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The Apple App Store gaming update is Gamertell’s weekly look at the previous week’s Apple App Store game releases. We cover them all - good and not so good - in their respective categories with a breakdown of the great games and the free games right where you want ‘em, at the top and in your face. The list is available every Monday, right as you are about to start that long work week.

It’s been a big week for the App Store. Apple’s App Store finally received (gave?) it’s one billionth app download! The lucky app to be downloaded was Bump, which allows users to swap information by bumping their hands together while holding their phones. It only took 9 months to get to one billion downloads which is a pretty big accomplishment, especially considering how broken the store is.

Also big this week, is the release of Assassin’s Creed, Trivial Pursuit and Land of the Lost. Okay, maybe not Land of the Lost on the App Store. You can expect our review of Assassin’s Creed later this week and at the same time play it for yourself because it leads off this week’s…

What You Might Want To Check Out

Assassin’s Creed - Altaïr’s Chronicles: Price: $9.99
“Jerusalem, 1191 AD. The Third Crusade between the Crusaders and Saracens is tearing the Holy Land apart.
You are Altaïr, a Master Assassin sent by the Order of the Assassins on a quest to find “The Chalice”, an object of such power that it can end the Crusades, depending on which camp owns it. Steal The Chalice from the Templars before someone offers them the right price for it.
The fate of the Holy Land depends on you…”

Airport Mania: First Flight Lite
“Pack your bags for an exciting trip as you take to the skies and journey from airport to airport helping customers along the way! Airport Mania: First Flight Lite has 2 different airports with unique challenges and whimsical planes. Upgrade your airport along the way with larger planes, painting spaces and beverage service to keep your customers happy, and be sure to avoid any delays!”

Trivial Pursuit: Price: $4.99
“Knowledge meets fun in this stylish version of the classic! With over 3,500 text and picture questions, you’ll never run out of answers! Stunning 3D graphics and rich sound effects immerse you in the game. Feeling nostalgic? Play a round in Classic Mode. In the mood for something new? Test your wit in Pursuit Mode. Fuel your competitive side with WIFI capability for up to four players and Pass and Play for up to six. Answer fun and challenging questions correctly and get your piece of the pie!”

What’s Free

Land of the Lost: Crystal Adventure
“Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell) has been dropped in the Land of the Lost and is trapped in the Sleestak temple. Help him make his way through the levels of the temple by overcoming the pits and traps he’ll encounter. Each level presents its own challenging mix of obstacles to overcome in an effort to reach the large crystal. Push blocks, build bridges, and navigate around obstacles in order to reach the end of the level – all while avoiding the Sleestaks.”

Crazy Bee Lite
“The objective of this game is to occupy the bee hive. The bee hive has colored cells and the player tries to go as far as they can go to occupy more cells than the opponent. It is an amazing brain teasing and relaxation game. The game is featured with nice bee animations and bright design. When the player occupies more than half of the bee hive, they win. The bee hive cell color number can be changed from 5 to 6. It has “single” player mode. The “Beginner level, will allow users to use the bee hive with 200 cells. The “Colored” mode will allow players to color occupy cells and the “BW” mode will allow players to occupy the bee hive in black and white. Sound “On” and “Off” modes are also available.”

Kamikaze Robots FREE
“Go bot-to-bot in Kamikaze Robots and compete in 6 races in the Tournament mode! The Free Version has limited armor upgrades, trophies and amount of players. Purchase the Full Version to complete the rest of the levels and earn the respect and upgrades you need to become a true Kamikaze Robot. Share the explosively fun action game by challenging friends to a multiplayer race and watch your score bubble up as you are racing to reach the finish line.”

DizzyMission Lite
“DizzyMission is a thrilling game in which you have to guide a little space ship through numerous exciting levels. To control your spacecraft, you have to handle the ship’s left, right and main thrust emitters. As the difficulty increases with each level, you will need a lot of skill to master all of the different missions.”

Cricket Twenty20 Lite
“Join the frenzied action of Cricket Twenty20. All the controls are there for you to bowl a fast spin ball or draw that narrow angle to hit the ball to the boundary and claim your second century in one game. Slog away and bowl a googly in this immediate, fun filled cricket game willow-on-bat mania of real cricket without all that snoozing in the sun The game’s unique visual charm makes for a refreshingly immediate and arcade style sim and one that even non-fans will enjoy.”

iGlider Lite
“It’s a dangerous world for a little cute paper airplane! Drive your iGlider through tricky mazes, dodge obstacles, avoid traps, steer clear of treacherous air streams. Plenty of juicy and valuable items float around waiting for you, but watch out for the bad ones! Collect three gems of the same color in a row to get extra points. Explore the Origami-World and have fun. Enjoy!”

