Gamertell

The Apple App Store gaming update is Gamertell’s weekly look at the previous week’s 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.

Yet another week rolls by and another sand passes through the hourglass as we gaze upon the first Monday of April.

This week’s notables are 24 Special Ops and Jeopardy. Pass the time as super agent Jack Bauer taking out terrorists from all around the world or engage in intellectual trivia on one of TV’s longest running quiz shows.

Per the norm, let’s kick off things with:

What You Might Want To Check Out

EGGY for MSX
NOTE: Side scrolling action with an egg shaped robot.

24 Special Ops FREE
“Play the first four hours, decrypt a bomb and chase down terrorists in the FREE version of 24 Special Ops, based on the award-winning TV show. Download the Premium Version to experience the rest of the 24 drama. In a suspense packed 24 hours you’ll be taken to the edge of disaster- it’s up to you to make a difference. Feel your heart racing as you live through the ultimate Jack Bauer adventure with in-the-field combat combined with code breaking, bomb defusing and car chasing.”

DEFCON 1: Price: $2.99
“DEFCON 1 is the definitive missile defense game on iPhone and iPod Touch! Defend your cities and mans against onslaughts of enemy ICBMs—then turn the game around and fire your missiles at the enemy for devastating counter-attacks!”

Super Word Find 2 - Literature: Price: $1.99
“What makes Super Word Find so Super? Other wordfind games only allow you to search on one screen so the player finishes the puzzle in a short amount of time. Super Word Find is a smooth scrolling, multi-screen word search puzzle. The player has the option to select small, medium, large and SUPER puzzles which contain up to 200 words! Super Word Find will keep you entertained for hours! Super Word Find includes 25 different word puzzles!”

Chaos Origin Lite
“Get ready to a frenzy puzzle fighting action through the battle of gothic chaos and enjoy the brick breaking fun!”

Captured Lite
“This is the Lite version of Captured, which makes the first 10 levels playable. Please check out the full game! As a soldier of Sirk, you were captured and taken as prisoner of war into the menacing nation of Eiggam. You must do everything in your power to escape the depths of its prison! In this incredible adventure, things are not as they seem. On the way, you will encounter friends and foes, utilize strange and powerful devices, and navigate and neutralize the dangerous traps of the prison.”

iCombat: Price: $0.99
“Finally you can play a modern version of the classic Combat Tank game on your iPhone! Steer your powerful little tank by tilting the screen while tapping anywhere to fire your missiles. Like with the original Tank Pong, your missiles bounce so you have to think carefully about how to navigate the levels using the ricochet to kill enemy tanks. In addition to being able to drop mines, you can collect bonus items like invisible, shield, grenades and homing missiles and use them to try to beat 20 challenging levels.”

JEOPARDY!: Price: $4.99
“This…is…JEOPARDY! Put your knowledge to the test in this exciting new game created for the iPhone and iPod touch! Pick a category and dollar amount and answer clues written by Jeopardy writers. Buzz in quickly and answer correctly to watch your earnings rise, then hum along with the classic Final Jeopardy theme music while you respond to the final clue. Play America’s favorite quiz show today!”

What’s Free

EGGY for MSX
NOTE: Side scrolling action with an egg shaped robot.

iGuerilla Lite
“Your mission is to find and eliminate the enemy from inside their own bases of operation . To maintain your cover and permit easier movement in enemy-controlled territory, you will work alone and will begin your mission with minimal weapons.”

SpaceX Free
“Enjoy a completely free version of this highly anticipated and critically acclaimed space shooter! Please note that the Free version is limited to the first three levels of the game. If you like it, please consider purchasing the full version to support further development. Any space pilot who signs up to protect Earth would not only aim to defeat the aliens, but would also compete with all the other pilots for the rank of the best pilot on the entire planet. Your chance is now. Sign up today, defeat alien invaders, upgrade your ship, and discover the most amazing weapons future has to offer! This game is like Space Deadbeef, but much better, deeper and far more intense!”

Shake It!
“How long can you shake your device? Challenge your friends!”

Lock N’ Load
“Lock N’ Load allows you to call “Shotgun!” and intimidate your friends with style and authority. Nothing says “I mean business” like the rhythmic “clink-clink” of a pump action shotgun being racked. Pump your iPhone or iPod Touch back and forth in order to lock and load the shotgun then blow the competition away.”

