Penguin Panic! 1.6

Sahil — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:01:11 +0000

Penguin Panic! is a tilt based game published by NewAttiPhone. When you first start the game you are greeted with a title screen asking you to name your penguin. This name will be used for the high-score table. There is also a tab for contest details, this is just a contest for fans of the application to make additional power-ups. Once you are done entering your name you tap “go”. You are thrown into the game right away. The game is in landscape mode. The point is to dodge the randomly falling icicles. Your score increases the longer you are alive. Power-ups also fall from the top of the screen. A blue snowflake gives you 500 points, red deducts 500 points, green increases the penguin’s speed, and yellow decreases the penguin’s speed. Once you are hit by an icicle you get a “game over” screen. It says your score and you have the option to “Submit Score!” or “Play Again!”. The game mechanic is simple. Tilt your Ipod/iPhone to move the penguin. Titling the device to the right makes the penguin slide to the right and tilting left slides the penguin to the left. This game has two huge problems that make it hard to like. The first is that it has way to many glitches. Sometime I can pass straight through an icicle while other times I get hit by one when I am not near one. The second reason is that the game is based way to much on luck. They should show a row of icicles at the top that shake a bit before they fall. If this was used, it would require some type of skill. The strategy used for how the game is set-up currently is hoping that you are in the right spot at the right time. The game requires Jiggy Runtime. You can get the game from newATTiPhone.com source. Below are the screenshots.

Tetris! 1.2

Sahil — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:33:08 +0000

Tetris! is tetris hence it’s name. It is far superior over Tetromino which is also a tetris game. You can get it from the newATTiPhone.com source. It requires Jiggy Runtime in order to actually play it so, make sure you install that first! When you open up the game for the first time it will ask you for your name. The game requires a name because Tetris! has a high score table. On the actual game screen you will notice the buttons “pause” and “hold piece”. The biggest difference from Tetromino is that there is NO physical arrow buttons. Tetris! uses the capabilities of the Iphone/Ipod. You use finger swipes to play the game. Swiping your finger upward will rotate the piece, swiping left will make the piece go left, swiping right will make it go right, and swiping down will make it go down…pretty self explanatory. I had no problems with the swipes, it recognized every single swipe I made. You get bonuses for clearing more than one line. If you clear four or more you get “Tetris!” which just gives you even more points. Once the blocks reache the top of the screen you lose. You have the choice to submit your score or to play again. Tetris! is exactly like the original tetris that everyone loves, but this has finger swipes and a high score table, which makes it ten times better. If you are a fan of tetris then this is an easy choice. Check out the screenshots:

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Penguin Panic! 1.6

Tetris! 1.2