Hatchi
Tony Mei | Jan 14, 2012 Games
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(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Hatchi ($0.99) by Portable Pixels
Available on iPhone & iPod Touch
Tamagochi were cheap, electronic toys popular in the 90′s. It’s basically a battery-powered keychain pet game. To prevent your little pixel based buddy from dying, you have to feed, bathe, and play with the thing constantly.
If you know what I’m talking about, you’re probably feeling nostalgic and/or bitter right now. I know I was obsessed with my little critter. Once, I forgot to take him on vacation and cried the entire car ride (RIP Flippy). Tamagochi is some serious stuff.
Hatchi bills itself as the app store’s first Tamagochi emulator. That’s right- you can relive the joys and pains of your childhood for only $0.99. The artwork is the same retro black pixels. Everything is done by pushing a button. You can only ‘lose’ if you don’t check on your creature frequently. The app can send notifications, in case I feel like being woken up at 3AM being told Henry is bored or hungry or smelly. In that way, it’s like owning your own pet.
Tags: $.99, Games, good for kids, Hatchi, Tony Mei
Me Red: The Ultimate Adventure
Tony Mei | Jan 13, 2012 Games
User rating: (5 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)
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Me Red: The Ultimate Adventure ($0.99) by Playcompass Entertainment
Available on iPhone & iPod Touch
iOS action games are a dime a dozen. I can only take so many $0.99 rehashes of tired concepts before I throw my iPhone into a lake and start beating people with a large ax. By all accounts, I should hate Me Red. For some reason, I don’t. So what makes Me Red unique and why am I hopelessly addicted?
Me Red: The Ultimate Adventure is a runner or platform jumping game. You control an endlessly running red blob. Jump with your left thumb, attack with your right. Watch out for enemies. If you die, too bad, start over. There are dozens of games like this languishing in the dark recesses of the app store, each with varying levels of suck.
But Me Red stands out. Start up the app and you’re thrown into a cute, quirky introduction. The graphics and soundtrack are bright, colorful, and happy- perfect contrast to my dark New England winter. Controls are responsive; animation is smooth. Everything is structured and polished. For a game by an indie developer, Me Red is seriously impressive. It’s looks are on par, if not better than, some of the top action games in the Apple app store.
Some award-winning plot development right here
Asteroids 2012
Tony Mei | Jan 8, 2012 Games
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(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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Asteroids 2012 ($2.99) by SKAPP Enterprises
Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
Asteroids is a pioneer video game, classic staple on old arcade boxes and computers. Zoom around in your spaceship, shoot asteroids, and dodge threatening flying particle chunks. Now, Asteroids 2012 hopes to revamp this arcade classic by bringing in a graphical overhaul, a variety of ships and weapons, and a full 3D space-combat engine. Does this iPhone remake stand up to the popular arcade classic?
Asteroids 2012 lends an strong first impression. Graphics are sharp and cartoony, fully optimized for HD space glory. Navigating around the clever space station home screen is easy. There’s variety of game modes, ranging from the wave attack campaign to a mini-game where you fly across the galaxy looking for secret (guess what?) asteroids. Spend money on upgrading your weapons or unlocking shiny new ships.
Tags: $.99, arcade, Games, space shooter, Tony Mei
XLCamera
Tony Mei | Jan 6, 2012 Photo & Video
User rating: (1 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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XLCamera (0.99$) by Maksym Tsanko
Available on iPhone & iPod Touch
According XLCamera, you can enjoy better “pictures at low light with much better quality.” This sets off alarm bells immediately. I’m skeptical of any app that claims to boost your iPhone camera’s picture taking ability. Does XLCamera live up to it’s hype, or does it fall short like dozens of other photo apps?
Let’s look at technique behind XLCamera’s photo enhancement. XLCamera uses two-step process to brighten and enhance dark images. There’s a ‘torch’ function that toggles your camera flash to stay on. An additional a built in slider adjusts images by tweaking with color saturation and hues. The slider doesn’t make images magically brighter, but increase the warmness and blurs the sharp edges associated with flash night-photography.
Tags: $.99, camera, photo editing, photos, Tony Mei
Video Star
Clint | Nov 15, 2011 Photo & Video
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Video Star ($.99) by Frontier Design
Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
Move over Rebecca Black cause there is a new star in town! Video Star is an amazingly simple app that allows users to create their very own fan-made music videos filled with special effects, editing tools and a streamlined utility to upload the finished video to YouTube, an email account or to your iTunes account.