24 Special Ops FREE
“Play the first four hours, decrypt a bomb and chase down terrorists in the FREE version of 24 Special Ops, based on the award-winning TV show. Download the Premium Version to experience the rest of the 24 drama. In a suspense packed 24 hours you’ll be taken to the edge of disaster- it’s up to you to make a difference. Feel your heart racing as you live through the ultimate Jack Bauer adventure with in-the-field combat combined with code breaking, bomb defusing and car chasing.”

As you like (free)
“This is Adventure Game. You can enjoy with many Girls. (Sorry, All sentences are written in Japanese only)”

StickWars - Siege Lite
“StickWars - Siege is a fast-paced, action-packed game that requires lighting-fast fingers and cunning strategy. Tap, flick, and shake your way to victory the first high-quality castle defense game for the iPhone/iPod Touch. The Lite version is restricted to 25 rounds, has advertisements, and can not submit scores to the online high score server. Have fun, and purchase the full version to fund continued work on this game!”

Kabooma Lite
“Do you like goblins and stuff that gets blown up? Well this is the perfect game for you. Introducing Kabooma! The mad goblin wants to blow up the entire world, unfortunately he got his dynamite gun powder trails all mixed up. Help him by setting up the trail to the explosives, so he can DESTROY everything. Once the fuse starts burning you have to quickly rotate the gun powder trails to form a route leading to the explosives. If the fire reaches a dead end you lose a life. Run out of all your lives and the goblin will EAT YOU! Kabooma LITE features 4 unique levels in the lava landscape setting. If you like the lite version you should check out the FULL VERSION as well.”

AcChen-Lite
“AcChen-Lite is the free version of AcChen. It is a simple to learn ‘find the matching tile‘ game - similar ( but different ) to MahJong. AcChen-Lite is more arcade-style than MahJong. AcChen-Lite is free and contains 4 levels + one bonus level.”

Bridge Baron Lite
“iBridgeBaron is based on the best-selling computer bridge game Bridge Baron, and is using its adapted bidding and play engine, which has won Five World Computer Bridge Championships. Free Lite version contains 24 deals.”

MATHO
“Players are provided a flashcard with a problem. The player must select the correct answer that is displayed on the game board. Just like BINGO, when five answers are solved in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally the player wins the game.”

Speed Word Lite - test you word skills against the world
“Speed Word Lite is a fun word unscramble game. Play against the clock and post your high scores to see how you stack up against the world. This lite version has 2 levels with 4 letter words. If you like it, try the full version with levels where the length of the words increase (up to 7 letters) and the time allowed to finish levels eventually shortens.”

iGem Lite
“iGem Lite, the jewel of action/reflexion games comes out in exclusivity on iPhone and iPod touch! Reflexion, strategy, speed united for your biggest pleasure. 2 different game modes for all your desires. Control the subtleties of the Classic mode. Take up the challenges of the Puzzle mode. Will you be the best player among your friends? Hours of game, with a captivating action, iGem is definitely the new reference in terms of reflexion games on iPhone and iPod touch !”

The Magic Blackboard B&W
“This is the FREE Black and White version of ‘The Magic Blackboard’, possibly the strangest and biggest breakout game in the iWorld.”

Chaos Origin Lite
“Get ready to a frenzy puzzle fighting action through the battle of gothic chaos and enjoy the brick breaking fun!”

GumDropsLite
“GumDrop pieces fall from the top of the screen 2 at a time, and it is up to you to guide them into groups of 4 or more to explode them off the screen. There is a lite version of GumDrops, which includes the Twisty Twenty game mode - just enough to get you hooked and hungry for more.”

Captured Lite
“This is the Lite version of Captured, which makes the first 10 levels playable. Please check out the full game! As a soldier of Sirk, you were captured and taken as prisoner of war into the menacing nation of Eiggam. You must do everything in your power to escape the depths of its prison! In this incredible adventure, things are not as they seem. On the way, you will encounter friends and foes, utilize strange and powerful devices, and navigate and neutralize the dangerous traps of the prison.”

