iPhone and iPod Touch games thread

[dmauro]

Posting from my iPod touch. Matt and Joe showed me a bunch of cool games but I don't remember the names of any of them. Plus I figure there are probably some new games that I should check out. Recommend GO!

[FortNinety]

First, the essentials:

Canabalt - The ultimate, pick and play for just 5 seconds iPhone game. Perfect control and perfect everything else. Well worth the $3 you'll pay for it.
Edge (or Edgy as its called these days) - Awesome aesthetics and sounds, drag controls that actually work.
CritterCrunch - I still say the iPhone version is vastly superior to the PS3 version. Just a great gem-type puzzler.
Eliss - Whimsical is the best way to describe this game, as well as hard as fuck. This is the game that will work the best on iPad, but the iPhone/iPod Touch version is sill a damn fine game, even work the asking price of $6.
Space Invaders Infinity Gene - A shmup that actually works on the platform, and like many of the already mentioned titles, sexy as all hell.

And the rest, which are all still quite great, but not as brilliant as the ones just mentioned. Try out the Lite versions first if they're available:

Skee-ball
Peggle
Flight Control
ParaPanic
Mr. AahH!!
Evacuation
EnviroBear
Hook Champ
Mini Squadron
Topple 2+ (don't get regular #2, which costs money)
Stay
Zen Bound
Beat It!
Bitboxland
Lit Line
Newtonica (just the first one)
One Dot Enemies
MGS Touch
Tomma Sanner
Jet Car Stunts

... sorry, too lazy to check what games I've uninstalled in my iTunes que.

[dmauro]

I played Canabalt on the web, but I didn't like it that much. Cool graphics though. I just bought CritterCrunch because I liked that one. Has anyone tried NOVA?

[FortNinety]

Dude, fuck anything from Gameloft. Seriously. I know you like Halo and all, so a mindless, totally uncreative clone might be your alley.

Though try Eliminate Pro, I've heard good things about that one, plus it's by ngmoco.

[loopback]

Plants vs. Zombies is going to be landing on the iphone in the very near future (matter of a few weeks, I believe. don't have a hard date yet.)

Also, if I see someone else put Peggle down as 'good but not as good as these other games' again, I might have to cut someone. ALL HAIL UNICORNS AND RAINBOWS.

[dmauro]

Games I put down money for:

Critter Crunch (my favorite, very much so)

Puzzle Quest (I bought the $5 one with two chapters because I played the hell out of this on the PSP and I don't think I ever even bought it)

Pac-Man CE (halfway decent control system and I like how the different championship levels work better than on the XBLA game)

Peggle (loved this on PC, but only had the demo because it's more of a time waster than something I would seek out to play, will be great on the subway)

Jet Car Stunts (saw a video and it looked too good not to try)

Flight Control (took your advice on this one, not completely sold on it yet, but went for it since it was only a buck)

Looking at buying: Hook Champ, Eliss, Labyrinth 2, Sway, Zen Bound. These all have demo versions that are pretty good, but I'm not totally sold on yet.

Free games I'm enjoying:
Mr. Aah (my favorite free one)
Topple 2+ (super fun, but after one level I find myself switching to something else)
Unblock Me and Edgymind (nice puzzlers)
Eliminate Pro (it's an FPS deathmatch game, kind of intersting, uses ngmoco's plus network if anyone wants to play)

[dmauro]

p.s.
Peggle's use of Ode to Joy is one of the better abuses of cliche out there.

[dmauro]

Everyone get "Words with Friends." It's a free scrabble-ish game that you can play online. My name on there is wizardpeople so just put it in there and it will automatically start up a game between us.

[dmauro]

Also check out Surfacer. It's a really good free game that the App Store genius feature found for me.

[isfet]

how is "chess with friends?"  i've been on a bit of a chess kick lately, but don't have many people to play with.  anyone on here game?

[dmauro]

Yes, also get Chess with Friends if you play chess. Perhaps there's something better, but this works just fine and it's free.

[FortNinety]

I know Joe's been playing this one already, but for everyone else, Noby Noby Boy for the iPhone is simply the greatest thing ever, easily my new fave game for the device.

[FortNinety]

Dave, since you're dabbling in iPhone/Touch dev, this might be worth your attention...

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/04/23/over-800-sketch-nation-shooter-games-created-so-far-on-the-iphon/

[dmauro]

Yeah, I'll stick to ESPGaluda II for now.