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NinJump Gets iPad Version and a Planned Content Expansion
NinJump Gets iPad Version and a Planned Content Expansion is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Backflip Studios are going all-out in unleashing their lineup of freemium games onto the App Store. After launching Buganoids on both the iPhone/iPod touch and iPad last week, Backflip Studios is now going through their back catalog of games released this summer, with NinJump now getting an iPad version, appropriately called NinJump HD.
NinJump HD is the same game as the iPhone/iPod touch version, just now with graphics and gameplay optimized for the iPad. The game really does look much more detailed and crisp than the original version did scaled up to 2X. As well, for players who may have been playing on their iPad and may occasionally have missed a jump due to tapping on the blank part of the screen in 2X scaling, you won’t have this problem any more. While it may have been coincidental, I set a new high score the first time I played the iPad version.
Speaking of high scores, the game is similar to Buganoids where high scores are synchronized between the two versions, so you can track your high scores on whatever device you play on, as long as you use the same OpenFeint login. All the OpenFeint leaderboards are the same as the iPhone version, as evidenced by the over one million entries present before the iPad version was publicly available.
NinJump HD is currently free (with the possibility of being a paid download in the future, according to Backflip Studios), with $0.99 in-app purchase to remove ads, similar to other Backflip Studios freemium games. However, the game may go to paid at some point according to CEO Julian Farrior, so downloading it now is recommended. The gameplay is the same great addictive ninja jumping action that the iPhone version presented, just now in iPad form.
Backflip were also kind enough to drop some details on the future of NinJump. First, Android will be getting a free version of NinJump later this year. As well, a new paid version of NinJump will be released, expanding on what the original free version presented, featuring “new levels, enemies and other content, with plans to add frequent updates on a regular basis” according to Backflip Studios CEO Julian Farrior. NinJump fans could have a lot to look forward to in the coming months for their ninja jumping game of choice.
FREE!
iPad Only App – Designed for the iPad
Released: 2010-09-21 :: Category: Games / Adventure
[ NinJump Gets iPad Version and a Planned Content Expansion is a post from 148Apps ]
Five For Friday: Week of September 24, 2010
Five For Friday: Week of September 24, 2010 is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Dark Void Zero:
Dark Void on the consoles may have bombed on the review charts, but the iPhone version is an utterly different story. 8-bit visuals, achievements, online leaderboards, and so much more make this side scrolling shooter a highly addictive game. Capcom, being the devilishly nice company they are, is even feeling a bit generous and letting you get it for a lousy $0.99 this weekend.
$0.99
iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Released: 2010-04-12 :: Category: Games / Adventure
Mega Man II:
The Blue Bomber is back and better than ever. Enjoy the original NES game without having to do any funny stuff with ROMs and emulators. Enjoy all 14 levels and 8 bosses in this side scrolling shooter. Even better, this game is rocking a sweet sale right now. Capcom, we thank you for giving us a reason to skip out on chores this weekend.
$0.99
iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Our Rating: 
:: UNDERACHIEVER
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:: UNDERACHIEVERRead Our Full Review >>
Released: 2009-03-27 :: Category: Games / Adventure
Gangstar: Miami Vindication:
Gameloft is back at it with another edition of Gangstar. Hit the streets of Miami for over 75 missions of enemy sniping, car stealing, escorting, and car chasing entertainment. Of course, a criminal needs a sleek way of getting around town. Boost cars, motorcycles, boats, and helicopters to give those walking legs a break. Crime has never looked so good, or consumed so much time on the iPhone.
$6.99
iPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Released: 2010-09-23 :: Category: Games / Racing
iA Writer:
Sometimes you just need a distraction free writing zone. No noise, no auto correcting of grammar or words, not even toolbars bars stand in your way with this app. iA Writer will give you a distraction free writing area. Once that draft is completed, look at how long it will take to read with the included reading time feature. Sometimes you just need a minimalistic writing space to get your thoughts out. iA Writer is that place of writing Zen.
$4.99
iPad Only App – Designed for the iPad
Released: 2010-09-21 :: Category: Productivity
Numbers:
Numbers is not a new app by any means. What is new about it is a patch that now makes this app worth your money. Exporting to Excel files is FINALLY available after a long waiting period. All the complaining can finally be put to rest over this issue. If you need a good-looking, yet powerful, spreadsheet editor, this is worth your coin.
