In July, Touch Arcade reviewed all the available Arkanoid / Breakout games on the iPhone and concluded that Ikanoid [App Store] was the best of the bunch.
With it’s responsiveness, great sound effects and arcade feel, we felt it was the best Arkanoid version at the time — by a wide margin. It appears the only issues we had with the game have been addressed in subsequent versions. Now at version 1.4, new features since our original review include:
- Global high scores
- Ability to start at any level you’ve already made it to
- Background music, volume controls
On top of all these features, Ikanoid has dropped in price from $2.99 to $0.99. It was a good deal at the time, and an even better deal now. Our original review also provides a gameplay video.
the developers of Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart are not the same of raging thunder.
Raging thunder -> Polarbit
Crash Bandicoot -> Vivendi
@emit
Nope dude you got it wrong.
Raging Thunder -> DEVELOPED by Polarbit
Crash Bandicoot -> PUBLISHED by Vivendi, DEVELOPED by Polarbit
Th same way as EA's Spore Origins, it's not made by Maxis, they outsourced it to another company.
It's about freakin' time. I used to LOVE this game on my jailbroken 1.1.3-4 iPod Touch - it's nice to see it hit the App Store, and with more polish to boot! :D
I loved it on my jailbroken ipod... I hope there are more level with this version (as it's not free this time). I'll wait for the full review :)
thx dudehuge
downloaded and played it.
graphics are pretty dark they need to be brighter. Asphault has way better graphics IMO but the framerate on this is much better.
It plays well too, and is begining to feel like a decent handheld racer, it also has a decent sense of spped too.
b
I love this game! I used to play this on my megadrive.
I would always pick Ken and my brother Ryu! I would beat his ass everytime :-)
OMG! have you even played the game? your wasting good oxygen. get outta here!
its getting dark.
I have played it, just not on my iphone yet... but like I said ' i used to play it on my megadrive' so I know what it's like! :-o :-)
nice try at a game
Im personally would love to see a wipeout game make it to the iphone. Always had a soft spot for that series as far as racing games go..
Isn't Asphalt 4 pretty similar to Wipeout? The races, boosting, and takedowns are all there anyway.
How dare you compare the great Wipeout to Asphalt! ^^
Gameplays are so different! Wipeout is almost a simulation game compared to Asphalt which is nothing more than a Burnout clone.
I agree with John, a hi-speed futuristic racer with loads of weapons would be a welcome entry in the app store.
Anyone know how many tracks this has got? It looks good but m not digging until my iPod Touch arrives and until I know what sort of content amount we're talking about :P
This game is great. Superb control of the car, and the drifting feels just right. So much better than Asphalt. However, when are people going to start putting instructions in their games? I have absolutely no idea what the gold skulls on the track are supposed to do, does anyone know? I am assuming the lightning icons give you turbo. But how do you use your turbo?
If anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. I have no idea how many tracks this game has by the way CrocStock, but I do know it is a great game already and is my favourite racer already because of how it controls, and worth getting so long as we find out what these icons are supposed to do.
Actually i was thinking of burnout, not wipeout. My bad!
Does WiFi multiplayer mean only local play? I wish one of these games would offer internet play.
Barry, any rough idea? Oh follow this like for the online manual -http://polarbit.com/rtiphon...
Is the championship mode any good?
Sorry for the double but it only states Multiplayer over LAN.
Thanks for that CrocStock. So, I am supposed to dodge the goldskulls! Haha, there was me trying to collect them all! No wonder I kept losing!
Ahh- checked the time attack mode and there are 10 tracks! Most of these are locked and have to be unlocked, I am assuming, in Championship mode. I haven't played too much of championship mode, but it is basically win as much money as you can so you can buy more cars (up to 4- not as many as Asphalt) and upgrade them, and unlock new tracks. Like asphalt, in Championship mode you have dollar icons to collect while racing for more money.
This game definitely is the best racer for control so far (and I have played them all except Crash Bandicoot). Just get it CrocStock- it's a lot cheaper than spending £25 for a racer on the DS after all.
Huh! I've just played Arcade mode and reached a fifth track (and I was doing really well too) and all of a sudden the screen went black and I had the dreaded Apple logo. The game bricked my iPod! I have had this happen before with another game with older firmware (2.0 I think) and thought this would be a thing of the past with the new firmware (didn't they promise no more app crashes?). I have had to restore my iPod to factory settings. Typical.
Cool, 10 tracks is a bit disappointing for me but as long as they are detailed and varied thats certainly good enough for an iPod Touch game. Ill get it sometime with the arrival of my shiny iPod (Sold my Zune and some other junk for it XD).
Sorry to hear about your bricked iPod, it\'s a shame the games aren\'t too stable currently :(
CrockStock, yes, the tracks are definitely varied enough, unlike GTS World Racing, where every track looks the same as the last one with the same hills and tunnels. I am currently restoring my iPod from my last backup from earlier today, but I don't know if this restores game saves or just settings like email etc.
This game is pretty cool. for a fiver it is good value it's never going to be anywhere near a £25-30 psp racer in terms of playability or presentation.
monkey ball on the iphone felt like a true full price game we need people like sega behind these games to make them shine.
bj
YES! My restore has worked. Previous to firmware 2.1, restoring from a backup never worked and I always had to start games from the beginning again. This time, all my game saves have been restored. Phew!
I don't know about PSP racers, but I have seen some duff DS racers out there that ask for £25, and are far inferior to this game.
As for iPhone/Touch racers, I REALLY REALLY REALLY would love to have Colin McCrae Rally come out for it. I can't believe in all the years the DS has been out there hasn't been one rally game for it. Now I am into Touch gaming, I can only hope a rally game will come out for this. Does anyone know of any news?
I heard Super Monkey Ball sucked because you couldn't save and there was no calibration.
I hated the main game in the console Super Monkey Ball games. It's just an extremely frustrating experience. I can't even remotely begin to imagine the frustration level that must come from the iPhone version! The only good part in the console games were the mini games and the iPhone/touch version of the game doesn't seem to have any and isn't multiplayer, which would make them pointless anyway.
But back onto topic. I'm not buying another iPhone racing game until we get one with robust internet multiplayer, and not just one-on-one. Also, Apple needs to come up with an ad-hoc networking scheme, so that people can play local multiplayer games without a wireless network available. I.e. like the DS and PSP - the iPhones/iPod touches would directly connect with each other. Otherwise the local multiplayer is almost worthless.
Hw about apple starts making kickass games, hmm?
Just noticed the price DROP on Raging Thunder