Kingdoms Live - FREE for Limited Time Only!
“Start as a peasant and battle your way up to become the ruler of the mightiest kingdom in the Kingdoms Live world!”

Deep Deep Sea Lite
“Deep Deep Sea” is a cool game helping pre-school kids learn about shape & object, and develop intelligence and short-term memory. It goes like this. Deep, deep under the sea, there live thousands of wonderful creatures. And our dear Dolo, a three-month old, little cute puffer fish, is eager to make new friends!”

iDice Free
“The object of the game is to score the most points by rolling five dice to make certain combinations. The dice can be rolled up to three times in a turn to try to make one of the thirteen possible scoring combinations. A game of iDice consists of thirteen rounds during which the player chooses which scoring combination is to be used in that round.”

Rybix
“Rybix is a puzzle game that challenges the player to slide tokens into the correct positions in order to complete a level. Rybix features over 100 levels that get more difficult as you progress. Don’t worry though, because the game will automatically save your progress. You can easily access any unlocked level from the main menu.”

Puzzle and Poker Lite
“The “Puzzle and Poker Lite” is a puzzle game to which the poker rule is applied. Touch and drag cards to the five blanks in the four lines. Make cards formations horizontally as the poker rule in the blanks. Your score results from the cards formations you composed.”

Puzzle Quiz Lite
“Two games in one, Challenge the world in Puzzle Quiz or have fun breaking your personal images in My Puzzle! The Lite version includes just the normal difficulty level.”

Chow Fun Lite
“Each game consists of nine kid-friendly topics viewed as spinning icons on the screen. Pick a person to read out the first topic and start the game by touching the Chow Fun icon. After a random time, the icons stop spinning and a topic is picked and displayed on the screen with one of the nine icons.
Read the topic out aloud and have fun.”

Smack It
“Smack It is an exciting, fast paced game where your reactions are tested to the max. Brace yourself and get your fingers ready for some high speed action. The idea is simple - watch out for critters entering the level and then smack them as hard as you can. As time passes the game speeds up so get ready to react ultra fast and bash those critters.”

Touch Eye Lite
“*This is the free lite version of “Touch Eye” game. Full Version Features total of 8 books, near 50 gorgeous illustrations! Open your eyes and hunt for differences between the two given pictures to reveal the big picture! “Touch Eye” is a fast-paced, yet mind-relaxing image-hunt game with beautiful illustrations. Hunt for just a single change per stage. It’s easy! Each page has 9 stages. Clear the pages to reveal big pictures and collect stars. Stars are used for unlocking books.”

Airport Mania: First Flight Lite
“Pack your bags for an exciting trip as you take to the skies and journey from airport to airport helping customers along the way! Airport Mania: First Flight Lite has 2 different airports with unique challenges and whimsical planes. Upgrade your airport along the way with larger planes, painting spaces and beverage service to keep your customers happy, and be sure to avoid any delays!”

Ouch! Lite
“Ouch! is an open-ended game about flinging a customizable “rag doll” character through a variety of scenes featuring a huge array of objects, with realistic physics and sounds. For each scene, you are given a “score” based on how much damage the character has taken. The controls are simple: tilt the device to slightly alter gravity, guiding the character into objects—swipe a finger on the screen to “nudge” the character—or touch on-screen interactive props such as pinball flippers, cannons, rockets, cars, and more to cause even more damage!”

Stitch’em Words Lite
“Combine Fun Pictures and Letters to create Words, in what critics are calling “The Ultimate Word Charade Game.”

What’s New

Action

Assassin’s Creed - Altaïr’s Chronicles: Price: $9.99
“Jerusalem, 1191 AD. The Third Crusade between the Crusaders and Saracens is tearing the Holy Land apart.
You are Altaïr, a Master Assassin sent by the Order of the Assassins on a quest to find “The Chalice”, an object of such power that it can end the Crusades, depending on which camp owns it. Steal The Chalice from the Templars before someone offers them the right price for it.
The fate of the Holy Land depends on you…”

Kamikaze Robots: Price: $4.99
“Spin crazily down a hill in the ultimate test of stamina performing outrageous spins and sky-high jumps. Go bot-to-bot in a tournament consisting over 25 levels and earn the respect and upgrades you need to become a true Kamikaze Robot. Share the explosively fun action game by challenging friends to a multiplayer race. Watch your score bubble up as you are racing to reach the finish line.”

