The iOS gaming thread

[milko]

I'm tempted by (deep breath) Tiger Woods, NBA Jam, Spy Mouse and Burnout at these prices, are they any good?

[shock33]

Tiger woods is excellent, my favourite golf game on the iPhone by far

[milko]

The only thing putting me off that one is that surely a v13 is only around the corner.

[SaintM]

Very wise. It's not like you'll ever be able to get that 69p back.

[milko]

That 69p could change my life!

[HarryBizzle]

Nice. Just bought Infinity Blade. Thinking about a few others.

I use this website which's name escapes me at the mo. They sell £15 iTunes vouchers for £11.50 and provide instant codes. I've used them twice now and it works out to about another 25%. If anyone's bothered I'll get it from my bookmarks and link it here.

[Miner Willy]

Virtua tennis challenge just appeared on the app store. Played half an hour and very impressed

What are the controls like?

[The Mighty Ash]

There are a few different options, I ignored the gesture/swipe stuff and went straight for the virtual pad. Been ok so far, although sometimes I am sure I pressed the button and nothing registers.

[Miner Willy]

Thanks.

[HarryBizzle]

League of Evil 2 is amazing!

Also got Zen Bound 2 and Waking Mars. Is it worth bothering with Mass Effect? Any others worth picking up?

Super brothers also doesn't seem to be on sale. Still £2.99.

[Harmunt]

AppShopper shows Burnout Crash! as 69p yet the App store lists it at £1.49... Bastards.

[Mr Do 71]

Forget Me Not is down to 69p. Sort of psychedelic pac-man roguelike with a wall-grinding mechanic.

Really like this.

[Wickedkitten]

Put this over in Off Topic but it's better suited over here really. Because it's Memorial Day weekend in the US, they are doing a 50% off thing and San Andreas has been lowered to 4.99 this weekend and Vice City is only £2.99

[SaintM]

erm....

[Wickedkitten]

Yeah I know they aren't ios games but a lot of people that have ios devices also have macs so they might be interested

[ZOK]

Everyone should have a go on Magnetic Shaving Derby for nowt.

Why aren't people all over this? It's amazing! Like, just amazing! And free.

And the secret Space Surfing mini game is even better.

[SaintM]

Yeah I know they aren't ios games but a lot of people that have ios devices also have macs so they might be interested

Fair enough, but you didn't say it was mac or even where they are from, hence my confusion. Is it App Store then? I fancy another run through SA

[Wickedkitten]

Fair enough, but you didn't say it was mac or even where they are from, hence my confusion. Is it App Store then? I fancy another run through SA

Aye my bad it's on the mac app store. I've actually got it running in 1080p using my dual shock 3 and it's just as good as it ever was, if not more so

[Swainy]

Was it Swainy off here that was involved in a Target Renegade remake on the PC? Is this related?

Just to say that I've just played this and to be honest I found it enjoyable despite the wooden look of the graphics and the boring sound track (the real TR had great music).

I have emailed the author asking him if he wants to use my touched up graphics from the original, I doubt if he will but you never know I guess.

[Hitcher]

Why aren't people all over this? It's amazing! Like, just amazing! And free.

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And the secret Space Surfing mini game is even better.

Looked good in the video but I can't actually play games where your fingers block the action.

[Mr Do 71]

Forget Me Not is down to 69p. Sort of psychedelic pac-man roguelike with a wall-grinding mechanic.

Would love to see this on the big screen (360/PS3), and they could make it a bit more intense as using a pad would make it easier.

[rumblecat]

Aye my bad it's on the mac app store. I've actually got it running in 1080p using my dual shock 3 and it's just as good as it ever was, if not more so

Aw, cheers for the heads up on this- it wasn't iOS related, but downloaded San Andreas onto my Mac, and the 360 controller doesn't work too well with it, but set up the free app Joypad Connect which is brilliant- now zooming round San Andreas using the iPhone as a controller, which actually works really well once you've configured everything.

http://getjoypad.com/

[HarryBizzle]

Envelop is free a the moment and is awesome.

Greed Corp is down to 69p.

[Monkeyspill]

Thanks for that - just downloaded Envelop - a nice little game and seems pretty addictive!

[omus]

Anyone know where one can procure cheap iTunes vouchers that get the code emailed?

[Jimmyzilla]

have a search on eBay, you can get them for about 25% off iirc

[HarryBizzle]

Anyone know where one can procure cheap iTunes vouchers that get the code emailed?

I use rapidfirebargains.co.uk. £11.50 for £15. They seem to have an automatic system so you get emailed the code almost immediately.

[Gotters]

thanks for posting about rapidfirebargains, just used them and got my codes instantly - good savings too.

[MrHendo]

Can anyone recommend any top down racers, micromachines/super sprint types?

Cheers,

Indy

Unfortunately the cars just stick to the track, it hasn't got the drifting that I look for in these sorts of games, but it might be worth a look.

They all manage to do so much right but don't appreciate the nuances of the controls, i find that you either get stuck-to-the-track or permanent-slide which I hate. You need it to be grippy up to a point and then it breaks into a slide, which seemingly no one has done yet.

Has anyone tried Mini Motor Racing yet? It's currently free for both iPhone and iPad versions. I've only played a couple of races but it's certainly very drifty.

[Distinct muttering]

Hearing good things about Virtua Tennis from a mate, anyone here played it? I don’t trust recommendations unless they come via the internet.