What’s New

Action

24 Special Ops: Price: $4.99
“Step into Jack Bauer’s shoes and experience hands-on ‘24’ action. In a suspense packed 24 hours you’ll be taken to the edge of disaster- it’s up to you to make a difference. Feel your heart racing as you live through the ultimate Jack Bauer adventure with in-the-field combat combined with code breaking, bomb defusing and car chasing.”

iGuerilla: Price: $0.99
“Your mission is to find and eliminate the enemy from inside their own bases of operation . To maintain your cover and permit easier movement in enemy-controlled territory, you will work alone and will begin your mission with minimal weapons.”

3D SpinBall (3D Pong): Price: $0.99
“Millions have played Curveball, one of the most popular 3D Pong games on the web. With the introduction of 3D SpinBall, the definitive 3D Pong experience finally arrives for the iPhone and iTouch. Using intuitive tilt or touch controls, curve or deflect balls off your paddle to trick the opponent. Beware, the opponent may be easy to fool at first, but he learns quickly.”

DoDoNPA: Price: $2.99
“Touch and drag the gems with your finger to place it wherever you want. Three or more of the same colored gems connected in a straight line ( horizontally or vertically ), those gems disappear.”

DEFCON 1: Price: $2.99
“DEFCON 1 is the definitive missile defense game on iPhone and iPod Touch! Defend your cities and mans against onslaughts of enemy ICBMs—then turn the game around and fire your missiles at the enemy for devastating counter-attacks!”

Battlechest: Price: $0.99
“Prepare to open the most powerful and action-packed set of fantasy weapons ever carried in your pocket. With 9 weapons and over 100 sounds, BATTLECHEST is the best FANTASY WEAPONS SIMULATOR on the App Store.”

iWolf: Price: $0.99
“The goal of this game is very simple. The player must gather falling eggs as much as possible.
The game levels will automatically advance when the player’s score reaches 200, 500, and 1000 points. iWolf helps to extend a sense of reaction and helps the players relax their mind. Nice and bright design and good game dynamics are provided.”

iPimpler: Price: $1.99
“Story : I’m Mr. Jones. Only you can help me. You know, I have a date today with the most beautiful girl, but yesterday…an exotic dinner and many beers… there are pimples all over my face now. Pimples like I’ve never seen before, they’re big and disgusting. Help me, I hope I can count on you!”

iGlider: Price: $0.99
“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!”

iBabalu - Conga Drum Mania: Price: $1.99
“See how many points you can get by playing along with the built in songs. Do well enough to make the drummer sing “Babalu!” and start earning double points.”

Snake Game: Price: $0.99
“This game was originated from the classic 8-bit Apple II game, Snake Byte. The game used left/right arrow keys to turn directions. Touch Snake’s movement is more complicated with smaller turning angle than the old game. Thus, it will give you more than a pleasure with the recollection of old games. The way to operate this game: If snake swallows a mouse, the point is increasing and simultaneously the tail of the snake is extending. In the cases that snake is colliding with walls or with its own body, the game is over.”

Smackarooni: Price: $1.99
“Start by choosing a nickname and a character. You can make the game easy, medium, or hard. The object of the game is to hit your opponent with a snowball, without getting hit yourself! You can load, throw, or dodge out of the way.”

Invasion of the Zakks: Price: $1.99
“The Z.A.K.K. ground assault drones have invaded. They have destroyed your land, your home, your life. You’re the only one who can stand between them and total global domination. Fortunately for you, they’re really *really* dumb. The Z.A.K.K. drone wants you terminated, and it will stop at nothing to destroy you, even if that means running into another Z.A.K.K. drone or a pile of flaming wreckage. Your mission is simple: Exploit this stupid *stupid* weakness.”

Adventure

Submachine: Price: $1.99
“What is Submachine? No one really knows. There are some facts gathered over time about the structure that lead to several theories about the nature of the Submachine. First of all, the name stand for “submerged machines” as it is believed it’s placed underground. First Submachine was built around 1904 - but no one remembers why. And it’s not the one You’re about to play. Each submachine location consists of series of puzzles enabling alleged escape from the structure. But the game is not about escaping but exploring. At one point You’ll be faced with a sentence that You don’t want to escape from the Submachine. And You will agree. Millions of players already found that out. You can be next.”

