After weeks of deliberating I finally ordered, not one, but two iPhone 3G S – one for me and one for the new Mrs Blair. They should be arriving next week, and I’m already creating a list of apps I want to install. Portable video games are hot as a pistol, and the iPhone platform is just perfect for this form of entertainment. The screen is pretty large, thanks to the non-existing keypad, and the phone registers any change in position, which allows you to use the phone itself as a game control.
Among the pretty rich range of iPhone games, here are the five best ones that I’m going to install first on my brand new shiny iPhone!
Aquatica
This game is a really nice and soft underwater adventure for iPhone. You make your little amoeba swim around in the light blue ocean and eat other microbes to grow bigger and more handsome. It’s similar to the popular PS3 game flow. Actually so similar that is has created accusations of plagiarism, more about that here.
Blimp
Blimp reminds of Aquatica but it’s the other way around – it’s a flying adventure. You must fly to the right places and pick up the right stuff. This game environment is really, really good-looking, and you play it using the iPhone as a controller, that is, tilting the phone to control your flight.
Let’s Golf
This is nothing less than a truly entertaining golf game for the iPhone. As a matter of fact, this is as close as you get to console gaming on the iPhone right now. The game play also reminds a lot of the usual golf games – aiming, hitting, putting with easy controls. You can customize your character, buy new clothes for reward points, and so on.
Zynga Live Poker
This is an astonishingly good multiplayer poker game for the iPhone. The game play reminds a lot of genuine online poker, and you can play against thousands of other players around the world. The usual poker rules apply, the betting is what you’re used to, and except for the lack of a real-money option, this is real poker on the iPhone.
Peggle
In Peggle, you must try to nail a number of pegs with balls that come out of a small cannon at the top of the screen. You set the direction of the cannon, tap the fire button and the ball comes bouncing around like crazy. If in ten balls you manage to nail all orange pegs, you advance to the next level (a total of 55). It’s a classic “game”, and the iPhone version brings it alive very nicely.
