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.
What’s Free
Jojos Fashion Show 2 Lite
“Return to the runway with Jojo and Rosalind in Jojo’s Fashion Show 2:Las Cruces. Make stylish outfits for female and male models as you showcase your fashion sense on runways from L.A. to Berlin. Then capture great looks in new fashion photo shoots. In Jojo’s Fashion Show 2:Las Cruces, your goal is to compete in a number of fashion shows, proving you have what it takes to move through the ranks. Earn up to 5 stars in every show.”
Word Solitaire Lite
“Word Solitaire puts a brilliant new spin on a classic favorite. The clever blend of word creation and traditional solitaire will hook you immediately! Drag letters onto each other to arrange them into words. Flip over cards to expose more letters and complete the level by using all provided letters in the creation of words. The longer your words, the higher your score. Then, brag to your friends by tweeting your highest scores and fastest times right from the app!”
U2 Can Yodel
“Introducing U2 Can Yodel, the brand new, exciting, fun way to learn the art of yodeling! With a few tips it’s easy to learn the basics of switching from your chest voice to your head voice. Once you’ve mastered that, you’ll surely come down with a case of Alpine Madness! Remember Tarzan and his jungle call? Believe it or not that’s a yodel, and you can do it too. With master yodeler Kerry Christensen showing you the ropes, you can freak out your friends and family with a burst of yodeling; it’s guaranteed to leave everyone smiling and laughing! Things will get even more fun as you yodel in different styles. We’ll even teach you to yodel like a cat and dog!”
What’s New
Action
HyperBowl Classic: Price: $0.99
“HyperBowl, the fantasy 3D bowling game created by Hyper Entertainment, is now on the iPhone and iPod Touch! This authorized version features the Classic lane. Bowl by swiping the screen to push the ball. Roll forward, left, right, even backwards, but watch your time, and don’t gutter! HyperBowl is a registered trademark of Hyper Entertainment, Plc.”
Man Down: Price: $0.99
“Man Down, agility action game, classic reproduce on iPhone. This game requires you to have a good psychological quality, keen observation and flexible finger manipulation. Down 100 floors if you are brave and agile enough.”
Adventure
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition: Price: $7.99
“Pirates! Adventure! Monkeys! Re-live the hilarious swashbuckling misadventures of the wannabe pirate Guybrush Threepwood as he attempts to become the most infamous pirate in the Caribbean!
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic pirate adventure game from LucasArts. Featuring an all new re-imagined contemporary art style, complete voice over by members of the original Monkey Island™ franchise cast, a re-mastered musical score using live instruments, plus scene-for-scene hot swap to seamlessly transition between Special Edition and Classic modes at anytime.”
Touch of Spirit: Price: $0.99
“Our love story begins with the Jester daring to fall in love with the Queen. But the most curious fact is that the Queen answered his feelings. The sweethearts often met each other and dreamed of living a long and happy life together. No wonder that all citizens of this kingdom were terrified, and the Black Warlock, who was the main counselor of the Queen and dreamed of coming to the throne, became furious and decided to get rid of the Jester. The Warlock resorted to all his spells and skills but failed to take the life of the young Jester - so great was the power of Queen’s love! Then he stole the Jester’s soul and turned his body into stone.”
Arcade
Galactic Labyrinth: Price: $0.99
“Galactic Labyrinth is a game built around classic arcade gameplay; simply collect all five of the dark matter objects to beat the stage, while avoiding the black holes and navigating the maze.”
Board
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Card
Solitaire +: Price: $0.99
“Enjoy solitaire at its best in GrassGames’ Solitaire for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Included are three different solitaire game versions, multiple card decks, a wide range of backgrounds, high scores, statistics, sound effects, 3D animation effects, and much more. The game comes with an in-built multi-user system, so that more than one person can customize, play and resume games without affecting other players. Also included is the ability to optionally hide the menu and/or status bar, allowing for full use of the complete screen area. With emphasis on ease-of-play and smooth beautiful graphics, this is the perfect solitaire partner for all.”