Arcade

iCombat: Price: $0.99
“Finally you can play a modern version of the classic Combat Tank game on your iPhone! Steer your powerful little tank by tilting the screen while tapping anywhere to fire your missiles. Like with the original Tank Pong, your missiles bounce so you have to think carefully about how to navigate the levels using the ricochet to kill enemy tanks. In addition to being able to drop mines, you can collect bonus items like invisible, shield, grenades and homing missiles and use them to try to beat 20 challenging levels.”

Tornado Alley: Price: $0.99
“The place is overrun with critters, tilt your iPhone/iPod Touch to guide the tornado and send them spinning in the sky. They fall back down so move fast to get them all off the landscape!”

Air Sail: Price: $1.99
“The small ship is sensitive to your breath, and your mission is to guide it through the pond You need to be fast because time is limited and you don’t like the “Lose” screen, at least we hope so. You will face 15 different levels filled with lily pads, leaves, flowers and rocks that slow down the ship. Why only 15? Because it will be very difficult to pass them all with one breath!”

Turkey Hunter 3D: Price: $2.99
“Save the day from the Turkey Invasion! Play through five separate levels of eye-popping 3D animated graphics and sneaky turkeys. Test your shooting skills as the turkey horde invades the farmyard, the suburbs and even the city. Match your wits with the fowl-tempered Turkey Boss and his aspirations of world domination. Clear as many turkeys as you can before the clock runs out. See if you have the turkey extermination skills to save the day. The high score wins. Let’s just hope it’s not the Turkeys with the high score, or Thanksgiving will never be the same!”

Turbo Duck: Price: $1.99
“Guide Turbo Duck around the pool using the iPhone’s accelerometer and touch-screen controls. Collect the flags to gain extra time, while avoiding the toy boats, submarines, mines and other hazards that slowly fill the pool. Make use of your Duck’s amazing turbo boost for extra speed. (Trust me you don’t want to know how he does it!)”

StickWars - Siege: Price: $0.99
“StickWars - Siege is a fast-paced, action-packed game that requires lighting-fast fingers and cunning strategy. Tap, flick, and shake your way to victory the first high-quality castle defense game for the iPhone/iPod Touch.”

Kabooma: Price: $0.99
“Do you like goblins and stuff that gets blown up? Well this is the perfect game for you. Introducing Kabooma! The mad goblin wants to blow up the entire world, unfortunately he got his dynamite gun powder trails all mixed up. Help him by setting up the trail to the explosives, so he can DESTROY everything. Once the fuse starts burning you have to quickly rotate the gun powder trails to form a route leading to the explosives. If the fire reaches a dead end you lose a life. Run out of all your lives and the goblin will EAT YOU!”

iBoat Challenge: Price: $0.99
“Addictive boat game with advanced highscore system.”

Exec-U-Shred: Price: $0.99
“The President has tasked YOU with shredding these felonious fat cats. The executives think they can get away with their golden parachutes, but little do they know that your wood chipper of justice lurks below! Use your finger to move the wood chipper and shred the fleeing executives. This particular wood chipper was specially built for this task and automatically retrieves the money from the giblets so for each executive you shred you get some of the taxpayer’s money back.”

Crazy Daisy: Price: $0.99
“Spin the daisies to match the colored petals and watch them pop in this fun color-matching arcade game. Touch the daisies to spin their heads, match the colored petals and aim for big petal combinations to score super bonuses like ‘Daisy Chain’ and ‘Flower Power’.”

Bobby Carrot 1: Price: $0.99
“Riddling rabbit Bobby Carrot is 5 years old! Following the sensational success of Bobby Carrot Forever (available here in the App Store) we are now presenting a journey back through time to the old classics, 4 exciting past episodes which started out back in 2004 as little J2ME puzzle games.”

ALL 51 Games: Price: $0.99
“Incredible collection of 51 games!!! 1 download, 1 icon ,,, 51 games!”

Propeller: Price: $0.99
“Your goal is to fly your plane for as long as you can to achieve the highest score possible. Touch the screen to accelerate the plane up. Let go and gravity will pull you back down. Sounds simple? Well, it is as long as you avoid the birds, trees, and the ground while collecting points and fuel refills along the way. Running out of room on the screen? Take your plane up into the atmosphere — but careful, only for a short time before you run out of oxygen.”

