Review: Meow Meow Happy Fight

We have been playing Meow Meow Happy Fight for the past few days and we love it.  Essentially ‘Happy Fight’ is the death match simplified and it’s great.
Let me start from the beginning, Happy Fight is a top down arena shooter where you and multiple enemies must run about totting up as many frags as [...]

Review: Meow Meow Happy Fight Review: Meow Meow Happy Fight

Review: Doodle Bomb HD

We get asked to look at a lot of doodle games at Apptrawler and many we have to say no to due to the sheer amount of games out there to look at.  But whilst playing around with our iPad yesterday we got the code for Doodle Bomb HD and we thought we’d give it [...]

Review: Doodle Bomb HD Review: Doodle Bomb HD

Sega Classics – Ecco The Dolphin & Space Harrier 2

Sega has released a number of classic Genesis games on the App Store- Sonic the Hedgehog [$5.99], Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [$5.99], Golden Axe [$2.99], Streets of Rage [$2.99], and as of last night, Ecco the Dolphin [$2.99] and Space Harrier II [99¢]. In the past we’ve been increasingly critical of Sega releasing these emulated [...]

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Preview: Meow Meow Happy Fight

We have followed Big Pixel Studios for some time and loved their game Piyo Blocks and enjoyed a great developer Interview back in October 2009.  Since then they have had great success with Piyo Blocks 2 for both iphone and iPad.  Well they are back again, but this time they have put down their puzzle [...]

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Review: Wizzley Presto and the Vampires Tomb

We heard about this game a few months back whilst reading up on our old 8 bit hero ‘Dizzy’.  Dizzy was an egg who had numerous adventures in the days of the spectrum and Amiga.  I believe his last outing was on the Sega Megadrive before the Oliver Twins and Codemasters [...]

Review: Wizzley Presto and the Vampires Tomb Review: Wizzley Presto and the Vampires Tomb

Review: Predators – Out on App Store

The original Predator movie back in 1987 sparked a huge cult following and a subsequent movie and various crossovers with Aliens. Acclaimed producer Robert Rodriguez is set to rekindle that flame on the big-screen with a stand-alone movie, Predators, with Chillingo and Angry Mob Games stepping up for the mandatory small-screen game tie-in.
Like Guerilla Bob [...]

Review: Predators – Out on App Store Review: Predators – Out on App Store

Preview: R-Type Screenshots Released

A set of screenshots were just released mere moments ago on EA Mobile’s fantastic Facebook page of R-Type, a classic arcade style side scrolling shooter originally released in 1987 which has since been ported to almost every platform imaginable. Set in the future, players control a futuristic fighter and set off to destroy Byrdo Empire. [...]

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Preview: Star Wars – Battle For Hoth

Star Wars: The Battle for Hoth is a tower defense strategy game set on the planet Hoth in the Star Wars universe. Under development for the past few months by Fluffylogic, a development house based in Bristol in the UK, the game will be released on the App Store [...]

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Preview: Prince of Persia’

Per Ubisoft’s web site, Prince of Persia Retro is on its way to the App Store. We don’t know many specifics yet other than this appears to be a port of the classic Prince of Persia from 1989. Originally released on the Apple II, Prince of Persia went on to find a home on nearly [...]

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Exclusive Preview: Quizicards – The Only Quiz App You’ll ever need

AppTrawler has been given the exclusive preview of upcoming quiz app Quizicards. A slick and good looking quiz app that comes with 1000 questions, however what really interested us is the ability to create and share quizzes for FREE.  The developers have shown us a huge list of quizzes already online for you to download [...]

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Preview: Ultra Kid: Mystery of the Mutants

This morning Crescent Moon Games, creators of Ravensword: The Fallen King [$4.99] just pulled the curtain from their upcoming space-themed 3D / 2.5D platform game, Ultra Kid: Mystery of the Mutants.

Inspired by fantastic games like MegaMan, Kid Icarus, and Super Mario Galaxy and others, Ultra Kid will have players flying their rockets through space to [...]

