As embarrassing as it is to confess it, I’m pretty rubbish at contemporary gaming.  Perhaps it’s my hitch-hiker’s thumb, or perhaps my difficulty focusing on fast-moving objects, but I do prefer a tactical, nicely-paced game rather than anything that involves jumping across moving platforms or shooting things until they blow up.  That’s why I’m so [...]

I have been on a gaming spree for the iPhone lately, so I thought I should share another game called Battlefleet. Battlefleet? Don’t I mean Battleship? Nope, Battlefleet is the actual name and whether you were thinking Battleship, next you are on the right track. Battlefleet is a game for your iPhone that is practically [...]

I saw that day coming; A day when the steel walls that the iPhone shipped with cracked, and developers slipped right in–with Lights Off. Lights Off is the first (that I know of) native game for the iPhone. The first of many, I am certain. The object of that puzzle game is to simply switch [...]

The most popular contenders in the mobile gaming arena are Nintendo’s DS system and Sony’s PSP. Any chances of beating either will be mighty but what may pose a threat and a handful of memorable Sony quotes could be the iPhone and one factor: innovation. Currently Nintendo has hit the prime spot particularly amongst consumers [...]

The iPhone gaming continues apace, with C-4 Iron Coder silver prize winners Lucas Newman and Adam Betts developing the handset’s first third-party native leisure app.  Lights Off is a version of a classic puzzle game, which extraordinarily abundant I owned myself (in the shape of a standalone handheld) when I was younger.   (more…) Share This [...]

After the NES emulator, you knew it was just a matter of duration, and now Doom is running (though not playable yet) on the iPhone. stepwhite is behind that one, too, and he worked it up considering he’d promised a friend he would (not to mention that he was prominent requests for it on Waxy.org, [...]

The guys at Download Squad seem to have uncovered some serious evidence that games are coming to the iPhone. When checking the localisation strings of iTunes to check on whether iTunes Video Store for the UK could be an option, they discovered a few lines that give us hope games are not too far away [...]

If you thought retro-gaming was as good as it would get for the iPhone, you’re not only mistaken you’re plus gloriously naive.  While looking for indications of a UK launch of video downloads via iTunes, Download Squad have discovered some telling indications of Apple’s planned gaming support for their iconic handset.   (more…) Share This [...]

Yesterday it was a NES emulator; today the retro-gaming continues with a brilliant rendition of classic Duck Hunt coded in iPhone-friendly javascript by Deron Dantzler.  To be honest, for casual users not really wanting to get elbow-deep in their iPhone file systems that is an easier way to enjoy mobile gaming – all you need [...]

I saw the other day that a programmer under the nickname “stepwhite” had managed to get a usable – but not particularly elegant – port of the InfoNES emulator, complete with games, to the iPhone.  At the date it seemed to be more a proof-of-concept than anything else: it ran slowly, relied on you jabbing [...]