Board

Route Candle: Price: $3.99
“All the player needs to do is specify each destination for the ‘flame.’ The “flame” will attempt to reach each destination via the shortest route. Master the behavior of the flame to successfully collect as many matches as possible during each stage and light all the candles.”

Russian Checkers: Price: $2.99
“Russian Checkers (or Shashki) is one of the most popular variants of the game of Checkers. While anyone can understand its simple rules, there is a lot to learn to master the game.”

Manga Tiles: Price: $1.99
“Mmmm, this is Bumpkin Bunny. Welcome to the Manga Tiles! Your objective is to unscramble the paintings of manga and anime fan art beauties by moving the mixed tiles around the board. Niff!”

Hexology:Metal: Price: $0.99
“Hexology:Metal is a casual puzzle game in the likes of Trism, Bejeweled, classic ‘Go’, and Tetris. If you know how to play checkers, you’ll easily know how to play Hexology:Metal.”

BrickShooter: Price: $2.99
“BrickShooter is based on a fresh, original idea. Its simple rules create a great variety of different game situations, much like chess. The game proved suitable for people of all ages; good for children in developing their creative thinking processes, useful for grown-ups to play during lunch times and perfect for seniors to relax yet keep their minds sharp.”

Card

Rythmia Joker Poker: Price: $0.99
“Rythmia Joker Poker is a simulation of a casino full pay joker video poker machine with a unique 3D environment. Realistic card flipping and effects makes this game visually pleasing and highly addicting. Rythmia Joker Poker also has an optional double up mode which can be turned on or off in order to simulate double up or non double up machines. Rythmia Joker Poker Double Up is fair with no house edge, as ties are push.”

Bridge Baron: Price: $19.99
“iBridgeBaron is based on the best-selling computer bridge game Bridge Baron, and is using its adapted bidding and play engine, which has won Five World Computer Bridge Championships.”

Scopa 09: Price: $3.99
“One of Italy’s most treasured card games comes to the iPhone and iPod Touch, sporting amazing 3D graphics and a slick, quick play interface that enables the player to get through more games on that bus or train ride into work. If you are not a Scopa expert but want to join the fast growing population of players, then there is no better time. Scopa 09 contains detailed instructions of the rules and scoring and assists the player with card collecting.”

Casino

iCardPredict Magic Trick: Price: $2.99
“Approach someone and show off your new cool app on the iPhone which is basically like a deck of playing cards. You can flick through cards at random and even flip them over just like normal cards. Tell your spectators you want to try something weird. Ask them to just THINK of any playing card and to picture that card in their mind. You make a prediction on the phone by flicking to the card you think they’re thinking of. You turn the card face down and put the phone away so you can’t reach it. You ask the spectator to name the card they were thinking of.. BOOM! It’s the right one.”

MindCard Magic Trick: Price: $2.99
“Approach someone and show off your new cool app on the iPhone which is basically like a deck of playing cards. You can easily flick through cards at random. Tell your spectators you want to try something spooky. Hand them the phone and WITHOUT YOU LOOKING they can flick to any card they want and memorize the picture of that card. Then they can flick through some random cards to ensure their card is lost. To further ensure that you’re not going to use the phone to tell what card they memorized you put it away WITHOUT LOOKING at it. While they focus on the image of the card you start drawing an image on a piece of paper. In the end it becomes clear that the image you are drawing is in fact an image of the card they memorized.”

Dice

Mystic Bones - Toss dem’ Bones: Cast Your Future: Price: $0.99
“Toss dem’ Bones, reveal your future. Dare to shake the Mystic Bones and discover what they have in store for you. You can do that Voodoo too. Read your fortune. See how the Witch Doctor does it, just give ‘em a toss and see what lies ahead. Friends and family will love em. Go into Silly Mode, and Laugh out loud at the ridiculous observations of dem’ Bones.”

