iPhone games (also Ipod Tooch/iPad games too)

does anyone ever go non-zen on peggle challenges???

s1ocki, what level did you manage to get 750k on? Working my way through the challenges now...

― Suedey 2, Sunday, June 28, 2009 6:29 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the third or fourth one. with the u-shape. using multiball. if you can trick it so the thing at the bottom catches more than one ball on a turn u get massive bounces. also really finesse those purples, especially towards the end. if you can clear hte board completely you're much more likely to get 100k bonus too.

i never use zen

I'm saving the Mass Effect game until nearer the date of ME2. I've already forgotten most of the plot of the original, if I play the iphone game now I'll just have even more to catch up on before I start the proper sequel.

I never use zen either. I always use the pumpkin.

really? pumpkin is too random. I figure zen or fireball. I'm stuck on the last 350k challenge now ><

fireball is almost never worth it imo

Used Zen a lot, but it's weird nature actually seems to prevent getting those REALLY crazy shots. Spookyball was really good at times, too. Gave up on ever hitting 750k tho.

u can do it nhex

guys what about Flight Control

should i get that y/n

it's fun!

get it now

really addictive :(

ok

:(

sorry :(

maybe it isn't as fun as i thought

i havent tried it

It's more annoying than fun.

Thanks for the tip s1ocki! Gonna give that a go soon. Been trying to perfect my scoring abilities on the multi level score chasing levels etc, got about 600,000 or so on a few levels. I used to use zen a lot but then got wise to it, generally I go for a spooky ball and try to get a spooktacular on the go but I might try some more multiball action.

Kind of annoyed that if you clear levels and stuff in challenges it doesnt record it on the level select even though it gives you the big level clear thing.

quite liking iShift.

are there any 3GS-only games yet?

what is the point of zen anyway? even when it gets to "maximum zen" i find it doesn't lead to such incredible shots... is there a way u gotta use it?

Yeah it's weird, when you first use it, it seems like the bee's knees, but after a while you do realize it's not as good as you thought, especially once you figure out how to make 100k/200k/etc. shots yourself.

955,400! God, why did I stay up so late trying to do that. I ended up using Warren on the level you mentioned, s1ocki. Got a combo of magic hat and triple score that took me to around 500,000 then nearly cleared the rest of the level in one shot.

Yeesh. I think it might let me sleep now.

geebers what is your top flight control score

finally beat the 400k one -_-

and yeah, zen blows for those challenges.

I'm having a lot of fun with Drawrace. Although beyond a certain point I start to feel I'm handicapped by my fat fingeredness.

doing this zenovia free thing and it is def appealing to the old school top down rpg lover in me.

GBX WHAT IS YOUR TOP FLIGHT SCORE

oh hey assassins creed for iphone is pretty but SUPER ANNOYING

oh come on nobody else has tried zenovia? its cool!

oh i see maybe it is because i am an idiot and calling it zenovia when it is zenonia

zeno seems fun but really involving/interactive which kind of plays away from what i want in an ipod game.

Holy shit Monkey Island is out for the phone. Goosebumps

I LOVE TOOBZ

i love drop7. seriously ob sessed.

hey it's fun, thx

Toobz is Pipe Dreams ripoff, right? I never want to see a Pipe Dreams type game again after Bioshock

This is my first post using my new iPhone. Never before have I been so worried about having fat fingers.

They get skinnier, worry not.

OK, as I just mentioned, I have just obtained one eyephone. Of course I've read the thread, but there are plenty of newish games out there that haven't been mentioned. IGN has reviewed these games (and sorry I'm c+p'ing so the formatting will probably be nutty):

