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Nathan, these are the iPhone apps I use all the time
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... dork can make crappy iPhone camera (not that you have a camera, Nate) look decent, but I've lost at least one irreplaceable photo to its crashiness.
Games
• Fieldrunners ($5) – A Tower Defense-style game, I've probably wasted more time with this than any other game on the iPhone. Needs more levels and units, but still, I've probably put 20 hours into this in the last month. Very well-behaved crash-wise, too.
• Galcon ($5) — Fun arcade strategy hybrid. A free demo gives you a lot of play, too. ...
The Only 10 Games Your iPhone Needs [IPhone Games]
Gizmodo —
... Galcon: Galcon is a space-based strategy game that delivers super-short games, which is perfect for the iPhone. Rather than getting dragged into games you won't finish, Galcon lets you play a bunch of one or two minute games. You can refine your strategy with each game, and every time you lose it's just too easy to try again. Lite: Free; Pro: $4.99 ...
GDC: iPhone dominates IGF Mobile Games Awards
Macworld —
Posted on by Chris Holt The Independent Games Festival’s Mobile Game Awards highlight the best in the past year’s mobile games released by independent developers. A few years ago, the mobile gaming community was too small to warrant much press, let alone an entire awards show. But the idea of a mobile game has been redefined by the emergence of the iPhone on the scene last July. By all estimations, the mobile gaming community is booming. As this year’s awards indicate, the platform of choice for independent developers isn’t the Nintendo DS or PlayStation Portable (PSP), but the iPhone. In their acceptance speeches, many award winners gave thanks to the ...
GDC: iPhone dominates IGF Mobile Games Awards
iPhone Central —
Posted on by Chris Holt The Independent Games Festival’s Mobile Game Awards highlight the best in the past year’s mobile games released by independent developers. A few years ago, the mobile gaming community was too small to warrant much press, let alone an entire awards show. But the idea of a mobile game has been redefined by the emergence of the iPhone on the scene last July. By all estimations, the mobile gaming community is booming. As this year’s awards indicate, the platform of choice for independent developers isn’t the Nintendo DS or PlayStation Portable (PSP), but the iPhone. In their acceptance speeches, many award winners gave thanks to the ...
iPhone sweeps IGF's Mobile Games Awards
AppleInsider —
... . Innovation in Mobile Game Design Hassey Enterprises' Galcon , a $2.99 action strategy game, was awarded Innovation in Mobile Game Design. The other finalists for Innovation in Mobile Game Design were Wardive for the Nintendo DS and Steph Thirion's ...
iPhone dominates the IGF Mobile Games Awards
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
The iPhone trumps just about any other mobile gaming platform when it comes to bang-whiz graphics and gameplay. And, as yet another testament to the iPhone’s widely accepted role as a console-smashing gaming platform, the IGF Mobile Games Awards has given out just about every single award to an iPhone gaming title.
The Independent Games Festival is in its 11th year and coincided with the Game Developers Conference 2009 in San Francisco this year. Independent game developers have proven to be especially smitten with the iPhone and iPod Touch as mobile gaming platforms. This year marked the second year that IGF has given out ...
In Depth: 12 must-own games for iPhone or iPod touch
Techradar - All the latest technology news —
... Essentially Risk for the MTV generation, Galcon is a breakneck game of galactic conquest. Send ships to take over planets, which then manufacture more ships (larger planets being more productive). Offline, Galcon provides a number of gameplay variations, so you can train for frenzied online battles (and occasional space-oriented Mexican stand-offs) with players worldwide. ...
Backstage: Galcon As Object Lesson in iPhone App Development and Refreshing
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
Galcon As Object Lesson in iPhone App Development and Refreshing Though an entire essay could be written on the subject of Phil Hassey’s Galcon , one of the earliest really good games for the iPhone and iPod touch, we’re not going to do that today. Instead, we’re going to point to just a few things that are really interesting about where Galcon sits today at version 1.7, priced at $3, versus where it was when we reviewed it back in August of 2008 when it debuted for $10. image Galcon retains the simple but very effective planet-conquering gameplay that really showed off the value of a touchscreen back a year ago, with some additional enhancements. It added a ...
Galcon Labs in the App Store now
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
Filed under: Gaming, Software, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch Galcon (App Store link) was one of the most popular games of last year -- it presented a fascinating mix of strategy and real-time arcade gameplay onto the iPhone just as it was starting out, and along with games like Fieldrunners and Flight Control, really cemented a place for the platform in the gamer's arsenal. It's been described as "real-time Risk in space." The basic premise is that you can drag little ships around from planet to planet, conquering planets of various sizes and thus ...
Five awesome online-multiplayer games for iPhone
iPhone Atlas —
... Galcon An insanely addictive space-based action game, Galcon plays like Risk at warp speed. Conquer other planets while protecting your own. Multiplayer options include not only one-on-one, but also two-on-two and one-on-two. Not sold? Try the ...
Five awesome online-multiplayer games for iPhone
Crave: The gadget blog —
... Galcon An insanely addictive space-based action game, Galcon plays like Risk at warp speed. Conquer other planets while protecting your own. Multiplayer options include not only one-on-one, but also two-on-two and one-on-two. Not sold? Try the ...