Fruited: Price: $1.99
“Fruited is based on the classic cell-swapping concept with many creative innovations which adds spice to its game play. Monkeys and Squirrels helps you whenever you excite them with a nice combo of fruits adjacent to them, but on the other hand you may not like the worms which spoil your fruits, if you fail to kill them soon.”

Cricket Twenty20 Elite: Price: $0.99
“Join the frenzied action of Cricket Twenty20. All the controls are there for you to bowl a fast spin ball or draw that narrow angle to hit the ball to the boundary and claim your second century in one game. Slog away and bowl a googly in this immediate, fun filled cricket game willow-on-bat mania of real cricket without all that snoozing in the sun The game’s unique visual charm makes for a refreshingly immediate and arcade style sim and one that even non-fans will enjoy.”

Spilt Milk: Price: $1.99
“Move the glass with your finger to catch drops of milk. Flick the glass before it’s full to make the cow drink the milk, get ready for insane speed!”

EatWillGrow: Price: $0.99
“You control Blob, an ambitious fellow who floats through the cosmic stream eating any food that crosses his path. The more Blob eats, the more Blob grows, the more Blob grows the more likely he is to hit one of the mines that litter the cosmic stream. Mines are bad okay?”

7Days Apocalypse: Price: $1.99
“Seven days. Only Seven Days to the coming of the Apocalypse! An unknown virus called the S-Virus is killing the human population and turning survivors into carnivorous zombies…could there be any other kind of zombie?! Humankind has just one hope for the future-Dr. Kayla Cupper. Dr. Cupper has discovered the source of the infection, but she needs time. Your mission is to protect her, while she develops & synthesizes a cure to contain the virus.”

Monkey Flight: Price: $0.99
“Launching monkeys from a treepalm has never been this fun… and harmless!”

Concrete Combat: Price: $0.99
“Concrete Combat is an amazing combination of “Tricked Out” rides with even better “Tricked Out” Weapons.”

Submarine: Price: $1.99
“Submarine is an action packed, side-scrolling, under-water challenge. Take control of your submarine and pilot your way to victory.”

Stick Escape: Price: $0.99
“Meet the Sticks: a family of, believe or not, stick people. There lives were simple and easy until one night, as the wind howls outside, as the windows tremble, as the sky turns a menacing black, a thunderstorm worse than those of your worst nightmares passes over the innocent town of Stickville. And as any responsible and calm family would do, the Sticks burst from their home and run screaming like demented baboons that have had one too many cups of coffee. Your job: keep the Sticks from abandoning the only lives they have ever known and keep them around ‘till the sun arrives to come save the day.”

Operation iWolf: Price: $0.99
“Operation iWolf is a new and exciting FPS arcade game for the Iphone. With a mix of classic gameplay and modern graphics it puts the player into a high voltage battlefield.”

Ninja Shadow: Price: $0.99
“Ninja Shadow is an exciting jump action game. You can control the ninja by tilting iPhone or iPod touch. The ninja can powerful high jump by stepping a special ninja scroll or yellow spirit fire.”

jumping frog: Price: $1.99
“jumping frog, move frog, try high score”

Finger Skate: Price: $3.99
“Finger skate your way through a 3D environment with an intuitive control system. Use endless trick combos to get a highscore. Swipe the screen in various direction to perform tricks. Land on higher surfaces for bonus points.”

Adventure

Underworlds: Price: $4.99
“You are the guard of McTavish’s traveling caravan, carving out a comfortable existence by taking odd jobs and protecting against the occasional Orc raider when a mysterious attack on the nearby town of Albrect compels you to lend your blade to the good townspeople.”

Arrowhead Chase: Price: $2.99
“The Arrowhead we’ll guide you trough the 3D maze, will help you open doors and lead the way to the next checkpoint or the exit from the maze. You’ll have to keep up with it and be agile to get the biggest bonus and reach checkpoints on time! The bigger your score is getting, the more chances you’ll have to make it trough!”

