subject: Some Iphone Games [print this page] Moonlight Mahjong Lite Moonlight Mahjong Lite
The Chinese game of Mahjong, where a quack of tiles has to be dismantled by pairing two identical tiles, is one of the most popular single-player games. Developer Michael Howard has recreated the game virtually with Moonlight Mahjong Lite for the iPhone, stacking the tiles in a 3D view that can be shifted around easily using your fingers or zoomed in and out with the default pinching techniques. If you want to eliminate a set of tiles, tap one and then the other in succession. The 'lite' version is free and offers four puzzles; but if you do enjoy it, try out the commercial full version with over 50 levels.
Labyrinth Lite
The iPhone's accelerometer lends itself to some creative games, and also to a few classics. Some of you may remember the old labyrinth puzzles we used to get: a cheap plastic case with a ballbearing in it, where you had to take the sphere to the outermost point and drop it in a hole. Some versions came with holes in the middle of the path that you had to avoid. You found yourself rotating the disk in many different ways and could spend hours doing it. Developers Codify AB have used the iPhone accelerometer to great effort to recreate this game on a virtual level, as you move the phone about just like you did the plastic disk all those years ago. The free Labyrinth Lite offers 10 levels of gameplay, while the commercial versions bonus this to 500!
World Cup Ping Pong
The simplistic game of table tennis has always been popular in its virtual avatar, as you strive to keep the ball on the other side of the table in a series of back-and-forth plays. Developer Skyworks' World Cup Ping Pong for the iPhone is not revolutionary in any way: it just does what a lot of Pong games have done so far, while providing polished graphics. Played with a first person perspective, you have to control your paddle by taking it left to right with your thumb, while the game auto-adjusts the depth. The commercial version offers lots of features, including multiplayer, but the freeware version is good enough to keep you entertained for a long time.
