Apple CEO Steve Jobs has said about the July 11 iPhone App Store launch that 25% of the first 500 applications at the store will be free. Of the commercial applications, 90% will be sold for $9.99 or less, and most interestingly for gamers is that he added a third of the first wave of applications will be iPhone games.Here are the best choice games (both free and paid) out of the around 165 titles available. Read the list of recommended iPhone games in alphabetical order:

* Adventure: The Interactive Original (adventure) - FREE
* Aurora Feint: The Beginning (puzzle) - FREE
* Aqua Forest (puzzle) - $7.99
* Bejeweled 2 (puzzle) - $9.99
* Bomberman Touch: The Legend Of Mystic Bomb (action) - $9.99
* Bubble Bash (puzzle) - $7.99
* Chess & Backgammon Classics (board) - $9.99
* Chimp’s Ahoy (action) - $9.99
* Chopper (action) - $7.99
* Code Runner - FREE
* Crash Bandicoot: Nitro Kart 3D (racing) - $9.99
* Critter Crunch (puzzle) - $9.99
* Cro-Mag Rally (racing) - $9.99
* Crosswords (puzzle) - $9.99
* Diamond Twister (puzzle) - $7.99
* Enigmo (puzzle) - $9.99
* Etch a Sketch (drawing) - $4.99
* Ms. Pac-Man (arcade) - $9.99
* Motion X: Poker Dice (card) - $4.99
* Moto Racer (racing) - $9.99
* Numba (puzzle) - $9.99
* Platinum Solitaire (card) - $7.99
* Platinum Sudoku (puzzle) - $5.99
* Scrabble (card) - $9.99
* Space Monkey (action) - $9.99
* Super Monkey Ball (action) - $9.99
* Tap Tap Revenge (rhythm) - FREE
* Tetris (puzzle) - $9.99
* Texas Hold’em (card) - $4.99
* Trism (puzzle) - $4.99
* Zen Pinball: Rollercoaster (arcade) - $4.99
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Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by admin
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Okay people. I admit it. I’m obsessed. Not only has downloading iPhone Apps become a favorite pastime, I also can’t stop playing Aurora Feint. This game was a free app and I was blown away. I mean, for a free application, this game has great graphics, sound and game play.

It starts out like your standard Tetris or Bejeweled, requiring that you line up three like-colored blocks before they are eliminated. However, you quickly realize you can do much more with this game than its predecessors. Flip the phone in any direction and the blocks feel the force of gravity, providing you with more options. Then, leveling up grants you new powers and abilities. You level up by earning enough crystals in order to purchase new powers. There’s a mini-map and everything. However, it seems a big update is in store, wherein MMO attributes will be added and a story line interwoven according to the Aurora Feint FAQs.

The only downside is the way this intensely graphic game drains the iPhone’s battery life. But, that seems to be a problem with most of the applications. Oh, and this game is a big time-waster. I mean it, people. Hours can be lost with all the block breaking!

via http://www.iphonebuzz.com/iphone-games-aurora-feint-213089.php

Posted on July 21st, 2008 by admin
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Everyone that knows me is aware that I’m addicted to games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. It’s only natural that I would be drawn to the game Tap Tap Revenge for the iPhone. It’s a relatively simple concept, much the same as either of the two rhythm games I mentioned. You’ve got orbs that come down your screen that correspond to music being played.

There are only four songs included with the game which are separated into four difficulties. Two of the tracks are used twice (in higher difficulties) effectively giving you six tracks to master. Sure, that’s not a lot of music, but the game is free, which more than makes up for it. You can also currently download four additional tracks to the game. It’s very possible that more will be added over time. I’d definitely recommend this if you’re looking for something to pass the time with.

Posted on July 18th, 2008 by admin
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Fancy a bit of military conquest on the iPhone?  Plotting tank attacks and Maneuvering your infantry into perfect positions to route the enemy? Cool.  I know I do - and Agile Forces is just the game to satisfy those needs on the iPhone.

It’s a turn-based strategy game that offers multiple levels of war strategy scenarios, plays very well on the iPhone and has some very nice features.  Agile Forces is from Agile Mobile - the same folks who just brought out what I think is the best IM client for the iPhone - Agile Messenger - a couple days back.

Here’ some of what I like about Agile Forces:

• Bite-sized and useful tutorials that get you up to speed on using different types of units (from artillery to mechanics and medics), making good use of terrain, and general game strategy
• You get to blow stuff up with tanks and rocket launchers and such
• Simple but good graphics - nothing super flashy or spectacular, but fun and good for the sort of game this is
• Playability is great - as in, everything works well, runs fast, and getting up and running with it is quick
• You’ve got artillery and tanks and you can blow stuff up
• The game strikes a good balance between being easy to play and still being challenging - in terms of difficulty posed by each battle scenario
• And … tanks and blowing stuff up

The current ‘demo’ version of the game offers 5 single player missions.  There are plans for more missions (up to 100) and an online (play against others) capabilities coming in (probably paid-for) versions of Agile Forces.  That sounds very promising - I’d love to see the online multiplayer version come along soon.