Preview: Ultra Kid: Mystery of the Mutants Preview: Ultra Kid: Mystery of the Mutants

Out Now: Alive 4-ever Returns

The sequel to the well received Alive 4-ever dual stick shooter has finally arrived. Alive 4-ever Returns expands on the same zombie-invested formula but seems to add many new features to the mix.

The sequel offers a new graphics engine with weather effects, RPG elements as well as 18 types of zombies and 37 [...]

Out Now: Alive 4-ever Returns Out Now: Alive 4-ever Returns

Review: Shadow Edge

The dual stick control method works great on the iPhone, and as such, it seems like there is no shortage of dual stick shooters. Much like sifting through recently released match 3 games, a lot of them feel very similar, but every once in a while you stumble across a game like Pastel Games’ Shadow [...]

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Preview ‘Flick Baseball’

We first saw the beginnings of Freeverse’s Flick Baseball at WWDC last year, and I can only imagine how long it had been in development before then. Much like the recently released Warpgate [iPhone: $4.99 / iPad: $7.99], it’s immediately evident that a lot of time and effort went in to this game.
Flick Baseball is [...]

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Angry birds HD

Angry birds originally came out for the iPhone and has recently been brought to the iPad as an HD. The app is another physics-based game which focuses on knocking down different structures and crushing every pig found inside. Stars are earned for each level based on how many launches it takes [...]

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Plants vs Zombies HD

Plants vs Zombies HD is an app created by veteran casual game maker PopCap. It is an upscaled version of the iPhone version made for the iPad. The game is essentially a tower defense game which pits your own homegrown plants against an onslaught of evil zombies. As you progress through [...]

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Real Racing HD

Real Racing was and is still one of the greatest racing games for the iPhone and iPod Touch. With the release of the iPad, Firemint decided to rerelease their hit game in true HD form. The game looks even better than before on the new device and they even added a [...]

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Minigore HD

Minigore came out for the iPhone as a unique stick shooter featuring some awesome cartoon graphics and voiceovers by Egoraptor, the creator of the popular “Metal Gear Awesome” cartoons. Well now the game has been released for the iPad and it is still just as amazing but now with even better [...]

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Touchgrind HD

Touchgrind HD

Touchgrind originally came out for the iPhone and was a cool way to kill some time by simulating a finger board. The controls were awesome and many different tricks could be accomplished. But it’s one big flaw was in the hardware it played on. The screen was way [...]

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Review: Meow Meow Happy Fight

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Posted by Foyble August 3, 2010, under iPhone, reviews
Review: Meow Meow Happy Fight

We have been playing Meow Meow Happy Fight for the past few days and we love it.  Essentially ‘Happy Fight’ is the death match simplified and it’s great.
Let me start from the beginning, Happy Fight is a top down arena shooter where you and multiple enemies must run about totting up as many frags as [...]

Developer Interview: AppChogie

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Posted by Debug July 23, 2010, under Interviews
Developer Interview: AppChogie

This week we have been talking to indie developer AppChogie who currently has almost 10 apps on the app store with lots more in production.  His latest release ‘Doodle Bomb HD” for the iPad is a strangely addictive tap game with have kept the guys in the office busy.  We discussed with him his past, [...]

Review: Doodle Bomb HD

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Posted by Debug July 23, 2010, under News, iPad, iPhone, reviews
Review: Doodle Bomb HD

We get asked to look at a lot of doodle games at Apptrawler and many we have to say no to due to the sheer amount of games out there to look at.  But whilst playing around with our iPad yesterday we got the code for Doodle Bomb HD and we thought we’d give it [...]

Office Heroes (Free) – For Tweetaholics

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Posted by Foyble July 23, 2010, under News, iPhone
Office Heroes (Free) – For Tweetaholics

When we first saw Office Heroes, I admit I was more than a little surprised with the overwhelmingly positive response the game saw both in article comments and on our forums. It seems that social gaming is a guilty pleasure for many, and as I mentioned in the preview, Office Heroes [...]