CozyQuest: Price: $4.99
“Visit the magical lands of Eluna, a world of dragons, demons and dungeons! This online RPG lets you take part in a ever expanding world filled with brave quests, sinister plots and fantastic fantasy fantasies. With simple-yet-expansive rules and a friendly lightweight platform, you can focus on the adventure, instead of technical stuff.”

Undead Friend Finder: Price: $1.99
“A tool for all fans of the addictive Undead LIVE game, Undead Friend Finder gives you access to thousands of undead players to help you on your way to getting the biggest bloodline of them all!”

Arcade

Ninja Jumper: Price: $1.99
“Ninja Jumper is a platform to platform jumping, flower and lantern collecting game designed especially for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It’s very easy to control, in fact you only need one finger. We even made sure that your finger doesn’t hide the action.”

iKaboom: Price: $1.99
“Paying tribute to arguably one of the most popular games on the Atari 2600, iKaboom takes inspiration from the Kaboom game we all know and love.”

iStarfighter: Price: $0.99
“iStarfighter is a retro space shooter with a fresh twist. Compete against your friends for the Network High Scores while fighting challenging enemy fighters and aquatic space monsters. Movement of the ship is fluid and responsive with the touch of your finger and gestures allow you to quickly toggle between secondary weapons in order to safely navigate enemy territory. Every space monster attacks with a unique strategy to take out it’s fiercest foe… your fighter ship.”

Billionaire: Price: $1.99
“Do you have what it takes to become a Billionaire? Now is your chance to find out, with this fast paced, combo based, puzzle game. You control the falling gems, and place them to make matching rows, columns and diagonals of 3 or more of the same gem. As matched gems are removed from the board, the gems above fall down and form new matches, creating a gold rush! The bigger the combo, the more money you earn.”

Hot Dog Down a Hallway: Price: $0.99
““Hot Dog Down a Hallway” is exactly what it sounds like: fire a hot dog fresh from your sausage grinder as far down the hallway as you can, flying over fans, bouncing off bushes, spinning chandeliers, grabbing gloves, and keeping clear of crabs.”

Avalanche 2: Price: $0.99
“Avalanche is an addictive arcade/puzzle game. Destroy the Avalanche as quickly as you can. If it reaches the far wall, the game ends. Use bombs and bonus snowflakes for an onslaught of fun. To play, click on three or more matching blocks to destroy portions of the Avalanche. The more blocks destroyed the more points earned. Beware! The Avalanche is quickly gaining speed.”

Sticky Tongue: Price: $0.99
“Single player” mode : With four tiny hungry frogs, you will achieve the best possible score by catching the most flies! “Two players” mode : Two players compete face to face. The first player to catch a given number of flies (determined in the options) wins the duel!”

Friki Tricks: Price: $2.99
“Be prepared to play this addictive puzzle game where you need to align three or more identical items vertically or horizontally to remove them from the gameboard. More combos will give you more score points. When you have removed a number of items, you can go to the next level and get a bonus item.”

MONSIEUR Fashion Mania: Price: $0.99
“You are the Sales manager of “Monsieur Concept Shop”. You have to at least achieve your boss daily sales goals for 30 days. If you fail to do so, your dream of becoming the Top Sales will never be fulfilled.”

Ascii Runner: Price: $0.99
“This is classic helicopter game with text-mode. You can enjoy old-text style computer enviroment.”

Board

Trivial Pursuit: Price: $4.99
“Knowledge meets fun in this stylish version of the classic! With over 3,500 text and picture questions, you’ll never run out of answers! Stunning 3D graphics and rich sound effects immerse you in the game. Feeling nostalgic? Play a round in Classic Mode. In the mood for something new? Test your wit in Pursuit Mode. Fuel your competitive side with WIFI capability for up to four players and Pass and Play for up to six. Answer fun and challenging questions correctly and get your piece of the pie!”

Tournament Konane (Hawaiian Checkers): Price: $0.99
“Konane is a game of simple rules but deep strategy. It is often noted for its similarity to checkers—players take turns jumping and capturing their opponent’s pieces. But unlike checkers, it is the last player able to make a move who is the winner.”

Senku: Price: $0.99
“This ancient ability game has the purpose of moving all the pieces off the board, leaving just one in the centre. Even though it seems to be simple, it is a classic among solitaires, and it is a must in a playroom, in an office, etc.”

