Valentine's Weekend Sales 2009
posted by arn on February 14th, 2009 10:25 PM EST in Sales
It seems any holiday is an excuse for developers to hold a sale. For Valentine's weekend, here are some notable titles that have temporarily dropped in price.
Free
- Paper Airplane ($0.99 -> Free) – forum thread
- Prohibition 3: Candy Wars ($1.99 -> Free) – from former Newton developer Catamount software. Candy wars is the App Store friendly version of Dope Wars. Unfortunately Dope Wars was rejected by Apple, so instead of selling cocaine, you're selling sour tarts. Basic game is the same. And free for now.
- Sky Thunder ($1.99 -> Free) – A vertical shoot'em up.
$0.99
- Sentry Alpha ($1.99 -> $0.99) – A very nice vertical shoot'em up that we looked at (with video). The game has been updated significantly since we first saw it and reminds us of Xevious.
- SlotZ Racer ($2.99 -> $0.99) – Freeverse's very fun and non-traditional racing game that has become a reader favorite. Now with a online custom level sharing. Easily worth $0.99.
- The Creeps ($4.99 -> $0.99) – A very fun Tower Defense game. See our review. Highly recommended for $0.99.
- Flick Fishing ($1.99 -> $0.99) – Another well loved game from Freeverse. Gameplay video.
$1.99 and Up
- Gemmed ($2.99 -> $1.99) – A strategic Match-3 that we quite enjoyed. Review/video.
- 7 Cities ($4.99 -> $1.99) – Some feel this is the best Tower Defense game on the iPhone. Video.
- Melody Match ($3.99 -> $1.99) – Match with your ears, not your eyes. Review/video.
- The Price is Right ($4.99 -> $2.99) – Classic game-show turned into video game.
- Aurora Feint II: The Arena ($4.99 -> $3.99) – The sequel to the original. Challenge others online.
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The price may indeed be right.
I just grabbed up Melody Match, Been waiting on a drop since I tried the lite version…
Das Boot: The Hunt For U-505
99¢ > FREE
Yep, picked up The Price is Right, finally. This game kicks ass. I also picked up Prohibition 3: Candy Wars, free of charge. This becomes frantic and fun. Here's hoping I Love Katamari goes on sale, seeing as this has everything to do with Valentines Day! I'm not counting on it though.
Cool–I've been curious about Paper Airplane.
"Unfortunately Dope Wars was rejected by Apple, so instead of selling cocaine, you’re selling sour tarts."
That's the funniest thing I have read all day!
Granted, it's only a half hour past midnight.
Yeah, I just tried Prohibition 3 and it's pretty good. Think of it as helping people with a sweet tooth. If you're looking for a shooter, Sentry Alpha is a must have if you don't already have it.
Downhill Bowling is also on sale for 99 cents.
So…..Blake, Arn, I know you guys got clout. Any luck convincing Namco to include I Love Katamari in this sale?
I've got some pretty good "rock candy" for sale if anyone is interested. LOL!
Are the offers still going ?