Educational

JEOPARDY!: Price: $4.99
“This…is…JEOPARDY! Put your knowledge to the test in this exciting new game created for the iPhone and iPod touch! Pick a category and dollar amount and answer clues written by Jeopardy writers. Buzz in quickly and answer correctly to watch your earnings rise, then hum along with the classic Final Jeopardy theme music while you respond to the final clue. Play America’s favorite quiz show today!”

Hero of Zero: Price: $2.99
“Sweat was running down his face. He looked up and faced his challengers. Pythagoras of Samos, Hippokrates of Chios und Thales of Milet - the most famous and gifted mathematicians of the world. This round will decide the winner. The numbers are difficult, the pressure is enormous. Victory will bring fame and money, the losers will sink back to nothingness. Suddenly his brain provides the solution - another Hero of Zero is born!”

FlipFarm: Price: $0.99
“A simple fun game designed to encourage the development of your child’s memory and concentration skills.”

FlipEggs - Easter Edition: Price: $0.99
“A simple fun game designed to encourage the development of your child’s memory and concentration skills.”

Deep Deep Sea: Price: $2.99
“Deep, deep under the sea, there live thousands of wonderful creatures who are having fun in that marvelous world. And our dear Dolo, a three-month old, little cute puffer fish, is eager to make new friends! Please help Dolo find other baby fishes to play games together. Come and enjoy this beautiful journey in the sea!”

Speed Word - test you word skills against the world: Price: $0.99
“Speed Word is a fun word unscramble game. Play against the clock and post your high scores to see how you stack up against the world.”

Family

Dodger: Price: $0.99
“Dodger, as a horizontal version of action game, you can act your heroine, to get your mission completed. You ought to control the role to move around to avoid incoming bad balls in the game.

Egg Painter: Price: $0.99
“Egg Painter brings a traditional egg decorating experience to the iPhone/iPod. It is very intuitive and easy for kids to create a great work of art. Kids are given a basket with five blank eggs to decorate. Finger painting with easter colors is fun and personalizes each egg. There are also some cute spring stickers to make the eggs extra special. The basket can be filled with your own personalized eggs for easter and they can be decorated over and over again.”

Fukuwarai: Price: $1.99
“Fukuwarai is a traditional Japanese game played during new years holiday. A player who is blindfolded put some parts of a face such as eyes, eyebrows, a nose and a mouth onto a blank face. After every parts are placed, see and laugh how funny face a player has made.”

Tic Tac Toe Manga: Price: $1.99
“Tic Tac Toe Manga is a fun and challenging extension of the classic Tic Tac Toe game. If you like Tic Tac Toe but would like it to be more mind puzzling then this game is for you. Instead of X’s and O’s you use Manga characters.”

MASH Touch: Price: $1.99
“MASH Touch! Mansion, Apartment Shack, House. The original pencil and paper fortune telling game is back and ready to reveal everything (and anything) about your future! And we mean everything! And anything! This isn’t your everyday schoolyard fortune telling game. This is a highly refined, technologically enhanced fortune telling game, derived from your classical schoolyard divinations. And all that power is readily available within this game.”

Happy Easter: Price: $1.99
“As we celebrate Easter with beautiful eggs, cute bunny and lovely chicken, do you know what’s the origin of this festival?”

Pumpkin Land: Price: $0.99
“Pumpkin Land is a fun and addictive platform game. Tilt your iPhone/iPod left and right and you can adjust the pumpkin movement. Jumping on the platforms make you jump higher and platforms with springs send you jumping much higher. Submit your score and compete against other players around the world.”

Music

Bark.olator - Bark Piano: Price: $0.99
“The classiest bark application you will ever own. Everyone will enjoy and laugh with these songs composed of barks. All bark sounds have be pitched to the actual musical note.”

Puzzle

Super Word Find 2 - Literature: Price: $1.99
“What makes Super Word Find so Super? Other wordfind games only allow you to search on one screen so the player finishes the puzzle in a short amount of time. Super Word Find is a smooth scrolling, multi-screen word search puzzle. The player has the option to select small, medium, large and SUPER puzzles which contain up to 200 words! Super Word Find will keep you entertained for hours! Super Word Find includes 25 different word puzzles!”

