Matters are further complicated by the maze being split in two – halves being refilled (and often entirely reconfigured) only on grabbing a bonus item in the other half. It’s widescreen, super-fast, and has you brush past ghosts to create a spectral conga you can devour once you grab a power pill. Pac-Man are both available in solid iPhone versions, but Championship Edition DX is a better bet. The original Pac-Man and its superior follow-up Ms. The yellow dot-gobbler’s been a mainstay of arcade gaming since 1980, although the games he’s appeared in have been decidedly variable. By BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.Īccording to researcher types, Pac-Man’s the only gaming character people recognize as much as Mario.(And if you find you can’t get enough of Sonic, his original adventure is also available: US App Store | UK App Store.)ĭownload Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (US) | UK Pac-Man Championship Edition DX Also new to iPhone are dreaded virtual controls – although they’re pretty responsive, and won’t leave Sonic horribly impaled on spikes too often due to your thumb skidding across the screen. New to the iPhone version are a smoother framerate, remastered audio, and the ability to play as Sonic’s chums, Tails and Knuckles. Wrenched across from the classic Genesis/Mega Drive cartridge, but spruced up for iPhone, this blazing-fast classic manages to shine on Apple’s device.Īs ever, you help the titular Erinaceinae sprint through varied worlds, looping loops, grabbing rings, and defeating nasties, in order to thwart the evil Dr. Sonic the Hedgehog 2įor anyone who wants a nostalgia blast and a more old-school kind of platforming, Sonic 2 fits the bill. Here are those we reckon are most worth your time. Mario might be among the most recognizable gaming faces on the planet, but other greats already blazed this trail.
If you wanna try the game, just google the Apk and the Data files, it's pretty easy to find.And Nintendo most certainly did not get there first in terms of major videogame characters and series on the iPhone.
So, the answer is no, for me, at least for now.
Is it worth buying? Mmm, it could be, but they really need to fix the course options bug, and add another control option, like a virtual joystick, or o be able to keep pressing the finger to the screen and sliding it in the direction you want to move without having to lift and press in every turning.Īnd it would be great to erase Score Attack 3 minutes (it's pretty short for this kinda game) and add 10 minutes instead, and add more time for Ghost Combo.
*Bug 3: the game slows down every now and then, mostly when eating a fruit and the opposite maze appears or when there are many ghost on screen (althought this may be just because of my tablet spectations). *Bug 2: even if you select automatic music, or a certain song, or nothing, the game plays any background song randomly. *Bug 1: at least in this first version, configuration is not saved, you have to choose difficulty, BG, character, and music every single time you play (even when you select retry). In general, the game speed is not that high as the original (which is reasonable for a mobile version of this game), so in Score Attack 5 minutes you barely can complete the first round of mazes (which are the same as the 10 minutes original version). Visually, the game looks really, really great. Backgrounds: original 8 BG (A to H) but color cannot be changed. Music: Pac Rainbow, Pac Dimensions, Pac Avenue, Pac Logic. Difficulty: Begginer (5 lives), Normal (3 lives) and Expert (1 live).
Game Modes: Score Attack (3 and 5 minutes), Ghost Combo (4 minutes), Time Trial and Time Trial Short. Courses: Championship II, Highway, Junction, Spiral, Manhattan, Dungeon, Championship I, Half, Darkness, Free. So, basically, you can't keep your finger pressing the screen and moving it (like in the first mobile Championship Edition).īomb: pinch the screen (not really accurate and not good responding). Movement: slide the finger in the direction you want to turn, but for every turning you have to lift your finger and touch the screen again and slide for the next turning. Controls: it doesn't have differents controls. Options: Activate/Mute sounds and/or music (it doesn't have volume). I already played the game, these are some of the features it has (Version 1.0.0) and tested on my X-View Proton Ruby HD Tablet not that powerful (Dual Core 1.0 GHz, not GPU):
Just yesterday I noticed that the game was ported to Android, after visiting some Android news blog I follow.