Sega Classics – Ecco The Dolphin & Space Harrier 2

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Posted by gaffer July 23, 2010, under iPhone, reviews
Sega Classics – Ecco The Dolphin & Space Harrier 2

Sega has released a number of classic Genesis games on the App Store- Sonic the Hedgehog [$5.99], Sonic the Hedgehog 2 [$5.99], Golden Axe [$2.99], Streets of Rage [$2.99], and as of last night, Ecco the Dolphin [$2.99] and Space Harrier II [99¢]. In the past we’ve been increasingly critical of Sega releasing these emulated [...]

Preview: Meow Meow Happy Fight

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Posted by Debug July 16, 2010, under iPad, iPhone, previews
Preview: Meow Meow Happy Fight

We have followed Big Pixel Studios for some time and loved their game Piyo Blocks and enjoyed a great developer Interview back in October 2009.  Since then they have had great success with Piyo Blocks 2 for both iphone and iPad.  Well they are back again, but this time they have put down their puzzle [...]

Review: Wizzley Presto and the Vampires Tomb

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Posted by gaffer July 9, 2010, under iPhone, reviews
Review: Wizzley Presto and the Vampires Tomb

We heard about this game a few months back whilst reading up on our old 8 bit hero ‘Dizzy’.  Dizzy was an egg who had numerous adventures in the days of the spectrum and Amiga.  I believe his last outing was on the Sega Megadrive before the Oliver Twins and Codemasters [...]

Review: Predators – Out on App Store

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Posted by AppTrawler July 3, 2010, under News, iPhone, reviews
Review: Predators – Out on App Store

The original Predator movie back in 1987 sparked a huge cult following and a subsequent movie and various crossovers with Aliens. Acclaimed producer Robert Rodriguez is set to rekindle that flame on the big-screen with a stand-alone movie, Predators, with Chillingo and Angry Mob Games stepping up for the mandatory small-screen game tie-in.
Like Guerilla Bob [...]

Preview: Archetype with Video

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Posted by AppTrawler July 3, 2010, under News, iPad, previews
Preview: Archetype with Video

A couple weeks ago we first caught wind of Archetype, an online first person shooter by iPhone developer MunkyFun which is comprised of veterans of LucasArts and the creators of both Shift [99¢] and Ivory Tiles [99¢] for the iPhone. Much like ngmoco’s Eliminate [Free], Archetype is said to work over WiFi, 3G, and also [...]

Review – Physics Gamebox – From Flash To iPhone

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Posted by Debug July 3, 2010, under iPhone, reviews
Review – Physics Gamebox – From Flash To iPhone

Physics Gamebox [99¢] hit the App Store recently and is packed with iPhone ports of two extremely popular Flash games originally created by NewGrounds superstar Johnny-K. Included in the Gamebox is Roly-Poly Cannon and Ragdoll Cannon, both freely playable on NewGrounds in any web browser sporting the Flash plugin.
Likely the most recognizable game out of [...]

Review: Aqueduct – PipeMania mixed with Slide Puzzle

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Posted by AppTrawler July 3, 2010, under iPhone, reviews
Review: Aqueduct – PipeMania mixed with Slide Puzzle

Aqueduct is a new puzzle game from developer Kieffer Bros. that combines the concepts of pipe connecting games like Pipe Mania with classic tile sliding puzzles that have been around for ages. It’s a really clever idea and Aqueduct manages to pull it off with a style and simplicity that’s perfectly suited to the [...]

Preview: Spider: Bryce Manor HD (iPad) – with Video

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Posted by AppTrawler July 3, 2010, under News, iPad, previews
Preview: Spider: Bryce Manor HD (iPad) – with Video

It’s no secret we love Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor [$2.99 for the iPhone. While Tiger Style Games is hard at work building whatever their successor to Spider will be, they've also had time to crank out the free Spider: Hornet Smash [Free], and Spider: Bryce Manor HD for the iPad which they’re hoping [...]