$9.99
iPad Only App – Designed for the iPad
Our Rating: :: BEAUTIFUL FORM
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Released: 2010-04-01 :: Category: Productivity
[ Five For Friday: Week of September 24, 2010 is a post from 148Apps ]
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Get First-Hand Business Insight with Best Manager Secrets
Get First-Hand Business Insight with Best Manager Secrets is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Price: $1.99 Score: 6/10 By A. Papachristos
Whether you’ve just obtained a new job or are a seasoned pro, advice from someone who has walked the same road can often be a comfort. Hearing about their experiences can often teach you secondhand lessons that will help you make better decisions in your own position.
With Best Manager Secrets by Umbrella Business Development Ltd, users in the managerial field will find a book-like guide of advice, ranging from logical topics such as listening and sharing, to more business related topics such as marketing and promotion. While the guide offers a simple tone written in the most basic of styles, the general content of Best Manager Secrets can be considered logical and predictable, making one realize that most of what they’ve read could very well have been knowledge obtained for free through personal experience or the tales of a co-worker, friend or relative.
Though the author, Ziv, as he calls himself, could have used an editor to polish up some sentence structure and typo faux pas, he certainly provides a lengthy account of what he has learned as a manager. One can always learn something from the first-hand experience of another in the same profession. However, users should also take such advice with caution as no two scenarios are the same. What Ziv may suggest only serves as guidance, as with any advice. In the end, Best Manager Secrets simply promises to provide users with a general sense of how they may approach their job and suggest key skills that have been known to prove worthwhile.
Users who wish to get an idea of what Best Manager Secrets offers may choose to try the free version, Manager Secrets, first. This version allows users access the first three chapters, giving them a taste that will hopefully entice them to buy the full version, which can indeed be purchased within the free application itself.
Best Manager Secrets [iTunes Link] requires iPhone OS 3.1.3 or later and is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. A small expedite fee was paid by the developer to speed up the publication of this review.
Top iPad Game Apps: Pocket Frogs Leads Free Download Charts
Top iPad Game Apps: Pocket Frogs Leads Free Download Charts is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Every week, FingerGaming rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad applications, as current that day on the iTunes App Store. This week’s top paid titles are:
- Angry Birds HD ($4.99)
- Real Golf 2011 HD ($6.99)
- Fruit Ninja HD ($4.99)
- Scrabble for iPad ($9.99)
- AirAttack HD ($0.99)
- Plants vs. Zombies HD ($9.99)
- Words With Friends HD ($2.99)
- Monkey Preschool Lunchbox ($0.99)
- Madden NFL 11 for iPad ($9.99)
- Pinball HD ($0.99)
Gameloft’s Real Golf 2011 HD finishes as the iPad’s second-best selling game app in its debut week, trailing reigning chart leader Angry Birds HD. Halfbrick’s Fruit Ninja HD moves up to third place, as a recent price drop puts Art in Games’ AirAttack HD in close competition with EA’s Scrabble for iPad.
THUP’s educational game Monkey Preschool Lunchbox enters the charts at seventh place this week, while Plants vs. Zombies HD and Words With Friends HD outsell Madden NFL 11 for iPad and Pinball HD.
Here are this week’s top free iPad applications:
- Pocket Frogs
- Art Puzzles HD
- GT Racing Motor Academy HD Free
- Tomb of Qin HD
- NinJump HD
- Sudoku Duo
- Real Solitaire Free for iPad
- Glow Hockey 2 HD Free
- Buganoids HD
- Airport Mania: First Flight HD Lite
NimbleBit’s free-to-play frog breeding sim Pocket Frogs has seen a steady rise up the charts since its debut last week, and outranks ADS Software’s Art Puzzles HD as today’s top free iPad game download.
Gameloft’s GT Racing Motor Academy HD also remains a popular download, while Backflip Studios captures two chart spots this week with its recent releases NinJump HD and Buganoids.
