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iTunes Launches App Store

Over 40 Games For That iPhone You Just Bought

by Veggie Jackson

Just in case you happen to live in a hole in the ground on Neptune, the new iPhone 3G, iTunes 7.7, and iPhone firmware 2.0 all launched today, complete with all sorts of gaming goodness.  For those of you whose phones weren’t bricked by the update, you now have access to the App Store, which includes over 40 games in five categories, ranging from Family/Kids to Racing/Arcade.  For your convenience, we’re listing every game available at launch, along with a brief description, so you can decide what version of blackjack is best for you.



Action/Adventure

Super Monkey Ball – Use the iPhone’s accelerometer to guide your monkey through 110 stages of monkey madness.
Jirbo Arcade – Memory match and a “Simon Says” game using the allegedly beloved Jirbo animals.
ZEN Pinball: Rollercoaster – Touch-screen controlled pinball fun on your phone.
Bomberman Touch: The Legend of Mystic Bomb – Search for the KA-BOOM TEMPLE in the latest installment of the classic Bomberman series.
Chimps Ahoy – I don’t know what it’s supposed to be, but it’s got ninjas, and it’s called “Chimps Ahoy,” so I’m sold.
Battle of Waterloo – Relive the battle of Waterloo in this interactive story.
Jirbo Break – Basically, it’s Breakout with Jirbo characters.
Comet Cowboy – Use your touch-screen to capture and mine comets.
Cube Runner – Use the accelerometer to navigate through fields of deadly cubes.  DEADLY CUBES!!!

 


Casino/Card

Texas Hold’em – Multiplayer poker title that focuses on impressive isuals.
MotionX Poker – Play poker with dice that you shake up using your iPhone.
Platinum Solitaire – Bare-bones solitaire with touch-screen controls.
Reel Deal Blackjack – Customizable blackjack that uses controls that mimick real blackjack.
Reel Deal Slots – The world’s #1 top-selling blackjack title, now on your phone.
BlackJack (3-Hand) – Blackjack game with a full career mode and stat tracking.
Demon Solitaire – Also known as Canfield solitaire, this is perhaps the world’s most challenging form of solitaire.
BlackJack Run – In an interesting take on the classic game, this title allows you to play five hands at once.

 


Family/Kids

Trism – “Tilt and Touch” controls set this Bejeweled clone apart.
Etch-A-Sketch – Full-color Etch-A-Sketch that lets you draw ofer existing photos and even shake your phone to erase!
Finger Paint – Create and share digital fingerpaintings.
iGotchi – Touch-responsive virtual pet that looks like a furry egg.
Disney’s All-Star Cards – Play Crazy 8s, Go Fish and Hearts against your favorite Disney characters.
Crazy Mouth – A silly little app that shows wacky mouths on your screen to hold up to your face.  Apparently, hilarity will ensue shortly after doing this.
Mr. Shuffle – A digital “Mr. Potato Head” with over 50 facial features to play with.
Jirbo Bounce – Poke the Jirbo animals to make them disappear.  I don’t know either…

 

Racing/Arcade

Ms. PAC-MAN – Faithful recreation of all 256 original Ms. PAC-MAN levels.
SuperPong – Like Pong, but more super.
South Park Imaginationland – Control Butters through over 60 levels as he attempts to win the Battle of Imaginationland.
Marble Mash – Tilt, twist and turn your iPhone to guide your marble to, you guessed it, another Jirbo character!
Space Monkey – Use the touch-screen to help Space Monkey clean up the galaxy.
Cro-Mag Rally – Kart racing featuring cavemen and ancient vehicles like the Logmobile and the Geode Cruiser.  Yikes.
Moto Racer – Race from Miami Beach to the Andes Mountains in this arcade motorcycle racer.  

 

Puzzle/Strategy

Jirbo Match
– Yet another Jirbo matching game.  Because one just isn’t enough.
Enigmo – Use funnels, sponges and bumpers to guide flowing liquid to their destination.
AQUA FOREST Powered by OctaveEngine – 2D physics-based puzzle game with an intriguing free-play mode.
Tetris – It’s Tetris.  What else do you need to know?
Bubble Bash – Tee-ball meets Snood in 100 tropical levels.
CubicMan Deluxe – 80 unique puzzles where you are tasked with rolling a cube to stand upright on the destination square.
Numba – 78 number chaining puzzles await in this all-new, all-original puzzler.
MathQuiz – Test your math skills and keep your mind sharp with this all-ages title.
Bubble Bay – Underwater puzzle game with 30 levels of bubble-popping and an atmospheric soundtrack.
SUDOKU – Your mom’s going to want this.

 

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  • HeyKidNiceRobot
    HeyKidNiceRobot

    Are they brick compatible?

  • Mikey Hamz
    Mikey Hamz

    This was the shittiest day ever.

  • QMarc80
    QMarc80

    Oh, joy! Yet another market for the iPod to conquer!

    ...NOT!!!

    [This reminds me of the time I saw Borat try a "NOT" joke.]

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