Coming Soon: The Manhole – From Myst Creators

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Posted by AppTrawler July 3, 2010, under News, iPhone
Coming Soon: The Manhole – From Myst Creators

Per a recent posting on the Myst forums, Myst [$4.99 / Free] just had an update submitted to Apple to add iOS 4 compatibility. Interestingly enough, also mentioned in the same thread by Cyan employee Chogon is the fact that yet another Cyan classic is coming to the App Store: The Manhole.
The Manhole is a [...]

Preview: Earth Defender Hands- with Video

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Posted by AppTrawler July 3, 2010, under News, iPhone
Preview: Earth Defender Hands- with Video

The original Missile Command was released to arcades in 1980, and aside from being played by John Connor in Terminator 2, Missile Command has provided a solid core gameplay element which has been either the direct inspiration of evolved upon in far too many video games than I could even attempt to list– Also, it [...]

Preview: R-Type Screenshots Released

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Posted by AppTrawler July 3, 2010, under News, iPhone
Preview: R-Type Screenshots Released

A set of screenshots were just released mere moments ago on EA Mobile’s fantastic Facebook page of R-Type, a classic arcade style side scrolling shooter originally released in 1987 which has since been ported to almost every platform imaginable. Set in the future, players control a futuristic fighter and set off to destroy Byrdo Empire. [...]

Developer Interview: Debug Design

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Posted by Foyble May 22, 2010, under Interviews, News, iPhone
Developer Interview: Debug Design

This week we have been chatting to Ian Garstang at Debug Design Limited which started life as a graphic design company who now make games. They currently have 3 games on the market; The Danger Room, Scribble Jumper (free) and one of our favorite games ‘Quizicards‘. Ian took time out from his [...]

Preview: Star Wars – Battle For Hoth

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Posted by Debug May 20, 2010, under News, iPhone
Preview: Star Wars – Battle For Hoth

Star Wars: The Battle for Hoth is a tower defense strategy game set on the planet Hoth in the Star Wars universe. Under development for the past few months by Fluffylogic, a development house based in Bristol in the UK, the game will be released on the App Store [...]

Preview: Qwak

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Posted by Debug May 20, 2010, under iPhone, previews
Preview: Qwak

Back in 1989 now-veteran UK game developer Jamie Woodhouse released a lively little puzzle / platformer called Qwak for the 8-bit BBC Micro home computer. Not long after, he joined forces with Team17 to develop an enhanhced, two-player Amiga version of the game, which was released in 1993 and featured faster action and more frantic [...]

Update: Angry Birds

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Posted by Debug May 20, 2010, under iPad, iPhone
Update: Angry Birds

Clickgamer’s Angry Birds [99¢ / Free] has been one of my favorite games since it was first launched in December of last year. We thought the game was great in our review, and since then, Angry Birds has only gotten better with the surprising amount of extra content that has been added to the game [...]

Review: Truckers Delight: Episode 1

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Posted by Debug May 20, 2010, under iPhone
Review: Truckers Delight: Episode 1

Following on the heels of the recent rerelease of Edge [$2.99] comes Mobigame’s next title, Truckers Delight: Episode 1 [$2.99], an episodic retro styled arcade racer. Based on an incredibly not work safe video filled with pixel art, cartoon nudity, and many other potentially offensive things by director Jérémie Périn, Truckers Delight: Episode 1 seems [...]

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Recent Reviews

We have been playing Meow Meow Happy Fight for the past few days and we love it.  Essentially ‘Happy Fight’ is the death match simplified and it’s great.
Let me start from the beginning, Happy Fight is a top down arena shooter where you and multiple enemies must run about totting up as many frags as [...]

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This week we have been talking to indie developer AppChogie who currently has almost 10 apps on the app store with lots more in production.  His latest release ‘Doodle Bomb HD” for the iPad is a strangely addictive tap game with have kept the guys in the office busy.  We discussed with him his past, [...]

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We get asked to look at a lot of doodle games at Apptrawler and many we have to say no to due to the sheer amount of games out there to look at.  But whilst playing around with our iPad yesterday we got the code for Doodle Bomb HD and we thought we’d give it [...]

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