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Atari turned 40 last week and part of their celebration was the launch of Centipede: Origins for iOS. As good geeks over 30 should recall, Centipede, was a smash hit for them back in the halcyon days of the video arcade. It was one of my favorites – incidentally or perhaps not, the first arcade ga ... Full Article »
Breakout, or block-breaker, or whatever you want to call it – basically, the game where you play ping-pong with a brick wall that you slowly smash to bits – is an idea badly in need of refreshing. The gaggle of iPhone apps that brought back the classic game are at their best “fine” in that t ... Full Article »
Razor: Salvation is the latest title from publisher Crescent Moon Games, developed by Blowfish Studios, who also brought us cool titles like Hungry MonstR and Siegecraft. This game takes a very simple concept and totally rolls with it, fully fleshing-out a basic and repetitive yet fun arcade experie ... Full Article »
I haven’t really played this game since I was a kid with a functional Dreamcast and a nearby arcade, but I booted up my Xbox LIVE Arcade edition for the sake of comparison. With this title, Capcom gives us a straight port of the original Dreamcast version. The newer versions should have been their ... Full Article »
You play as a girl named Katniss Everdeen, and you are currently taking part in a ridiculous, “fight to the death” reality TV show, a la The Running Man and other similar stories. Teams of young adults in different districts are forced to take each other on. Unfortunately, this means they’re a ... Full Article »
It seems the iTunes App Store is like a Valhalla for classic games. There, they are reborn, honored and often reimagined by other developers, finding new audiences among iPhone and iPad players. Developer and publisher Atari has something like that in mind for the granddaddy of games, table-tennis ... Full Article »
This app is pretty basic, but a ton of fun. The game's graphics are very well done and the sounds help to complement the gameplay. The entire point of the game is to basically play three different carnival type games using balls and cans. You can shoot targets, attempt to knock over stacks of cans, ... Full Article »
The iPhone has provided a breath of fresh air for the video-game industry, becoming a force in portable gaming with unique tilt- and touch-screen controls, among many other virtues. But for a device that's so new, it sure does seem to love the classics. Thanks to companies such as Namco and Capcom ... Full Article »
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