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Canabalt Review
Canabalt is a quick reflex, free-running game for the iPhone. The game is incredibly simple and players have a single goal - to run. Players must escape from a building by running along rooftops, jumping over gaps and avoiding obstacles to keep running as far as they can. You control your character by tapping the screen to jump. You will need to jump over obstacles and gaps between buildings to keep running and increase speed. You will continue to do so until you hit an object, which…
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Cocoto Kart Online Review
Cocoto Kart Online is the latest in fast paced karting gameplay for the iPhone. Players must race through a series of tracks, collecting power-ups and weapons to use in order to win the race. The game offers two game main modes, online and offline, with a number of individual modes for each play option. Players control their karts by using the arrow button to hit the gas and tilting the iPhone to steer. This is fine, even if the steering can be a bit over sensitive, but mixing iPhone…
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XenoWars:REBUILT Review
If you’re one who enjoys unit building tower defence games, such as Cartoon Wars, and gem matching puzzle games, like Bejeweled, then today is your lucky day. Players will find themselves juggling these two game styles in order to create units to send out to battle but earn additional mana and gold by playing through the gem puzzle on the side of the screen. You do so by tapping or sliding two gems to swap them so they make a sequence of three or more, earning various bonuses, s…
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Flippin' Review
Flipside is a puzzle game where players must line up and match the symbols on a series of cards by sliding and flipping them. The game requires you to line up three or more cards in order to clear the game board and earn points, however if three or more cards line up with the same symbols on the back of the cards, you will lose points. The game requires some involved thinking and constant adjustment to get the best score possible. You can flip the card by tapping on them and can also…
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Heavy Crossbow Review
Heavy Crossbow is a bow shooting game for the iPhone. Players have crashed landed into a fierce jungle and must defend themselves against enemies using a large crossbow they have found on a temple until rescued. You must also purchase upgrades and different ammo types in order to keep up with the increasing enemy count. Players control their crossbow by adjusting the angle of the shot using the slider on the crossbow and control the shot power by dragging the lever at the bottom of th…
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Mr.Jelly Review
Mr. Jelly is a puzzle game where you play as a squishy alien in love; awww. One day when walking on his planet with the lovely Miss Jelly, she opens a mysterious box and disappears. Now it’s up to you to find and rescue her by travelling through a number of different levels. Mr. Jelly uses his elastic body to catapult himself around grabbing onto different ledges and collecting love hearts along the way. Players do this by tapping on Mr. Jelly and dragging him back to bring up a…
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MILLIONAIRE TYCOON™ Review
Millionaire Tycoon is a Monopoly style board game where players battle against each other in costly property development in order to rise up and become the new Donald Trump; or Scrooge McDuck. You must purchase as much property to build your assets and bankrupt your opponents in the process. To play the game, you’ll have to roll a dice to move around the game board and buy up property you land on. Players will use the on screen prompts to make choices and all cash transactions b…
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SkySmash 1918 Review
If you're a fan of the old Galaga style vertical shooter, then you'll love SkySmash 1918. What sets this game apart other games of this genre is the era; set in 1918, it encompasses WWI and it's frantic airborne dogfights. You play as an English fighter pilot and must shoot down a myriad of enemy planes, anti-air guns,and other vehicles in an effort to end the war. Players control their planes movement by dragging their finger around the screen to fly and dodge incoming projectiles. S…
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Finger Physics: Finger Fun Review
Finger Physics is a physics based, puzzle game compiling of a number of different mini-games. Players must play through a series of levels each with different physics based goals. Some require you to build a tower with the blocks given to you, other require you to remove blocks so that an egg can drop into a basket. Each level varies and progressively gets harder and harder. The controls differ for each game but all require using the iPhones touch screen interface. Before each new lev…
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Elven Chronicles Review
Elven Chronicles follows the tale of a young knight and his magic wielding companion as they seek revenge on those who attacked his caravan and nearly killed him. It’s an old school, turn based RPG similar to old Super Nintendo Final Fantasy games. But unlike the original RPGs of that time, Elven Chronicles is a lot more restrictive. Players control their character by tapping on the iPhone screen to move and when a battle event is triggered use attacks or actions. These battles,…
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Peter und Vlad Review
Peter und Vlad is the newest addition to the wide range of line drawing games for the iPhone. This time it is up to you to control Peter in his attempt to herd his sheep from the out of control weather machine your brother, Vlad, has invented. You will need to herd as many sheep as you can before the weather machine begins sucking them up otherwise you risk unleashing a tremendous storm upon your farm and town. Like all line drawing games, players control Peter by tapping on him and d…
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Texas Tea Review
Texas Tea is an eclectic mix of puzzle games such as Bejeweled, Yahtzee and Poker all mixed into one. The game borrows elements of all these games and has created its own unique puzzle gameplay experience. Players will have to match dice combinations on the game board to turn the game tiles behind them to black oil. Players control their dice removal by swiping two or more matching boxes together for a combo. The dice combos are taken from poker, as players can line up pairs, straight…
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Hi, How Are You: 40 Awesomely Totally Ridiculous and Very, Very Cool Levels of Bizarrely, Bizarre Fun! Review
If you are a fan of quirky games with a lot of style then get ready for Hi, How Are You. Players must play as a small frog like creature as you try to rescue your true love after she was kidnapped by the devil. You must progress through a series of levels by hopping on each of the green tiles to turn them into a solid colour. You must navigate each map and avoid any dangers as fast as you can to earn different trophies and move on to the next stage. Players use the iPhone's tilting ca…
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Family Guy: Uncensored Review
Family Guy: Uncensored is the latest in the line of Family Guy merchandise now available for the iPhone. Players will progress through a story mode, controlling a number of characters from the TV show and playing through different mini-games. Once completed, each mini-game can be accessed through the main menu to be played again. The controls for each mini-game differ but you are given clear instructions on how to play before each game. Some games require tapping on the screen, while…
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Starship Defense Review
Starship Defence is an action game where players command a large space ship and must defend against a fleet of attacking ships. Players use a large laser cannon, missiles and nukes to shoot down enemy ships but can also create and place units in space for added defence. Your goal is to survive as long as possible, while upgrading your weapons and destroying enemy ships. The game’s controls are very simple. You select your main weapon by tapping the icon on the screen and fire by…
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