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Those little living Koosh balls have made their way to the iPhone and I definitely like this game more than Bejeweled 2. My only complaint is that the music is incredibly repetitive, so play this awesome puzzle game with the music off.
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If you enjoyed the original Grand Theft Auto games, played from an overhead perspective, then you’ll be intimately familiar with the gameplay in Chinatown Wars. As someone who spent many hours causing chaos in the original GTA, I definitely recommend this. There’s also a Lite version so you can try before you buy.
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This is the iPhone version of the popular flash game, so if you liked that chances are you’ll feel the same about this app. The graphics are exactly the same (except the coin faces look slightly more retarded), but it features 30 amusing challenges and an arcade play with 4 levels. And for those reluctant to spend $0.99 on it (*cough* cheapo *cough*), there’s also a lite version.
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This is basically a port of SimCity 3000 (the last SimCity game before EA added stupid ambulance driving missions) and really the only bad thing that I can say about it is that the iPhone screen is just a bit too small for a bustling metropolis. A great way to waste hours while Iceland has brought world travel to a standstill.
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In this game you’re a fruit-hating ninja and must slice through various fruits with your mighty sword as they show up on screen. It’s a surprisingly fun game that you can play in casual (3 lives) and zen (90 second limit) mode, and also features a sensei that offers up some useful fruit-themed advice. From now on I will totally rub my mosquito bites with the inside of banana peel like he suggested. In public.
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You can never go wrong with straight up Tetris, and this version adds one feature that is actually pretty cool – the ability to save a block for later. There’s also ‘Magic’ mode, which is Tetris with power-ups. The power-ups require making gestures with your fingers, and personally I found they wouldn’t register at least 50% of the time, so just stick with regular Tetris.
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I previously said that N.O.V.A. was the best FPS on the iPhone, but that crown has been passed to Doom Classic. This port of the original Doom looks better than the PC version, and the lack of mouse look actually makes it much easier to control than N.O.V.A.
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Angry Birds features sneaky green egg-stealing pigs with decent shelter building skills, and some birds in need of an anger management course. Despite the animosity between the two, it’s a cute game with lots of levels to keep you entertained while you slingshot various birds into the shelters that protect the pigs. And if you’re not sure it’s worth $0.99 there’s a Lite Version to get you hooked.
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Truly the greatest iPhone game ever gifted to man by the newly destitute Greek gods on Mount Olympus. Also available for the iPad.
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Jet Car Stunts is an awesome looking, fun, exciting, but sometimes maddeningly frustrating vehicular platformer. Think Mirror’s Edge meets Super Mario Galaxy meets Stunt Race FX. (There’s also a Lite version.)
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This is the most fun and best controlling shmup on the iPhone. You take control of one of three ace pilots and try to destroy the dastardly Soviet war machine. Unfortunately, this almost perfect arcade style iPhone game is marred by some completely out of place first person levels, and the occasional crash bug.
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Dizzypad is like a relaxed summer-day-on-the-porch-with-a-glass-of-sun-tea version of Doodlejump. Your goal is to laxidasically leap from lilypad to lilypad without falling into the water too many times. It’s harder than it sounds, but the explosion of joy you receive each time you unlock a chubby little frog makes it well worth the effort.
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The controls are not great, the voice acting is bad, there are not enough enemy character models and it’s very much a Halo ripoff, BUT this is the best FPS on the iPhone by far and it’s actually pretty fun.
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Oh, the Huge Manatee! is now the greatest Manatee themed game on the iPhone, and I can say that without any hyperbole. Use the tilt control to dodge sea life raining from the sky, and try to survive for as long as you can with the help of bubble shields, grenades, super shoes, and an uzi! Also available on the iPad!
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A quirky tower defense game where you plant flowers to ward off a colorful array of advancing zombies. The only real problem with this game is that it takes too long to become challenging, and even then it never quite becomes hard enough. That said, it’s a very addicting and fun time waster.
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It’s Bejeweled… but for your iPhone. Everybody’s played it. The real meat in these potatoes lies in Bejeweled Blitz, the Facebook integrated one minute games where you can compete against your friends for the best score. The winner gets the glory and the losers are banished to Monster Island.
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Peggle is the million dollar combination of Plinko, pachinko and some sort of futuristic designer drugs. Awesome gameplay, great presentation and tons of replay value make this my favorite iPhone game. I have an Extreme Fever and the only prescription is more Peggle!
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We’re starting something new around here – iPhone game recommendations!
First up, the classic iPhone game Doodle Jump. It’s a tilt controlled game where you must guide your character up an unending series of platforms without falling. If you only ever buy one iPhone game, this is the one to get!
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