I have to admit, I was pretty skeptical of Video Star before I tried it out, but when I finally found time to play around with it, my kids and I ended up having a blast. In fact, I shot a music video of Radiohead’s epic song “Creep” which I planned to share with my readers, but I regrettably deleted the video by mistake. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: $.99, good for kids, Utilities, Video Editing
Free Codes: Descent
Tony Mei | Jul 5, 2010 Entertainment, Free iPhone Promo Codes, Uncategorized
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(16 votes, average: 3.56 out of 5)
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Probably one of the most unique apps I’ve came across in a while, Descent is a freefall calculator able to offer “the most accurate possible representation of the time it would take to freefall to the earth’s surface and the speed you would be traveling upon impact”. Sweet.
Tags: $.99, Entertainment, Free Codes
Free Codes: Road Raging
Tony Mei | Jul 5, 2010 Free iPhone Promo Codes, Games
User rating: (11 votes, average: 3.27 out of 5)
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A slick top-down racer where you have to collect fuel and smash other vehicles! Check the comments for promo codes.
Tags: $.99, Free Codes, Games
Free Codes: BlackjackAttack!
Tony Mei | Jul 5, 2010 Free iPhone Promo Codes, Games
User rating: (8 votes, average: 2.38 out of 5)
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BlackjackAttack! is basically blackjack on steroids. With powerups. Hell yeah. Free codes at the end of post!
Tags: $.99, Free Codes, Games
Free Codes: Kickabout – Keepy uppy football skills for the iPhone
Tony Mei | Jul 2, 2010 Free iPhone Promo Codes, Games
User rating: (11 votes, average: 2.18 out of 5)
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Well, the app’s description is in it’s title. Kickabout is a fun, polished casual game where you have to keep a soccer ball/football in the air for as many kicks as you can. While usually a dollar, Co-incidence Ventures Ltd has been nice enough to provide some free codes to give some lucky readers a free go at this game.
iTunes Link – Kickabout – Keepy uppy football skills for the iPhone
Holy Robinator!
Tony Mei | May 25, 2010 Entertainment, Free iPhone Promo Codes
User rating: (19 votes, average: 2.32 out of 5)
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I’m rather fond of cheesy little ‘shout a catchphrase’ apps, and there is no better way to end a Tuesday than to give out a bunch of free codes for the amusing Holy Robinator! by Little Bird Applictions.
Holy Robinator! comes with 60 wildly amusing “Holy” statements, all of them soundbites of classic Batman and Robin episodes. Ranging from “Holy contributing to the delinquency of minors!” (a personal favorite) to “Holy rats in a trap!” to “Holy schizophrenia!”, this app is chock full of giggle-out-loud sound bytes. Enjoy your Tuesday :D (Holy chocolate eclair!)
Tags: $.99, Entertainment, funny
The Impossible Game
Jacob Jones | Apr 22, 2010 Games
User rating: (24 votes, average: 3.04 out of 5)
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You’ll pretty much suck no matter what.
The Bible says that on the seventh day God rested. Well I like to believe that on the eighth day he created The Impossible Game and then to fool everyone he jumped forward through time to present day and published it in the app store under the name Flukedude. But don’t let the title of this game fool you! This game is not impossible; just insanely difficult. It’s honestly more like The Insanely Difficult Game of Trial and Error. Trial and error with an awesome soundtrack. With that said, If you’re the type of gamer that is easily frustrated and discouraged by games then this is not the game for you. However, if you are the type of gamer that takes pleasure in the otherworldly challenges offered by difficult games, then this is the game for you.
Tags: $.99, fun, Games, Jacob Jones
AirDrop Pro
Michael E. | Apr 22, 2010 Games
User rating: (9 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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AirDrop Pro is an app that really doesn’t need much of a tutorial. If you’ve had an iPhone or iTouch (yeah, I know that’s not the formal title) for more than five minutes, you know how to play this game.
It involves a cargo plane, a target, and variable wind. Your task: to drop each plane’s cargo onto a bullseye target. Here’s how it works: at the top of the screen, a cargo plane flies by. Somewhere on the ground is a raised stand with a red and white bullseye target atop the stand.
As the plane flies across the screen, it is your objective to time the release of the plane’s cargo so that it drops from the plane onto the target. If the cargo lands on the target, you’ve succeeded and get to try again. If the cargo does not land on the target, it’s game over.
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