Mathhammer 40k: Price: $4.99
“Mathhammer 40k offers probability calculation for all of the phases in Warhammer 40k. They are split up into the four main types of combat: shooting infantry, assaulting infantry, shooting vehicles, and assaulting vehicles. Each section has its own set of special rules so you can simulate any situation that could arise.”

Brazilian Checkers: Price: $0.99
“Brazilian Checkers (“Brazilian draughts”) is one of the variants of the game of checkers. Check out our other apps if you are interested in other variants of checkers.”

Gas Tycoon: Price: $0.99
“Gas tycoon - classic challenging puzzle game. You are saving its private sector from freezing. Your task is to restore the natural gas supply from the gas station to each home. In doing so, save your people from freezing and heating to establish in your region. The most importaint logical component is the smallest number of moves.”

Kakuro (SuDoku’s Big Brother): Price: $4.99
“Ready for a new challenge? Kakuro is similar to Sudoku but with an additional twist. It is the latest craze to come from the land of the rising sun.”

Three Match: Price: $0.99
“Uses the brain and how many how many there probably is a possibility of fixing the many images at short time, will be able to confirm.”

Chess Premium: Price: $1.99
“Chess Premium supports both 1 player and 2 player gameplay, so you can play against friends or test your skills against a challenging computer opponent. If you’re really bored, you can even put the game in demo mode and watch your phone play itself.”

Moving Puzzle: Price: $1.99
“Unscramble the pieces of a puzzle, while the picture itself is not standing still! The photo is scrolling over the tiles, so try to keep an eye on small conspicuous features as they move off one tile onto another, to figure out which tiles go together.”

SmartSquares: Price: $0.99
“The goal of the game is to cover the main square using smaller squares from the bank. It gives you a chance to start on a journey of 24 levels from novice to expert. At the end of the road you will easily find the optimal solutions for this puzzle.”

Card

SG Mahjong: Price: $0.99
“Fastest, most addictive & challenging. Now you can play Singapore Mahjong on the go, even without your friends. No more 3-missing-1 again.”

Wincerò: Price: $0.99
“Wincerò è un’applicazione che consente di segnare i punteggi dei giocatori durante una partita. Può essere usata per giocare a carte o a qualunque altro gioco che richieda il tracciamento dei punti dei giocatori. Serve in tutti quei casi in cui non si ha a disposizione carta e penna.”

VideoPoker Deluxe: Price: $0.99
“VideoPoker is surely the most popular card game in the world. It`s simple, gambling and it`s gonna win your heart. VideoPoker is well-known to all the casino and game machine haunters. It`s pretty simple: make a bet, get your cards. All you need is to take a decision whether to leave or change some cards to get the winning combination. The prominent distinction of VideoPoker Deluxe is that your defeats won`t ruin your budget. Slake your passion for free!”

Casino

Reel Deal Slots: Indian Spirit: Price: $1.99
“In the days when American Indians kept watch over this precious land, there was a sense of one with nature. In Indian Spirit, find ancient Indian spirits that help you acquire riches beyond your wildest dreams. The special spin feature in Indian Spirit has varying multipliers that increase as spirits help you. How happy are the Indian Spirits with you?”

Reel Deal Slots: Penguin Dance: Price: $1.99
“Did you know that penguin’s dance when you are not looking? No? Well, here is the chance to see them dance! Whether the penguins are slipping on ice, or dancing because you made money, its all fun to watch. Grab your jacket, and lets head to the icy regions of the world to make those penguin’s dance and maybe even see a caveman or two!”

Dice

Ben’s somewhat spiffy looking but ultimately craptastic rock-paper-scissors game: Price: $0.99
“The following amazingly over-hyped super-duper-mega-fantastic features are included: Rock, paper and scissors all in the same game! Loads of words in the title! Graphics! No annoying sound to be turned off in order to listen to your own music! Nice looking icon! Three different play-modes (all of which feels exactly the same!) Insulting Monk(tm).”

Educational

My House Creator: Price: $0.99
“Your kids will have so much fun playing with this app. They can create thousands of different scenes by changing and selecting house parts like Windows, roofs, backgrounds, etc. Once you have selected a category of accessories, use the Red button to browse all the available elements in it, you will see the scene updated in real-time.”

