Finally, Electronic Arts has released a version of its famous SimCity game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Nicely described by a site as "the grandfather of them all", SimCity now joins other EA-released games such as Spore, Scrabble, Monopoly and Tetris. The game is now available for $9.99 through the App Store.
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Finally, SimCity for the iPhone
Finally, Electronic Arts has released a version of its famous SimCity game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Nicely described by a site as "the grandfather of them all", SimCity now joins other EA-released games such as Spore, Scrabble, Monopoly and Tetris. The game is now available for $9.99 through the App Store.
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Two iPhone Control Pads on the way?
It seems gaming on the iPhone is about to get a whole lot more intuitive and a lot more versatile. At least that's what those over at TouchArcade are saying. They've found evidence of two new iPhone control pads that could make it possible to use traditional gaming functions on your iPhone
The iControl pad, pictured above, has four face buttons, Start/Select, a D pad and a light-up LED. this is ... continued »
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Real Racing networked multiplayer game for iPhone: Video Demo
Australian developer Firemint have been showing off their new mobile racing game, Real Racing, which could make an appearance on the iPhone's AppStore by Christmas. In the video below you can see the graphics capabilities of the iPhone as a gaming platform, as well as Real Racing's use of the accelerometer. Gaming will either be one-player or head-to-head over either your carrier's network or via WiFi.
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Quickie Review: Comet Cowboy Lite
Asteroids is one of those games that's been around since the beginning of time, or at least since before I was born. The concept is simple, you point your space ship at an asteroid, and shoot it. You can also move around to avoid getting hit, and the larger chunks of space rock break into smaller bits. Well, Comet Cowboy is similar to Asteroids, except that you don't blow up ... continued »
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Frogger hops onto your iPhone
When I was a kid we had a computer lab full of old Apple II computers, which we would use maybe twice a year to play games on. We had several games to choose from, but I really only remember two that I would play; Oregon Trail and Frogger. Unless you are very young, I would be willing to bet that you've encountered these games at some point in your ... continued »
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Quickie Review: Magic8Ball
The Magic 8-Ball is one of those simple toys that will probably never die. After all, it was created back in 1946. We just seem to have a fascination with leaving decisions up to a D20 encased in a water-filled 8-ball (and you thought only D&D geeks used D20s). Oddly enough, 10 of the answers are affirmative, only 5 are negative, and 5 responses merely tell you to ask again. ... continued »
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Quickie Review: Hangman
I can bet that almost everyone has played the game hangman at some point in their life. It's a simple game, someone picks a word and draws a series of lines that corresponds to the number of letters in the word. As you guess letters, each wrong guess gets a body part drawn on a stick figure until either youv'e guessed the right word, or you run out of parts. ... continued »
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