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iPhone Review: RollOut
iPhone Review: RollOut is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Developer: Bullypix
Price: $0.99
Version: 1.1
App Reviewed on: iPad
Price: $0.99
Version: 1.1
App Reviewed on: iPad
Graphics / Sound Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Gameplay Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Re-use / Replay Value Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Overall Rating: 3.88 out of 5 stars
Simplicity with a side of mind-bending difficulty is often the heart of any puzzle game on the App Store. Some games soar to greatness with this philosophy at their heart. RollOut is looking to top the charts of puzzle solving greatness with a new take on challenging your noggin. Does RollOut succeed in this task, or is it sucking the scum off the bottom of the barrel?
RollOut is a puzzle game about making for the exit. Players are tasked with getting Wabba to the exit of each level. Wabba is not just going to sit around and wait, though. Wabba forms into a saw blade ball and proceeds to start rolling through the level. To bad Wabba can’t just cut his way to the exit.
The puzzle part comes in with getting Wabba’s pointy posterior to the exit. Jump arrows scroll across the stage. Players control these arrows to get this Sonic wannabe to the exit door. The complexity starts to rack up when the player realizes these jump arrows can only be moved to the left. Wabba starts on the ground floor and it is up to players to jump him to an exit door strategically placed somewhere way above his starting position.
While this all sounds rough enough, there is yet even more complexity to throw into the mix. Sometimes an elevator is necessary to get to higher ground. Landing on it will stop Wabba just long enough to get to the next level. Wabba can also fall all the way back down to the starting position. Adding into these levels of heck are areas where the jumping signs won’t work.
Oh yeah, there is one last touch to round out those 50 levels of insanity-inducing game play. Jump signs, elevators, and control voids may all sound feeble and weak in comparison. One last thing to consider: not all jump signs are the same. Some will make Wabba race faster, others will pause, and some will even slow down the action. Whew.
RollOut may notch up the puzzle complexity, but it sure skips the visual eye candy. About the only colors that ever come into play here are fundamental primary colors in the control signs. Some different backgrounds would have really upped the ante on the presentation side.
Overall, RollOut is a sadistic take on puzzle platforming. Fifty levels, trophy support, and simple game play make this worthy of being on that iPhone. Just don’t be surprised when your broken blood vessels kick in at the higher levels.
[ iPhone Review: RollOut is a post from 148Apps ]
Bayo Bongo
Bayo Bongo is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Bayo Bongo is an engaging, colorful logic game for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad (native support) with lots of challenge and eye candy. Prepare to journey deep into the oceanic depths and search for five sunken treasure chests!
Quick Instructions: Tap as many same colored blocks as you can to bring the coins to the bottom of the board.
Game Features:
•Gripping, fast paced strategic gameplay
•15 increasingly challenging levels over 5 stages
•Boost your score in the diving bonus rounds
•Single app native support for iPhone and iPad
•Online leaderboards – post your score for everyone to see
•Share your victories with friends on Facebook
Road Hog Minimizes Road Rage with Addictive Nature
Road Hog Minimizes Road Rage with Addictive Nature is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Price: $.99 Score: 9/10 By A. Papachristos
Driving on an actual road, whether for work or for play, can prove to be quite an annoyance. People now have to beware of the dozens of oblivious drivers who dart out in front of them sans blinker, as opposed to the occasional squirrel or groundhog. However, with Road Hog by one1eleven, users can reclaim the road as they dodge walls and road signs, racking up points and proving they are the true king of the road (according to the worldwide leaderboard, at least).
When you begin, you will find a screen that explains all the necessary controls and markings on the screen. Users will find the Pause button in the upper left corner, while their score and lives are visible in the upper right corner. To control the car itself, simply tap and drag the vehicle to move. Use your second hand to tap the car whenever you need to jump. If you wish to access this information again at any time, visit the Tutorial listed on the main page.
Once you reach the main screen, users will find a simple yet useful main menu, including a Facebook connect button at the top of the screen that does just that, which allows you to share your latest scores with all of your friends. Before you begin, head down to Settings, where you can choose you car’s color (red, yellow, green, blue, or pink), as well as adjust the volume of the music and sounds throughout the game. As you play, users can monitor their score in comparison to Road Hog’s world leaderboard. Unfortunately, no matter how many times I played, my scores never appeared on the ‘Me’ scoreboard, though Road Hog does also promise to track your personal scores as well.
