Saturday, January 3, 2009

The best games to play on your iPhone

Rolando:
This stylish puzzle adventure has you rolling little ball people around a colorful world. In fact, it's probably the best game on the iPhone to date. Play it.

I Love Katamari:
Rolling up a big pile of garbage might not sound like fun, but this game definitely cleans up. Speaking of which, Namco needs to update the tilt controls a little before this good game becomes great.

Flight of the Hamsters:
It seems simple enough--launch a hamster and see how far it'll go--but this game is amazingly addictive.

Amateur Surgeon:
Here's a goofball cross between Operation and the DS's Trauma Center: Under The Knife.

Touch Physics:
This rip-off tribute to the indie game Crayon Physics has you drawing shapes to solve puzzles. I'm playing this until the real deal comes to the iPhone.

SimCity:
It's SimCity, and it's in the palm of your hand (technically, it's SimCity 3000). This spot-on re-creation operates surprisingly smoothly, providing everything from advisors to disasters--all that you'd expect from the classic PC game.

Fieldrunners:
Hands down, this is one of the best and most polished iPhone games going. If you're a Tower Defense fan, check this out.

Lux:
Remember the board game Risk? That's what you have here.

Zombie Attack:
Defend your home from roaming undead by setting up turrets and traps.

Hero of Sparta Hero of Sparta:
In this pretty impressive God of War-like action game, some solid hack-and-slashery is going on. My only real complaint is that the frame rate can get a little choppy at times. Still, it's a solild effort that's a lot of fun to take a stab at.

Chocolate Shop Frenzy:
Fans of time-management games like Diner Dash need to check this out. In it, you serve chocoholics and play a Bejeweled-style minigame at the same time.

Dropship:
This title is a high-style, vector-graphics flight game.

Topple:
Playing this Tetris-like game takes a very steady hand. The difference here is that you want to stack your blocks up as high as they will go and make sure not to tilt your phone too much in the process.

Hour of Heroes Brothers in Arms--Hour of Heroes:
This is an amazing rendition of the World War II shooting title, ported to the iPhone. The controls are surprisingly smooth, proving that you can have a good shooting-game experience on your handset. It's a blast.

Flick Bowling:
Twitch your finger and fling balls down the lane. Good physics models and nice graphics make this game a must-buy.

Guitar Rock Tour:
Tap drums or play guitar riffs to cover classic rock songs. Hearing "Rock You Like a Hurricane" without a German-accented singer just seems wrong.

Real Soccer 2009:
This fully legitimate, arcadey soccer title (sorry, football for the rest of the world) looks and handles fantastically. A Taste of the Classics

Chopper Chopper:
Addicted to Choplifter way back in the day? The game has been updated, and you steer with the tilt controls.

Dr. Awesome:
Excise viruses in this modern take on Qix. It gets a little repetitive, but it has an awesome name. Plus, your patients are people on your iPhone contact list.

Darts:
Here's a simple dart-hurling sim for when you aren't in some pub.

Crazy Tanks:
Remember Combat on the Atari 2600? Think more colorful and cooler.

Uno:
It's the classic card game, on your phone.

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