Wopiti Words: Price: $1.99
“Wopiti Words is an addictive word finding game featuring exciting multiplayer action.”

iGem: Price: $2.99
“iGem, the jewel of action/reflexion games comes out in exclusivity on iPhone and iPod touch! Reflexion, strategy, speed united for your biggest pleasure. 3 different game modes for all your desires. Control the subtleties of the Classic mode. Optimize your constructions with Endless. Take up the challenges of the Puzzle mode. Will you be the best player among your friends? Hours of game, with a captivating action, iGem is definitely the new reference in terms of reflexion games on iPhone and iPod touch !”

Wordee: Price: $0.99
“Simple but addictive, wordee is a zen-like yet intellectually stimulating experience. New puzzles added often!”

Chaos Origin: Price: $0.99
“Get ready to a frenzy puzzle fighting action through the battle of gothic chaos and enjoy the brick breaking fun!”

BISCUIT PUZZLE Bakery : The bakery for cats: Price: $0.99
“Biscuit, owner of Biscuit bakery shop having trouble remember his customer order but this can be work out by you! Arrange biscuit memory to make him remember his customer order. Don’t let his memory to overflow by letting it hit the bottom of the screen.”

GumDrops: Price: $2.99
“GumDrop pieces fall from the top of the screen 2 at a time, and it is up to you to guide them into groups of 4 or more to explode them off the screen.”

Azkend: Price: $2.99
“The relic your archaeological team found in Far Asia was more powerful than you thought. Now your mission is to reach the Temple of Time and return the Relic to lift the curse. Earn all the eight powerful talismans and unleash their helpful power.”

Racing

WiFi Fighters: Price: $1.99
“WiFi Fighters is a multiplayer arena styled death match game. You can play this game against your friends, bots, or both! If you like fast paced action twitch games, this one is just for you.”

Role Playing

SK8 Half Pipe: Price: $2.99
“SK8 Half Pipe is a old-school styled mobile skate game that incorporates fresh, digital graphics, killer music Exclusively by Slightly Stoopid, and non-stop fun on the half pipe. Take your skater to the ramp by utilizing the accelerometer and in-game classic controls to gain massive heights and pull off as many tricks and combos as possible.”

Simulation

Penalty World Cup: Price: $1.99
“You represent your nation against the cream of world football and have to beat the keeper and take your team to glory in the World Cup Final.”

Photo Aquarium: Price: $0.99
“This is a nurturing simulation game. The goal is to breed new species by taking care of your fishes. This game has an innovative function that you can use photos you take by iPhone or images in the data folder of your iPod Touch.”

Nunchuck Master: Price: $0.99
“Only one incredible melee weapon demands a certain mastery to inflict more damage on it’s opponent than on the user. And only NUNCHUCK MASTER delivers the highest quality motion tracking simulation and sound effects to convincingly demonstrate your prowess.”

Sports

Spinning Top: Price: $0.99
“To truly enjoy revolutionary 3D game play experience on iPhone and iTouch, you have to try this game for yourself. The most “physical” interactive game ever on iPhone and iTouch. The only thing you need to do is to rotate your device gently and constantly either clockwise or counterclockwise, and the spinning top will be accelerated by your physical movement. Enjoy the excitement when you beat the fastest rotation speed record within the time limit. Let it spin! Go!”

Strategy

Heart Debug: Price: $0.99
“This game plays like Minesweeper added with a colorful challenge. You must guess correctly which bug is hidden where. Flip a square will give you a hint. The number indicates how many bugs around the square. Watch for the color code. It tells you what bugs are around. For example, a square with red and blue colors mean two kinds of bugs (Red Greed and Blue Pride) are around. Press the corresponding Bug button to make a guess.”

Frict: Price: $1.99
“Launch balls into the playfield and score points by removing them.”

Trivia

NOTHING

Word

Puzzle Quiz: Price: $1.99
“Two games in one, Challenge the world in Puzzle Quiz or have fun breaking your personal images in My Puzzle!”

Guess The Phrase!: Price: $1.99
“Your goal is to guess a hidden phrase. To reveal letters in the phrase, you link letters to make words. When you make a word, the first letter of that word is revealed in the phrase.”

SpelTiles -English Language Edition: Price: $0.99
“Remember the location of the letters that make up the word before they disappear. Then tap the tiles in the correct sequence to spell the word. Monitor your times and accuracy on the results table.”

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