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Samurai: Way of the Warrior Review
Samurai: Way of the Warrior is an action game where players take control of a lone samurai on his quest to topple an evil warlord. You travel through a number of different levels fending off enemy attacks and returning the favour, hopefully with a decapitation or two. You move the samurai by dragging your finger on the screen in the direction you want him to go and attack by swiping the screen. As you attack, you will increase your combo counter that also unlocks extra combo moves. Th…
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SkyTroller™: Enroute Air Traffic Control Review
SkyTroller is a strategy game where players must direct airplane traffic by controlling individual plane heights. Your goal is to get as many planes to their destination as possible by adjusting the planes height and ensuring there are no mid air collisions. The planes will fly on their air routes automatically, but their height will need to be adjusted constantly. You can do this by tapping on an airplane and swiping up to ascend or swipe down to descend. You can also increase the nu…
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BOGGLE Review
Boggle is a port of the well known, word based board game for the iPhone. The gameplay is still the same; players are given a 4x4 square full of jumbled letters and they have to make as many words using those letters. Players are given a time limit and score based on the length of the word. You construct words by tapping on the letters in sequence and submit them by tapping the final letter again. The words must be 3 or more letters and only adjacent letters can be selected for each w…
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Nut Chuckin' Review
Nut Chuckin’ is an action game where players take control of Risoo the squirrel as he must defend his tree from other invading squirrels. The gameplay is similar to dodge ball, in that players must catch other thrown nuts and throw them back at enemy squirrels to knock them out of the tree. Players control Risoo in two ways, they can tilt the iPhone to make him run and dodge thrown nuts and they can tap on incoming nuts to catch them and then throw them back. The controls are ea…
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BATTLE BEARS: Zombies! Review
Battle Bears is a survival action game where players take control of Oliver, a brown teddy bear, who in his mission to secure gold and other goodies, has been stranded behind enemy lines and advanced upon by *gasp* pink huggy bears! Oliver must kill every bear in hopes of surviving until he is rescued. However, if Oliver cannot stop the incoming attack, he will surely be hugged to death. You control Oliver’s gun by aiming using one thumb and shooting by tapping with the other th…
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Run! Review
Run! is an action game where players must help a small stick figure man avoid obstacles as he runs. You must safely run past zombies, walls, dropping saw blades and eventually walruses. Your goal is to run as far as you can and earn as many points as you can in doing so. Your stick figure man will run by himself, but you must flick the screen up and down to jump and duck oncoming walls, tap the punch button to kill zombies or other enemies and you can tap on destructible brick walls t…
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Spikey's Bounce Around Review
Spikey’s Bounce Around is a puzzle game where players control Spikey, a spiked ball. As Spikey, you must rescue all your butterfly friends who are trapped in jars. You must also deal with various enemies and other obstacles that may hinder you from rescuing your friends. You control Spikey by tapping and holding the screen and then releasing to send him in the desired direction. The controls are simple, but shot calculation becomes harder as you must complete each level in under…
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Jurassic 3D Rollercoaster Rush Review
3D Rollercoaster Rush Jurassic puts players in control of a rollercoaster as you race through a series of different tracks. Players must adjust the speed of the rollercoaster in order to maximise the enjoyment of the patrons riding. Your goal is to complete all tracks and get as many stars as you can. Players control the cart speed by either tilting the iPhone or using their finger to adjust the speed level on the left of the screen. Players must slow down when travelling up a ramp an…
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Catch Cows Review
Catch Cows is a simple concept reaction game for the iPhone. Players must accurately sort different coloured cows into the appropriately coloured pastures as they run down the farm road. Your goal is to get as many cows into their pastures as possible without making a mistake or missing any cows as they run down. Players move cows by tapping and dragging them into the pastures. White cows go to the white pasture, black cows got to the black pasture and the chequered cows go into which…
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Ancient Wonderland Deluxe Review
Ancient Wonderland Deluxe is a gem matching puzzle game based in the mystic mountain tops of China. Like all gem matching puzzle games, players must link up three or more of the same coloured gem to clear them from the game board. But your goal is to clear a specific amount of jewels scattered in each level in order to discover the elixir of life. You eliminate groups of gems by sliding your finger across them to select them and then release. You will earn more points based on how lar…
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Ramp Champ Review
Ramp Champ is a Skee ball type arcade game for the iPhone. Players roll balls up a ramp to hit the different objects in the level. Each object has different point values and tickets can be earned based on final scores and then traded in for prizes. Using your finger, players flick the ball by up the ramp to hit an object. The harder you flick, the more distance your ball will get. The controls are the same for each game, but the controls aren’t as responsive as you’d like.…
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Empire Of The Sun Game Review
Empire of the Sun Game is a puzzle game where you play as the members of the real life Australian Electropop band, Empire of the Sun as you travel on a surreal and magical journey. The controls consist of different actions such as touch, shake, blow, tilt, drag and rub. It’s up to the player to use these actions to solve puzzles throughout the different levels. But players aren’t given a tutorial, only shown the words and leave you to figure the levels out yourselves. This…
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Animal Kingdom Review
Animal Kingdom is a puzzle game where players take control of 8 different animals, each with different strength levels. The game is very similar to chess in that certain pieces can move certain places and you must verse your opponent in a battle of wits and strategy. Players must either reach the centre square in the enemy's area or eliminate all other animals in order to win the game. You control your animals by tapping on them to select them and then tapping in the direction you wan…
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Liberty Boom Review
Liberty Boom is a fast paced game where players must launch a fireworks show and please the crowd while earning the highest score they can. Points are awarded for the higher your fireworks are upon detonation and points are lost if you detonate too early or hit any planes or blimps flying around. Your fireworks are launched automatically from four different sections and you must press tap the ‘tap zone’ of the correct section to detonate that particular firework. You must…
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Card Drop: Solitaire Reloaded! Review
Card Drop is a card game where players must stack up cards on free falling cards to get points. The stacking system is similar to Solitaire, where players either stack cards in sequence counting up or down. The difference in Card Drop however, is that players must stack their cards before the falling cards drop off the screen. Players must stack as many cards as they can for points before the game timer runs out. Players stack cards by dragging cards from their piles at the bottom up…
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