iPhone & Mobile Games

Paper Toss Game

Advantages: A quick and simple game for free...
Disadvantages: ...very basic

...title denotes, you 'toss' the paper into the bin from a set distance regarding the level you pick - Easy, Medium or Hard. But it's not as straight forward as that. It never is! To make the game somewhat taxing and therefore add the addictiveness to the App, a wind level will change after each throw, meaning the trajectory will need to change. This all means a certain degree of 'skill' is required rather than just sliding your finger across the screen ...
...'wind' is blowing 3.90 metres to the left, the next it could be 5.69 metres to the right. Obviously, the harder the levels become, the harder it gets to judge just exactly how you should aim the paper. The latest version of the game also has an “Airport” version – which in difficulty terms is between Easy and Medium – and the same principles apply, but this time the background graphics are of an airport terminal rather than the obvious office environment. ...

carl.mcqueen 15.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Paper Toss (iPhone)

A treasure trove of Monkey Island goodness - worth the booty!

Advantages: Classic mode, new graphics, great voice-acting, good storyline
Disadvantages: Controls take some adjusting to

Although point-and-click adventure games dominated the software market a couple of decades ago, their popularity has rapidly dwindled with the demand for graphically-stunning shoot-'em-ups and simulation games. LucasArts, the mastermind behind legendary adventure games such as the Monkey Island canon, Grim Fandango and Sam 'n' Max Hit The Road, bid adieu to a long tradition of point-and-clicks with their final release, Escape From Monkey Island (4th ...
...- sort of. Enter the advent of iPhone app popularity and a growing demand for mobile games that arguably prompted the team's dedicated project of revival, culminating in the revamp of the first ever 1990 installment, The Secret of Monkey Island - featuring mild-mannered Guybrush Threepwood on a quest to become a pirate. What exactly does this 're-vamping' consist of? New platforms: The new release is PC, Xbox and iPhone/iPod-friendly. Yes, the ...

amsterdamage 05.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Secret Of Monkey Island: Special Edition (iPhone)

Boxed In iPhone Game

Advantages: A free iPhone game that lasts ages!
Disadvantages: Complicated for many!

...writer…but here’s the free game Boxed In. The concept of the game is simple but at the same time can result in being devilishly hard. You have 50 levels to negotiate by pushing boxed around to make it to the exit. Sound easy? Well, not quite. The boxes have to be navigated around the maze into certain positions rather than just clearing a gap for the ‘robot’ to reach the exit. Boxes need to be placed over ‘portals’ to make certain routes clear, ...
...are dotted all other the place to pass through to the next level. Got it? Okay, good. Read on. Now, with there being 50 levels, the last thing you’d want is to get stuck on level 3 and not be able to see what the other ones are like, so there’s some leeway. You can play any of the following five levels. So for example, when you start on level 1, you can play any through to level 5…but can’t start level 6 until you complete level 1, and so on. There’s ...

carl.mcqueen 05.10.2009 · Read full review
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Flick Cricket Game

Advantages: An iPhone cricket game...
Disadvantages: ...very basic

...So here's another one - Flick Cricket. There's a game doing the rounds on the internet called Stick Cricket which is extremely addictive and enjoyable...unfortunately the Flick version is completely different, and not quite up to the same standard; but then again this application is free for all you good, good iPhone users. The game is based on a six-over match, where the user always bats first and then attempts to defend the total as the 'computer' ...
...is important, and you must flick faster for a harder shot. Longer strokes across the screen hit it higher in the air. There is a wagon wheel graphic at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen to show you where the player who is on strike has struck the ball. When bowling, you select the bowler you want, be it a pace, swing or spin one, and then chose the line of the delivery. Naturally if you bowl spin for example, don't make it go too wide or ...

carl.mcqueen 30.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Flick Cricket (iPhone)

Waterslide Game

Advantages: A great free iPhone application
Disadvantages: For free...there's no disadvantages!

...such monumental ideas! The Waterslide Game, by Fish Labs and heavily sponsored by Barclaycard (for obvious reasons) is a free application which has become one of, if not the highest downloaded, free game for the iPhone. To give it it's offical title; "Waterslide Extreme", the aim of the game is to navigate the character through the levels to the chequered flag. Each level has a different slide which gradually gets harder and with more obstacles ...
...straightforward. Obviously as they go down they will pick up momentum, but by tipping the iPhone away from you will help speed them up, and to slow them down if needs be, then tip the phone towards you. To steer from left to right you 'drive' the iPhone as you would with a steering wheel. As you go through the level you need to pick up the green diamonds, but avoid the obstacles such as the rubber ducks and crabs. Hitting these will stop you and ...

carl.mcqueen 23.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Waterslide Extreme (iPhone)