Early arcade games were pretty much all about a very simple play mechanic that just worked. Appreciation of such simplicity …
Continue reading “‘Breakeroids’ — It’s ‘Asteroids’ + ‘Breakout’ … And It Glows”
Cyan Worlds is currently running a limited time, half price sale on Riven [App Store] for the iPhone and iPod …
Continue reading “Cyan Running ‘Riven: The Sequel to Myst’ Half Price Sale”
One of the best run-and-jump fighters I’ve ever played is Sega’s 1987 coin-op release, Shinobi. Several of us here at …
Continue reading “Sega’s ‘Shinobi III’ Comes to iOS, Falls Short on Controls”
In-game achievements are a super way for developers to add play incentive to games, and are something Microsoft got right …
Continue reading “Achievements — They’re Not Just for Games Anymore”
Early last month we posted our exclusive preview of Manomio’s much anticipated iAmiga emulation system that will shortly be used …
Continue reading “An Update on Manomio’s Upcoming ‘iAmiga’ Emulation System”
Last month, retro revival studio DotEmu, who brought us ports of Nicky Boom, Krypton Egg, and R-Type among others, signed a …
Continue reading “DotEmu’s iOS Jaleco Deal – 17 Titles on the Way”
Early last month we previewed Solar Minotaur Rescue Frenzy from noted psychedelic shooter author Jeff Minter. The game is basically …
Continue reading “Jeff Minter’s ‘Minotaur Rescue’ Charges into the App Store”
Regular readers have seen us mention the classic Amiga platform in various capacities over the years. An extremely influential gaming …
Continue reading “Exclusive Preview of Cope-Com’s ‘Battle Squadron’ on the iPad”
After getting together to pick our official 2010 iPad and iPhone game of the year, we also had our writers …
Continue reading “2010: TouchArcade Staff Favorites – Blake”
Zach Gage, who earlier brought us Unify and Bit Pilot, has recently released an iPad-specific musical action puzzler called Halcyon …
Continue reading “‘Halcyon’ – An Addictive Musical Action Puzzler”
