iPhone

Final Fantasy III has made another return! This time the Square Enix classic has made it to the iPad and the question begs, why should you purchase this on the iPad if you already have it on other systems? Come find out.

Move over, Pac-Man! Improvements have arrived, old-timer.

Ridge Racer was a blast in 1993 when it made its debut in the arcades (those were places where giant cabinets ruled the earth and gamers' college funds). Many racers up to that point that weren't made by Sega of America truly weren't worth a damn. Sega had dominated the market and had recently introduced a high profile game called Daytona USA. When Namco brought its beauty into the ring it stood out like a wonderful sore thumb and the series that is Ridge Racer never looked back from there. Fast forward years later and the series has worn its welcome a bit having been overshadowed by such hits as Forza and Gran Turismo. Namco, to their credit, has been true to its series, keeping it in an arcade format where it's more fun to have a racing game in short burst than it is for a racing game to become an RPG. So what does that have to do with anything? Well, if you're still reading this review you've probably figured out that Namco has taken their popular racing sim and converted it to the iPad. While there's no doubt that the iPad...

The Mooninites would definitely be pleased with this release from Namco.  Bit. Trip BEAT HD is the iteration of the first game in the Bit. Trip series made for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch now available on the App Store.  And although the presentation is a little "off the wall" it's a challenging game that makes you want to pick up and play a lot.

Way back in March of 2009, Steve Schardein took Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for a spin on its native platform, the Nintendo DS. Later that year in October, Eric did the same on the PSP. Since that time, the game has been ported to the iPhone, and now as of last week, the iPad. Granted, either Steve or Eric would have been better suited to review this than me, but, due to travel and lack of multiple iPads -- well, you get the point. So this newest iteration of Chinatown Wars offers spruced up visuals, multiple control layouts, and it makes great use of the gorgeous iPad screen. While that may already be enough for some, if you're looking for significant changes or addition to the gameplay, you won't find them in this iPad version. But, if you're looking for one of the best iPad games available, you should strongly consider this release from Rockstar Leeds.

Star Wars: Trench Run is a fantastic concept for the iPhone generation (and those iPad users out there who are daring).  You get to command multiple ships and guns and take your place in Star Wars history as a certified rebel.

There's nothing quite like a classic.

There are so many darn apps out there for the iPhone and iPad. Most fail, while some succeed.  Then there are a very few that capture the essence of a good mixture of simplicity and strategy; then they turn out to be hits. Sneezies HD is one of those games.

Venan is quickly becoming a hot name in iPhone games. I played through and thoroughly enjoyed Space Miner: Space Ore Bust game a few months ago. Lately, I've been playing a new iPhone game from Pickle King Productions that is published under the Venan Arcade label. This colorful, accessible, and addictive vertical platformer known as Ninjatown: Trees Of Doom! is currently 50% and only $.99.

The iPhone didn't do it justice. The Neo Geo pocket didn't do it justice. The DS/GBA/GB/Nintendo whatever didn't do it justice. There hasn't been a portable system that has successfully done Pac-Man justice. Until now.