My Car: Price: $0.99
“Your kids will have so much fun playing with this app. They can create thousands of different scenes by changing and selecting Car parts. Once you have selected a category of accessories, use the Red button to browse all the available elements in it, you will see the scene updated in real-time.”

iPsyGame: Price: $0.99
“This is another puzzle-looking and entertaining game which can keep the user busy quite a bit. It will test user’s logic and visual scanning, detection abilities, which will be measured with the time and the number of touches made by user.”

That Ain’t It! Trivia Game: Price: $1.99
“That Ain’t It! questions have a unique and challenging format. You get a topic and four answers. Three answers fit the topic, and your goal is to pick the one that doesn’t fit.”

Mary’s Bike: Price: $0.99
“Your kids will have so much fun playing with this app. They can create thousands of different scenes by changing and selecting a new bike color, new Marys hair color, add some birds to the scene, etc. Once you have selected a category of accessories, use the Red button to browse all the available elements in it, you will see the scene updated in real-time.”

Build a Robot: Price: $0.99
“Your kids will have so much fun playing with this app. They can create thousands of different robots by changing faces, legs, arms and more! Once you have selected a category of accessories, use the Blue button to browse all the available elements in it, you will see the scene updated in real-time.”

Bobble Zoo: Price: $0.99
“Inspired by traditional bobbleheads, this interactive version combines educational tools with captivating and realistic animal portraits, high quality sounds and names of each animal spoken in an adorable child’s voice they can relate to.”

Family

Panzer Pinball: Price: $0.99
“A simple game I made to entertain my daughter on long drives. Shake the toy tank and let it go, and watch it crash into other toys for points. Launch it from different spots to get the highest score.”

SlidePuzzle - Arc-de-Triomphe: Price: $0.99
“Anytime is a good time for SlidePuzzle - Arc-de-Triomphe! Enjoy hours of fun putting together your favorite Arc-de-Triomphe image. Move the squares into the blank space to re-create the picture, it’s just that easy!” NOTE: Also available in numerous themes.

Spin Tac Toe: Price: $1.99
“A new twist on the classic game of Tic Tac Toe, spin cubes to win squares and line up 3 or 4 in a row to win. Spin Tac Toe is an exciting fast paced game to play for quick entertainment on the go.”

Where’s Gumbo?: Price: $1.99
“An adventurous game for you and your young child. You are asked to help find Gumbo, my dog who has become lost. Your adventure begins and your child quickly learns to tap the screen to see where Gumbo might be next. This app is modeled after all of those “lift the flap” board books you love to read to your child. We think it is better!”

Every Second Counts: Price: $0.99
“Every Second Counts is a game for all ages that is quick and easy to play but hard to master. Start the clock and then try and stop it after exactly 5 seconds, then see how accurate your guess is!”

Smack It Deluxe: Price: $0.99
“Smack It Deluxe is an exciting, fast paced game where your reactions are tested to the max. Brace yourself and get your fingers ready for some high speed action. The idea is simple - watch out for critters entering the level and then smack them as hard as you can. As time passes the game speeds up so get ready to react ultra fast and bash those critters.”

Music

Speed Guitarist: Price: $0.99
“This application makes your ability to play guitar fast with joy. If you want to become or come close to the level of Steve Vai or Yngwie Malmsteen, this application make your dream come true. Burn out the iphone!”

Note Trainer: Price: $0.99
“Note Trainer is a deluxe note training game that uses a realistic virtual piano with high quality Yamaha acoustic piano samples so is a pleasure to use. The note trainer determines your “notes per minute” score to improve your sight reading ability.”

Tap Out: Price: $0.99
“Tap Out, the exciting new classic memory game with a twist! Test your memory and powers of concentration as you tap out famous musical melodies. Tap the buttons in the same sequence as you are shown. Play in time as close as possible to the original song to get bonus points and unlock more rounds. The series of tones and colors grows increasingly challenging as you approach the limits of your memory! Do you have what it takes to beat Tap Out? Unlock your musical genius with Tap Out!”

Puzzle

Traffic Lights: Price: $0.99
“Have you ever wanted to take control of the traffic lights in your area? Well now you can. You’ll have 6 intersections and 4 levels of traffic to work with as you try and manage all the lights. Don’t cause too many accidents and don’t keep people waiting too long at the red lights or it’s game over.”

