship Review
PDC World Darts Championship is a game for fans of professional darts; yes, they do exist. You play as one of the real life champions of the chequered board as you verse competitors in tournaments. If you’re unfamiliar with professional darts your goal is to work backwards from 501, throwing three darts per round to hit numbers that will subtract from your starting total to get to zero. Players aim darts by tilting the iPhone. Once they have a shot lined up, players tap and hold…
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Bloons TD Review
Bloons Tower Defence is a port of the popular online flash game for the iPhone. The gameplay is the same as the online version in that you must place monkeys around a level in order to pop the incoming balloons. Players need to upgrade their towers and place additional monkeys around the map to successfully defend against the ever increasing number of balloons. Tower placement is simple; players tap on the tower of their choice and drag it onto a free spot on the map. You can also upg…
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