Before iOS 5, anything requiring your attention on the iPad would pop up in a box in the middle of the screen, interrupting whatever you happened to be doing. Fortunately, the iOS on the latest iPad's addresses all that with an easy access Notification Centre. You can now decide for yourself how notification appear, either as a pop-up in the middle of the screen, as a bar the top, or not at all. Those that appear as a bar at the top leave you … [Read more...]
Getting to grips with one of the friendliest games around A puzzle game that's all about making people feel happy, Joining Hands asks you to match up little multi-handed blob creatures so that every hand on the screen is holding another. Leave any one of the creatures with a hand not held, and they'll sulk. Get them to hold hands, and they'll sport a big grin and do a little dance before the stage ends. It's one of the most heart warming puzzle … [Read more...]
Is this Marvel offering more miss than hit? At first glance you might think this looks somewhat similar to a certain fruit-based ninja-slicing game and... well you wouldn't be wrong. Employing the same basic mechanics that made the aforementioned game so fun, Marvel KAPOW! offers something different to its source of influence. In Marvel KAPOW! you're tasked with battling Dr Doom's evil horde of minions with the help of some of the publishing … [Read more...]
Can the original physics game live up to its name? This Disney game finds itself in an interesting predicament. Despite starting off the physics-based puzzle genre back in 1993, The incredible Machine has taken a fair old bit of time to receive an iOS port. and as a result now feels like old hat compared to the rest of the app store. On each level, you're given a specific task, ranging from capturing a cat to having to score with a basketball. … [Read more...]
Do puddings even feel emotion? Imagine that you were a jelly riding a seemingly endless ghost train. What one emotion do you think you'd feel the most? Well, probably none — because food substances don't have feelings. That's besides the point, as Pudding Panic HD, despite the name, is actually a cleverly hidden puzzle game. As the eponymous pudding rides the rails — his objective being simply to locate the exit without being literally … [Read more...]
A simple, odd and compelling little music maker It's hard to really explain what TonePad is without it sounding horrendously dull. Push one of the individual dots on the screen and a sound will start to play. Touch another, and the new beat will match itself in time with the previous one. Before long, you have a chain of notes ringing out to create music, which can be as charming as it is easy to construct. For some, the appeal will end here, … [Read more...]
Scroll baby, scroll. And then d0 some leaping and bouncing like when I was a lad This parallax sideways scroller has possibly the worst thought out control system going. Which is a pity because everything is fine, from the power-ups to the bouncing, leaping buggy and a race against the clock over 25 environments. There's a forwards button that once pressed, moves the buggy forwards at one speed. A backwards button reverses this. The tilt sensor … [Read more...]
Let your fingers do the walking and your score do the talking Cast aside any notion that this is a finger-operated version of Super Sprint. It isn't. There's a track, a choice of distances and when the starter's gun fires, your fingers have to race up the track by making long stroking movements on the screen. The track scrolls along until the end. High scores are stored in the app or can be uploaded to a worldwide leaderboard. As a concept it's … [Read more...]
Everybody wants to rule the world How do you fancy taking over the word today? Fine, now you just have to decide how you're going to go about it. Are you an inspirational ruler, encouraging the arts, philosophy and science? Or perhaps you prefer to rule by the sword, conquering your way across the continents of the globe? However you chose to enforce your global rule, Civilization Revolution is an immersive game of strategy, history and … [Read more...]
Respected developer Freeverse appears to have come up trumps with this collection, covering all traditional board game bases with chess, checkers (draughts), reversi (Othello), four-in-a-row (Connect 4), backgammon, tic-tac-toe (noughts and crosses) and something called Mancala. Presentation is generally good and control is easy, with taps to place and move pieces, but not being able to zoom in misses a trick. For some of the games, there is also … [Read more...]
Your favourite childhood models come to life on your iDevice There will be plenty of people who will see the name Airfix, and instantly be taken back to childhood days spent trying to put together a Spitfire. You'll be thrilled to know that you can now bring those models to life. There's no need for running around your living room making aeroplane noises anymore; just a quick download, and you're ready to get flying. If you would care to make … [Read more...]
A remake of a classic shoot-up-up racer Death Rally for iPad : Developed by Remedy Entertainment, Death Rally is a modern re-make of the company’s first ever title, originally released in 1996. It tasks you with controlling a gun-toting car from a top-down view. Vehicles come with two weapons, the first a standard machine gun, and the second an optional upgrade with weapons that include shotguns, a rocket launcher and a Gatling gun. Controls … [Read more...]
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