Rolando 2: The Quest for the Golden Orchid   	 Puzzle   	 9.0  	 Jun 30, 2009
Firemint Real Racing 	Racing  	9.0 	Jun 11, 2009
Space Invaders Infinity Gene 	Action  	8.7 	Jul 29, 2009
Wolfenstein RPG 	RPG  	8.5 	Aug 12, 2009
Reign of Swords 2 	Strategy  	8.5 	Aug 3, 2009
F.A.S.T. 	Flight Simulation 	8.5 	Jul 10, 2009
Knights Onrush 	Strategy  	8.5 	Jun 15, 2009
Moonlights 	Puzzle  	8.0 	Aug 4, 2009
Wild Wild Train 	Puzzle Action 	8.0 	Jul 31, 2009
Blimp: The Flying Adventures 	Flight Action 	8.0 	Jul 21, 2009
Baseball Slugger: Home Run Race 3D 	Sports  	8.0 	Jul 16, 2009
Starhogs 	Action  	8.0 	Jul 6, 2009
Doom Resurrection 	Shooter  	8.0 	Jun 29, 2009
Zooloretto 	Strategy  	8.0 	Jun 25, 2009
3D Rollercoaster Rush 	Puzzle  	8.0 	Jun 18, 2009
California Gold Rush 	Puzzle  	8.0 	Jun 16, 2009
Duke Nukem 3D 	Shooter  	7.9 	Aug 10, 2009
Crazy Penguin Catapult 2 	Puzzle Action 	7.9 	Jun 25, 2009
Jewel Quest Deluxe 	Puzzle  	7.8 	Jul 7, 2009
NFL 2010 	Sports  	7.5 	Aug 7, 2009
Pac-Man Remix 	Action  	7.5 	Aug 5, 2009
G-Force 	Action  	7.5 	Jul 28, 2009
Touch K.O. 	Sports  	7.5 	Jul 28, 2009
Puzzlings 	Puzzle  	7.5 	Jul 17, 2009
Jungle Bloxx 	Puzzle  	7.5 	Jul 10, 2009
Archon 	Strategy  	7.5 	Jun 26, 2009
Castle of Magic 	Action  	7.2 	Jun 24, 2009
Defender Chronicles: Legend of the Desert King 	Strategy  	7.2 	Jun 15, 2009
Crazy Monkey Spin 	Platformer  	7.1 	Jul 30, 2009
Minigore 	Action  	7.0 	Jul 30, 2009
Resident Evil 4: Mobile Edition 	Action  	7.0 	Jul 27, 2009
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution 	Strategy  	6.5 	Aug 11, 2009
Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, The 	Adventure  	6.5 	Jul 23, 2009
Worms 	Strategy  	5.5 	Jul 13, 2009
Power Pros Touch 	Sports  	5.0 	Jul 22, 2009
Mass Effect Galaxy 	Shooter  	5.0 	Jun 23, 2009
DJ Mix Tour 	Music  	5.0 	Jun 15, 2009
Ghostbusters 	Action  	4.5 	Jun 16, 2009
Streets of Rage 	Fighting  	4.0 	Jul 20, 2009
Golden Axe 	Action  	4.0 	Jun 19, 2009

Does anyone want to out themselves as an undeniable stan for any of these games? Are any games rated way too high, or too low? If you could only pick a few, which would they be? What's the best value?

F.A.S.T. is a good dumb arcade-style airplane shoot-em-down game. I'd pay a dollar for sure, and maybe 2 or 3, for it.

I just bought Zooloretto for a dollar in a sale that I think is ongoing, but I haven't played it yet. I mention it just b/c of the sale (from $5 I think).

I love Civ:Rev on DS and this is apparently a port of that version, but since I have a DS I won't be getting it for iPhone. It was $5 last week but I guess that was just a sale (from $10 normally). It's $15-$20 on DS last I checked.

The games I've played the most aren't on there. They're Azkend, which is a hex-match-n game with really cool touch control; and Bookworm, the classic PopCap word game. Peggle is an obv. must too, I think.

i will stan for:

FRENZIC
drop7
geodefense
peggle
flightcontrol

spider lost in the house or whatever it's called is pretty good

these are all puzzly/strategy/tower games, which reflects both my gaming interests but also waht i feel works best on iphone.

The makers of Zenonia put out a new game: Hybrid: Eternal Whisper

Another action-jrpg, only from the side view. Lots of bits straight out of the SNES, too. Quite talky so far.

how is it on the tooch?

Should be. Check the Store.

squareball is completely wonderful, but quite tricky. it's like breakout married an 8-bit platformer.

I'm really not sold on the ipod/Touch as a good gaming platform mainly due to the touch screen control quality, but anyone tried Hook Champ? It's this Umihara Kaiwase/Bionic Commando-type grappling hook platformer, works astonishingly well.

drop7

oregon trail on iphone is some bullshit how hard is it to code a really accurate version of the one we all remember playing in grade school, think of all the nostalgia bucks to be made guys