Agile Mobile has also recently announced that both Agile Messenger and Agile Forces will be coming to the iPhone App Store.

Big splash from Agile Mobile this week - two very nice apps that are well worth trying.  Agile Forces is available on Installer now, in the Games section

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by admin
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A new video teaser of upcoming iPhone game Rolando has been posted at TouchArcade. Few details are provided, but the game is described as a physics-based platform/puzzler which has been designed from the ground up for the iPhone. The Youtube Video is impressive.

Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by admin
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This looks like it would be a pretty cool app! The developer would like to have it in the AppStore though, he has not yet been accepted by Apple. So, I’m not sure how that is going to work but it looks like a cool game none-the-less.

Posted on June 5th, 2008 by admin
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The iPhone is an excellent target for gaming. The device’s glorious multi touch display is very intuitive for gaming, and the device has a relatively beefy internal specification sheet. Gaming and the iPhone are no strangers, and that is putting it mildly. Until now though, there have been no real 3D games. Kingdom Lores is out now, and it the first of its kind.

The game is being developed by Marco Giorgini by using a custom OpenGL rendering engine. This provides excellent rendering of the graphics, and as seen above, the iPhone does a great job. The game can be played in portrait mode, as seen here. Or in landscape, which will provide a first person view of the game play. The object of the game is to explore territories and slay dragons.

The game is not available in Installer just yet. You can get the game though, and manually load it onto your device. It can be had here. The game seems somewhat complete, and hopefully will be made available very soon.

via http://www.iphonebuzz.com/kingdom-lores-brings-3d-gaming-to-the-iphone-202590.php

Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by admin
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Here’s a game that’ll have you salivating even more over what we’re likely to see once the App Store is open for business.  Raging Thunder is an award winning racing game arcade style racing game from Polarbit that has just been released on Installer today.  Here’s just a little excerpt from Polarbit’s intro to the game:

Raging Thunder allows players control over some of the most extreme muscle cars in the world, on a variety of tracks set in different beautifully realized environments. The crisp graphics, responsive controls and polished details of Raging Thunder are sure to impress both casual gamers and the hard-core alike.

The version of Raging Thunder released today looks like a certain ‘pre-release’ type beta before a final App Store version next month.  Although it’s still a bit rough around the edges, it looks great and is a blast to play.

You can choose to race only against the clock, do a quick race, or a championship campaign, select from three cars which each offer a slightly different power vs. handling profile, and pick from eight tracks to run on (with two others shown but locked, presumably for a future paid offering).

I’ve only been able to play this for a short while so far tonight, and I’m still figuring out the controls and stuff, but I can see this one being a real favorite - and expect to see even greater things from it next month.

via http://justanotheriphoneblog.com/wordpress/2008/05/06/raging-thunder-top-racing-game-comes-to-the-iphone/

Posted on May 7th, 2008 by admin
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You’ll remember that one of the game demos on the iPhone SDK was Sega’s Super Monkey Ball franchise — Spore got all the headlines, but Sega did show up with a pretty nice port of a game that could do very well on the iPhone. And when producer Ethan Einhorn sat down to talk to GameCyte about the port, he said all the things I want to hear: casual, pick up and play gaming on the iPhone, with interface innovation akin to the Wii and gaming performance comparable to other handheld gaming devices, even with a team that had never touched Cocoa and Open GL before.

There are some nice promises from Sega here for at least one cool game in the App Store in June. We’ll continue to hope Sega (and Apple, and all of the other companies stepping up to develop games for the iPhone) can deliver.

via http://www.tuaw.com/2008/04/14/sega-producer-talks-about-super-monkey-ball-for-the-iphone/

Posted on April 15th, 2008 by admin
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It used to be that a mobile device couldn’t be taken seriously unless you could run Doom on it; the relentless urge for an upgrade means that now it’s a working version of Quake or nothing. Thankfully the iPhone (and iPod Touch) can pass that test, with Quake 3 Arena ported to the handset. Seemingly the work of Canadian game studio HermitWorks (who are behind the Space Trader game), directional control is via the accelerometer and firing is handled by tapping the screen.

Most interestingly, you can take part in multiplayer games. No word on an actual release or whether this is just a proof-of-concept exercise, but we shall keep our fingers crossed all the same.

As an aside, PHONE Mag played with a Qualcomm Android prototype capable of running Quake while at CTIA Wireless last week; check out the video here.

[via Coolest Gadgets]

Posted on April 8th, 2008 by admin
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