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Arcade Games

‘Mini Squadron’ Game Review

November 19, 2009 Action Games
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Mini Squadron is a throwback type game that offers engaging dog fighting with cartoon fighter planes. The game itself is manic in it approach to action packed dog-fighting and will test your arcade touch. Mini Squadron offers 8 increasingly difficult levels each with multiple stages. As for your plane, the game offers 50 unlockable aircraft [...]

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‘Catcha Mouse 3′ Game Review

October 28, 2009 Arcade Games
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Catcha Mouse 3 was recently released as the third installment in the Catcha Mouse series from Odasoft Games. The latest version offers the opportunity to play against friends in multiplayer mode via Bluetooth or WiFi. The game itself is a great puzzle game whereby your job is to trap a mouse that is constantly on [...]

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‘The Relic’ Gameplay Video Released

October 28, 2009 Action Games
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Chillingo and Axolotl Studios have released a gameplay video for their upcoming release, The Relic. The game plays out like a hack-and-slash tour de force with nonstop fighting and seemingly endless enemies standing between you and The Relic. Touch Arcade tabbed it, “Gauntlet on steroids”, and I would have to agree with them. The Relic [...]

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‘Canabalt’ for iPhone Game Review

October 27, 2009 Action Games
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Canabalt was one of those games I had seen one of my co-workers playing out of the corner of my eye a few weeks back. It looked interesting, but not enough to pull me in. (UPDATE: I’ve since swung by Adam Atomic to check it out. Turns out it’s much easier than Canabalt for the [...]

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‘Five Minutes to Kill Yourself’ for iPhone Review

October 26, 2009 Action Games
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When I first ran across Five Minutes to Kill Yourself, I was intrigued. I had seen the preview on Touch Arcade and liked the look of it. I had never run across it on Adult Swim before…guess I was a little out of it. Anyhow, I took the plunge and grabbed the game. All in [...]

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‘Star Wars: Trench Run’ for iPhone Preview

October 23, 2009 Action Games
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THQ is hard at work putting together what appears to be a killer Star Wars themed game. In Star Wars: Trench Run, you take on the role of Rebel fighter pilot attempting to put an end to the Death Star. If you remember from Star Wars, the movie, you only have one shot — so [...]

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Chain Reaction Game Review

September 26, 2009 Arcade Games

Reaction is a spin off of Chain Rxn – a game you can play on Facebook. Chain Rxn is a really well thought out, clever game that is easy to get addicted to. Chain Reaction, however, is not. The mobile version of the game falls short of the Facebook version on many levels. At this [...]

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Ramp Champ Easter Eggs

September 20, 2009 Arcade Games

Iconfactory (along with dsMediaLabs) recently released Ramp Champ for the iPhone and iPod touch. As with other Iconfactory apps, Ramp Champ has hidden Easter eggs! This particular Easter egg wasn’t too difficult to run across. I found it by accident. I suspect I’m not the only one who had this experience. To obtain the hidden [...]

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Ramp Champ Review

September 16, 2009 Arcade Games
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I first came across Ramp Champ from Iconfactory and dsMediaLabs when I stumbled on the Official Ramp Champ promo page. I was immediately drawn in by the look and feel of the art assets. I wasn’t entirely sure what the game was all about, but it was clear the Ramp Champ developers had taken the [...]

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