Tikal came out for ipad tonight. I haven’t played the physical game before, but it seemed reasonably well done and I like what I’ve seen after one play through.
That Sword and Sworcery game is out for iPhone/iTouch. Downloading now.
Ooh, I’ve got that board game, so I’m definitely picking this up.
JoshV
4624
Has anyone tried porting the SCUMM engine to the iOS yet? I was thinking the other day that getting access to all the old LucasFilm classics would be cool, and for the kiddies, giving them access to Pajama Sam and all the Backyard series of sports games might be a good time suck.
If you’ve jailbroken your phone I believe they’ve made SCUMM for Cydia.
As we’ve seen with other emulators, you’re only going to get on the App Store if you bundle it with content and lock out the generic loading of non-approved content. So, you’d need Lucasarts’s cooperation to get some actual games, at which point they’re likely to just say “Pfft, forget you, we’ll just do it ourselves and take all the money.”
JoshV
4627
Yeah, the LucasArts games are probably out, and unfortunately I think Atari has the rights to Pajama Sam and the various old Humongous games. Tis a shame though.
The first two Monkey Island games are already on the App Store now, for $2.99 each or free if you get the ‘lite’ versions (which doesn’t address Josh’s question about the SCUMM engine in general but at least LA has made some of its games available officially).
It’s Angry Birds meets Plants vs. Zombies together with a topical holiday theme! Bunny the Zombie Slayer sets off every crass commercial cash-in alarm in my head. But hey, it’s only a buck and it’s Hothead, which is okay.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjSKFjyKMtI&hd=1
habibi
4630
How does it play on the iPhone?
Unless there’s some gameplay twist that eventually shows up, this game is terrible.
Yep. Terrible. Probably going to be the iCross this week, telling everyone what a terrible game it is.
Oh hey, big Easter weekend game sale:
Beyond Ynth is listed as free, but showing up as a buck on the App Store. It’s a great game regardless of what they’re charging. I Dig It, Train Conductor, and Geared 2 are also great freebies.
Jason, I sense you’re being sarcastic regarding BtZS, and if so I’m curious to read your next iCross entry to see what I’m missing.
EDIT: There are more sales showing up in the thread linked in the article Jason linked. Mahjong Artifacts 2 is down to $1, and worth nabbing if you like that sort of thing.
Warning
4637
So I’m new to iPhone games and I’m looking at this sale and wondering what would be good to snap up? Are there some outstanding, must-have games in this list?
Electronic Arts
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 — iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99
Command and Conquer: Red Alert – iPad: $4.99 → $0.99
CLUE — iPhone: $1.99 → $0.99
Dead Space – iPhone: $6.99 → $.99, iPad: $9.99 → $0.99
FIFA 11 — iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99, iPad: $9.99 → $0.99
Fight Night Champions — iPhone: $4.99 → $0.99
Madden NFL 11 — iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99, iPad: $12.99 → $0.99
Max and the Magic Marker – iPhone: $1.99 → $0.99, iPad: $4.99 → $0.99
Monopoly – iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99
NBA Jam – iPhone: $4.99 → $0.99
NCAA Football – iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit — iPhone: $4.99 → $0.99
Need for Speed Shift — iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99
Pictureka! for iPad – iPad: $4.99 → $0.99
Reckless Racing HD — iPad: $4.99 → $0.99
RISK — iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99
Rock Band Reloaded — iPhone: $4.99 → $2.99, iPad: $9.99 → $2.99
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 — iPhone: $4.99 → $0.99
Scrabble — iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99, iPad: $9.99 → $0.99
Tetris – iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99
The Game of Life Classic Edition — iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99
The Sims 3 – iPhone: $6.99 → $0.99
The Sims 3 Ambitions — iPhone: $4.99 → $0.99
Chillingo
Etolis: Arena — Universal: $1.99 → $0.99
Sneezies Easter Edition — iPhone: $1.99 → Free
Zooloretto — iPhone: $4.99 → $0.99
SEGA
Altered Beast — iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99
Chu Chu Rocket! HD — iPad: $4.99 → $0.99
Super Monkey Ball — iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99
Super Monkey Ball 2 — iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99
Gamevil
Illusia – iPhone: $1.99 → $0.99
Zenonia — iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99
Zenonia 2 — iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99
Digital Chocolate
3D Brick Breaker Revolution 2 – iPhone: $1.99 → $0.99
3D Mini Golf Challenge — iPhone: $1.99 → $0.99
California Gold Rush 2 — iPhone: $1.99 → $0.99
Icy Tower — iPhone: $2.99 → $1.99
Tower Bloxx Deluxe 3D — iPhone: $1.99 → $0.99
99Games
Create a Mall — iPhone: $3.99 → $1.99, iPad: $4.99 → $2.99
Mystic Emporium – iPhone: $2.99 → $1.99, iPad: $3.99 → $2.99
The Jim and Frank Mysteries – The Blood River Files HD — iPad: $2.99 → $1.99
Winemaker Extraordinaire HD — iPad: $4.99 → $2.99
WordsWorth HD — iPad: $2.99 → $1.99
Various:
1945 Air Strike from Gojoy Co. — iPhone: $0.99 → Free
Across Age DX from FDG Entertainment — iPhone: $3.99 → $0.99
Beyond Ynth from FDG Entertainment — iPhone: $1.99 → Free
BattleZone 3D King of the Hill from Noumena — iPhone: $5.99 → Free
Blokus from Gameloft — iPhone: $4.99 → $0.99
Caligo Chaser from Com2uS — iPhone: $2.99 → Free
Cro-Mag Rally from Pangea — Universal: $3.99 → $0.99
Dogs Playing Poker from Candywriter — iPhone: $2.99 → $0.99
Galaxy on Fire 2 from Fishlabs — Universal: $9.99 → $4.99
Game Dev Story from Kairosoft — iPhone: $3.99 → $1.99
Geared 2 from Bryan Mitchell — Universal: $0.99 → Free
Great Little War Game HD from Rubicon — Universal: $2.99 → $0.99
I Dig It from InMotion Software — iPhone: $0.99 → Free
NewtonApples from Edenpod — iPhone: $1.99 → Free
Pinball Ride Unlimited from Massive Finger — Universal: $4.99 → $2.99
Race After 1977 from Xpect Games — iPhone: $2.99 → $.99
Reverse Maze from Ironshod Limited — iPhone: $0.99 → Free
Road Blaster from Revolutionary Concepts — iPhone: $1.99 → $.99, iPad: $3.99 → $.99
Silverfish from Chaotic Box — iPhone: $1.99 → $.99
Tehra Dark Warrior from StormBASIC Games — iPhone: $3.99 → Free
Train Conductor from The Voxel Agents — Universal: $0.99 → Free
ZombieSmash from Gamedoctors — iPhone: $1.99 → $0.99, iPad: $3.99 → $1.99
Many graphical adventures from Anuman
Clay
4638
Galaxy on Fire 2 is fun and worth $5.
Game Dev Story was worth way more than $2 to me
Those are the only two that jump out at me.
rei
4639
Dead Space for iPad and iPhone are deals compared to their regular price.
Kurdel
4640
Pictureka iPad is the best multiplayer game one there.
Fun for the whole family.