Casino
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Dice
Ten Thousand (A Game of Farkle): Price: $1.99
“Ten Thousand - The Dice Game (also known as Farkle) is a fun and exciting game for up to four players. Beautiful graphics and elegant game play make this a must have game for your iPod Touch or iPhone. Using six dice, each player takes a turn rolling the dice and must set aside at least one scoring die (1’s, 5’s, triples, 3 pairs, or a run of 6.) The player’s turn continues with the remaining dice, as long as there is a scoring number or combination. The player’s turn ends when they decide to stop and score their accumulated points or until they have a scoreless throw. When all six dice are scored in a turn, the player can roll them all again and continue to accumulate points. Scoring combinations (triples, 3 pairs, or a run of 6.) only count when made with a single throw of all six dice. The first player to score a total of 10,000 or above wins the game! (As long as players with a turn left, don’t exceed your score.)”
Educational
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Family
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Music
Name My Tune: Price: $1.99
“Test your music knowledge using your own music library on your iPod or iPhone. How well do you know your tunes? Name My Tune will help you find out and have a blast doing it! Name My Tune is a great way to enjoy the music you already have. It’s a great music quiz and trivia game to keep you entertained for hours! There are 3 different song guessing rounds - Ring The Bell, Get A Clue, and Just In Time. In each round, you will be given 2 different songs to guess and points are awarded based on how long it takes you to correctly guess the song. At the end of the game, you can optionally submit your score to Geocade, and compare your music knowledge to others in your area or world wide. (Internet connection required).”
Puzzle
Downhill Express: Price: $0.99
“Downhill Express is a very challenging game to control your shopping cart to carry more cube bricks, you don’t need touch anything, you don’t have any monster tokill, just tilt your iPhone or iPod touch left or right to steer your cart. Try to carry more bricks as you can, The more distance you carry the brick, the more score you get. The shopper cart is a physical simulation to real cart, you can not accelerate or brake your cart. Be careful to keep the balance of the cart, It’s funny and not easy. Sometimes，you may think the cart is like a blimp on the fly, and sometimes, the cart will turn around. Quickly tilt the iPhone to keep the balance.”
Racing
Moto X Mayhem: Price: $1.99
“Jump, lean, and race through seven levels of amazing motorbike action in the best side scrolling bike game, Moto X Mayhem! Lean forward and back on your motorbike as you climb hills and fly through the air using accelerometer technology. Witness realistic physics as your shocks recoil when you land jumps or your rider bounces around the terrain when you crash. Compete to be the fastest motocross rider with Moto X Mayhem’s online scoreboard. Everyone can enjoy Moto X Mayhem wether you’re a fan or not of motorcycles, dirt bikes, motocross, or supercross. Take your thumper out on the trail for a day of wicked off road riding!”
Role Playing
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Simulation
Touch KO: Price: $2.99
“You are a rising star about to take on contenders from around the world. Do you have the drive to make it to the top? Use your talents, dedication, and sportsmanship to build your own boxing legacy starting from humble beginnings and fight your way up to massive arenas!”
Sports
Volley: Price: $2.99
“Volley is a fast paced multi-touch ball game where you have to slide, jump, smash and trick to win against sixteen super-skilled opponents. Beat an opponent to reach the next level. The higher the levels the harder the opponents. Accurate physics, top-notch graphics and great sounds round out the package.”
Strategy
CREEPYTOWN: Price: $0.99
“Do you like stories of the supernatural? Do you like to break stuff? Do you like to carry a scythe and wear spooky robes? If your answer is yes to any of the above then you will love our latest release: CREEPYTOWN. The town of Creepsford has been overrun by ghosts and the townsfolk have begun to disappear. In this action based puzzle game, you assume the role of the soul harvester, the bringer of death, the Reaper himself. You have been summoned to rid the town of their fallen souls and bring peace once again.”
Trivia
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Word
TKO Words Deluxe: Price: $0.99
“TKO Words Deluxe is a fun and exciting word search game. With dazzling graphics, animations, music player (from your own library), and more, this one is bound to keep you entertained for hours!”
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