LineUp Challenge: Price: $1.99
“LineUp is a simple, yet addictive game in which you score points by aligning five or more matching playing pieces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. LineUp is played on a 9x9 grid. It uses seven standard playing pieces of different colors and shapes which you move about the board to form lines of matching pieces. Get five or more pieces in a row and the line disappears and points are awarded.”

Pixo: Price: $1.99
“At the beginning of each round, a picture explodes into 15 colors. You have to put it back together again, one color at a time. With each pick, the goal is to select the color covering the largest remaining area of the image. Pixo is a race against the clock. Good picks are rewarded with additional time, and not so good ones are punished by taking the time away.”

Pipeline : Price: $0.99
“Think fast! The goal in the game is to connect the pipes from start to end (without getting blocked by any blocks) to allow the water to flow through. Inspired by the classic games Pipe Mania and Pipe Dream. The intense levels will get your adrenaline going as you progress deeper into the levels where the water flow increases in speed and the puzzles get trickier.”

Miner Brigade: Price: $2.99
“Miner Brigade is a Lemmings-like action game where each level requires you to collect Gold and Rubidium to advance to the next stage. Instruments at your disposal are an erase and fill tool. You can furthermore direct the miners by rotating your device and changing the direction of
gravity.”

Gone in 30s : Price: $0.99
“Give your block-puzzles-addiction some fast and furious action. Get the ride out of the parking lot. Beat the clock, before the cops get there. Can you get the job done in 30 seconds?”

Nodes: Price: $2.99
“Nodes is a clever puzzle game that requires some different thinking. Laser light must be redirected to pass through all of the diamonds on the screen. Tap and drag the nodes around to bend the light until all the diamonds are activated. Some nodes cannot be moved. You will have to find the perfect alignment to clear the level.”

D-Star: Price: $0.99
“D-Star is a puzzle game not for the faint-hearted. It will test your mental acuity as you make your way through progressively complicated levels. Use the green ball to collect all the blue pentagons and clear the stage but be careful. You can only move one ball at a time. You’ll have to plan ahead to master this one.”

Racing

NOTHING

Role Playing

Pirates: Price: $0.99
“Become a Pirate and sail the high seas looking for treasure! Plunder for gold, fight other pirates and search for islands based on your location in real life to earn booty and experience!”

Simulation

iSuperCart: Price: $0.99
“The cart is a physical simulation to real cart. You can not accelerate or brake your cart, you just tilt your iPhone or iPod touch to keep the balance of the cart, and carry more bricks from the goods station. When the brick fall to the ground, the distance of the brick you carried will convert to the score you get.”

Throw It!: Price: $0.99
“Have you ever wondered how far you could throw a rock? How about a baseball? How about a cow???? Yes thats right, A COW. Now you can find out with Throw It, the first iPhone application that lets you get a handle on how far you can throw various objects. Just pick an item to throw and then watch the countdown on your screen. When the THROW IT sign appears PRETEND to throw your phone. The harder you attempt you make the farther the item will go… its that easy.”

Sports

CurveBallz Deluxe: Price: $1.99
“The original online game Curve Ball, but only with 10x more features! Curveballz can be played either in Single Player mode or local wifi multiplayer.”

Strategy

Eggz: Price: $1.99
“Eggz is a fun, addicting game where you break colored eggs to score up points, collect gold, and generally test the durability of your touch screen.  See how far you can advance in stages, trying to break eggs as fast as you can.”

iBattleships: Price: $3.99
“Show your skill as Commander and lead your fleet to victory. Challenge your iPhone or another Player through WiFi and try to achieve the highest rank possible. Even a defeat can be important. Deploy your fleet, consisting of a Aircraft Carrier, Battleship, Frigate, Submarine and a Mine-Sweeper and get ready to begin the battle in a fantastic 3D Scene!”

Picture Puzzler: Price: $1.99
“Picture Puzzler is a fun and challenging iPhone game that resembles the old sliding puzzle game. It has many different levels and difficulty levels ranging from easy to hard.”

Trivia

J. Depp 101 - Quizner’s Trivia: Price: $0.99
“Test your knowledge of Johnny Depp trivia and have fun at the same time with Quizner’s J. Depp 101. Fight boredom anywhere, anytime, and in those “in-between” times. For extra fun, compete against your friends or play together with your family. Stuck on a question? Quickly get an assist by emailing a friend directly from the quiz.” Also available in numerous other categories.

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iPhone/iPod Touch Links

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