The basic idea is to drive, avoiding the myriad obstacles in your way, while also collecting as many stars as you can to increase your score. Tap with your other hand to jump, or, when you acquire a bonus button, tap using your other hand to trigger the action when necessary. Faced with oil slicks, open manholes, shifting road signs and brick walls that will cause your car to explode, users face the most dangerous roadway of their lives. However, the extremely smooth tap and drag controls make navigating Road Hog so enjoyable that I have come to completely agree with the fact that this game may become truly addictive. And considering Road Hog induces much less rage than the actual road, it’s a shame one can’t just tap and drag themselves to work each morning.
Road Hog [iTunes Link] requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later and is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Top-Grossing Game Apps: Sims 3 Ambitions, Updated Street Fighter IV Climb Charts
Top-Grossing Game Apps: Sims 3 Ambitions, Updated Street Fighter IV Climb Charts is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
In this weekly feature, FingerGaming rounds up the top-grossing iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad applications, as current that day on the iTunes App Store. This week’s top iPhone titles are:
- The Sims 3 Ambitions ($4.99)
- Angry Birds ($0.99)
- Tetris ($2.99)
- Street Fighter IV ($9.99)
- Plants vs. Zombies ($2.99)
- Bejeweled 2 + Blitz ($2.99)
- Madden NFL 11 ($7.99)
- Words With Friends ($2.99)
- Stick Stunt Biker ($0.99)
- Fruit Ninja ($0.99)
EA’s The Sims 3 Ambitions premieres as this week’s highest-grossing iPhone game, pushing last week’s chart champion Angry Birds to second place. Tetris takes third place following a weekend-long price drop, as Capcom’s recently updated Street Fighter IV returns to the chart at fourth.
PopCap’s Plants vs. Zombies and Bejeweled 2 see renewed popularity this week, as Madden NFL 11 falls to seventh place after taking second last week. Words With Friends remains a steady seller at eighth place, meanwhile, as Stick Stunt Biker and Halfbrick’s newly Game Center-compatible Fruit Ninja finish up today’s rankings.
Here are this week’s top-grossing iPad applications:
- Angry Birds HD ($4.99)
- Real Golf 2011 HD ($6.99)
- Scrabble for iPad ($9.99)
- Madden NFL 11 for iPad ($12.99)
- Plants vs. Zombies HD ($9.99)
- Tap Zoo (Free)
- City Story (Free)
- Pocket Frogs (Free)
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars ($9.99)
- Tetris for iPad ($7.99)
Angry Birds HD reclaims the top iPad sales spot this week after previously being beaten by Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, which drops to eighth place in today’s results. Gameloft’s Real Golf 2011 HD finishes its debut week at second place, as EA’s Scrabble climbs up to take third.
Streetview Labs’ Tap Zoo, TeamLava’s City Story, and NimbleBit’s Pocket Frogs rank as the iPad’s most profitable microtransaction-supported games, while EA’s Tetris for iPad creeps into the top ten this week at tenth place.
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iSwifter Service Brings Flash Games To iPad
iSwifter Service Brings Flash Games To iPad is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
A cloud-based streaming service that allows iPad users to play Flash games on the Apple device has been released on the App Store.
iSwifter streams Flash games from portals to its dedicated iPad application, in a similar way to console-focused services OnLive and Gaikai.
Apple’s devices do not natively allow users to play games or view content in a web browser that uses the Adobe Flash plugin. Recently, Apple updated its policy and now allows developers to use third party development tools to create games and apps for its devices.
Flash game portals supported by the app at launch include Yahoo! Games, AOL Games, Facebook and Kongregate, with, at time of writing, one game per service playable. User reviews on the iTunes App Store indicate that there is a degree of lag associated with playing games through the app, a common hurdle for could-based services.
iSwifter is the product of tech incubator YouWeb, a support service for entrepreneurs that has produced gaming startups Aurora Feint, CrowdStar and Sibblingz.
The company plans for more games and services to be added in coming weeks, and for iPhone and iPod touch, as well as Android and Windows Phone 7 versions of the app to roll out in the future.
“We are targeting the much larger user base of casual and social gamers who want to consume gaming content on-the-go”, said Rajat, creator of iSwifter, along with his co-founder, Rohan.
“As more mobile devices hit the market,” he continued, “there is no reason why game developers should be locked out of the hottest handsets.”