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  • Games on yer iphone/ipod touch

  • Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
Because playing them is not enough, we have to bitch about them daily, too. We had a Gameplay forum, but it got replaced by GameFAQs.
 #144525  by bovine
 Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:29 pm
Holy moly! The put plants v. zombies on the app store a couple weeks ago for $3 and it was pretty much the greatest moment of my life. Not only is it a tremendous deal, but it has all the content of the regular sized version! The touch interface also works really well, I may even say it works better than using a mouse (because it works better than using a mouse).

Also, Final Fantasy 1 and 2 were released today and that is pretty great. I'm grabbing #1 as I am typing, but the pricing is not as supafantastic as PvZ. $9 a pop is not a deal. I have known deals for a long time, and been acquaintances with other sorts of bargains, so I can fully recognize when something is not one of those. This is not one of those. If you were to look at supply and demand, there is a million different ways to get final fantasy 1 and 2, and I can't imagine the demand for either of these exceeds PvZ, so it's price is too high. As an economizer (and just plain miser... But not Zeus-level) I would have to say this pricing is not so good.

Some other noteworthy releases are:

- tomena sanner
- canabalt
- beneath a steel sky

there are a million games and apps on this app store, but there is about 1% good stuff in there.

Anyone else have any recommendations? Bovine wants to know.

 #144547  by SineSwiper
 Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:00 am
Get an Android and get the free apps, including plenty of games.

 #144573  by Julius Seeker
 Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:10 am
Zenobia comes to mind. That's the one that has drawn my attention the most lately. Zen bound is also fairly cool. Nova works surprisingly well, and I am not even into that kind of game. Resident Evil 4 is probably a must have for RE fans with an iPhone/iPod Touch as well. SSX looks really fun. Final Fantasy obviously =)

 #144575  by Andrew, Killer Bee
 Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:31 am
Space Miner is good! It's like a PSX-vintage Asteroids remake with RPG elements.