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Squashem 1.0 Released – New Tilt Based Chase Game for iPhone/iPod Touch

Elsternwick, Australia – Squashem is a quirky rolling ball game played in stunning 3D environments. The aim is to chase and squash 10 runners as they try to flee – against the clock. It is slick, fast paced, and designed to be fun and challenging – 6 Single Levels for some quick squashing action, or the All Levels Challenge for longer sessions. Squashem has a choice of Easy or Hard modes to maintain the challenge as your squashing skills improve.

Options include a choice of 10 balls, tilt sensitivity. The tilt calibration system means you can play from almost any angle, and calibration is a touch away at any time during play. Internet high scores (14 tables) are integrated into the Squashem score system with optional filtering (myScores) to see how you rate.

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Clever Coding releases iColor Easter Eggs 1.0 – Custom Easter Greetings

Springville, Utah – Clever Coding today announced the release of their latest iPhone/iPod touch App, iColor Easter Eggs. The App hits the iTunes App Store just in time for Easter this coming Sunday. iColor Easter Eggs is an innovative application that allows users to color Easter Eggs, choose a greeting and background, and email the e-card to their friends and family.

Building on the success of previous interactive games, Clever Coding wanted to build a game that fun and simple for all age groups. “The focus has always been on creating something that is visually appealing and fun to play at the same time,” said Brandon Pluim, a Clever Coding developer. “I think we have met those expectations with iColor Easter Eggs.”

When users open the game they are able to choose one of six custom egg designs. From the designs they are able to color the eggs in any way they would like. After color the eggs, users can pick one of six colorful backgrounds for their picture. The last step is to add one of many Easter greetings, ranging from “Happy Easter” to “Your Eggstra Awesome”

“We were really going for something a little bit goofy that would make fun cards to send around.” said Pluim. “We are hoping that everyone finds something to enjoy about the app.”

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Lhunath releases Gorillas 1.2 – QBasic Classic ported to the iPhone

Ghent, Belgium – In the spirit of Easter, Gorillas, an iPhone port of the famous classic DOS game GORILLA.BAS, released a holiday edition with its second update. Introducing the new feature of player model selection, this update unlocks the first in a series of holiday models: the easter bunny.

Gorillas is an iPhone port of a game that was released together with MS-DOS 5 as a demonstration of the QBasic programming language. The original was basically a simplistic artillery game with a twist. Instead of artillery shooting missiles, gorillas were introduced that threw exploding bananas. The concept was very much in the spirit of King Kong and gorillas were placed in a city scape on top of buildings of arbitrary height. The goal was to find the right angle and velocity to throw your banana such that it would hit the opponent while dodging the surrounding buildings.

The iPhone port of this classic has kept most of the retro-feel which makes it very recougnisable. Improvements include, but aren’t limited to:

* Catchy background music
* Improved graphics such as fires, explosions and smoke
* Manual entry of angle and velocity was replaced by a single touch of the screen
* Camera can follow the action
* Game field can be zoomed for long shots
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Bark Machine & Dog Tricks released – Teaches Old Dogs New Tricks

Toronto, Canada – Bark Machine, a free dog training app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, has rocketed to Top 10 app status in the Utilities category on iTunes. Users around the world have quickly made Bark Machine & Dog Tricks one of the most downloaded pet tutorial apps on iTunes. The app features photographs and instructional text that were supervised by certified professional dog trainers.

The innovative app, Bark Machine & Dog Tricks(TM) contains 2 apps in 1. A comprehensive dog trick and training guide with over 200 pictures and step by step instructions AND Bark Machine, which features amazing sounds, from squeaky toys to fire trucks, that have captivated pets and their owners.

“Bark Machine is truly a fun app”, according to Robert Maran. “Our goal was to produce a product that blended entertainment and content seamlessly. The iPhone has provided us with the perfect platform to achieve this goal.” Bark Machine is receiving kudos for their fantastic random shaker mode, where an owner can “shake” the iPhone to bring up a random trick to try with their dog.

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Bark Machine & Dog Tricks is available for free, for a limited time, from the iPhone App Store.

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Bark Machine & Dog Tricks was created by Robert Maran, a book packager, and Deidra Jones, a marketing exec. Robert & Deidra have produced four apps on the iTunes store including Easy Recipes, Pocket Cocktails(TM) and SixPack App(TM). (C) 2009 Robert Maran & Deidra Jones / All Rights Reserved. Bark Machine & Dog Tricks, Pocket Cocktails and SixPack App are trademarks of Robert Maran & Deidra Jones. iTunes, iPhone, and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Review: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for iPhone

Question: Is an iPhone version of a TV game show well past its prime—where a single wrong answer ends your game, and the greatest victory possible is winning a ton of fake money—worth a $5 App Store purchase?

• A: Yes, in spite of the creepy digitized Meredith Viera that launches each game.
• B: Probably, as long as you don’t mind the constant tapping required to make the game go faster (instead of sitting through scoreboard animations, answer animations, lingering “Correct!” screens, and the like).
• C:Sure, if you like trivia games with the added bonus of a few adequately-implemented lifelines.

The correct answer, of course, is D: It would be, if not for a showstopper bug. But we’ll get to that in a minute.

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire from Capcom Interactive is a reasonable iPhone-ified version of the syndicated game show, and it’s fun to play. The lack of high scores, though, is a huge oversight. (Why bother “walking away” if guessing to win more can’t hurt your average winnings?)

Integration with your address book with the “Phone-a-Friend” lifeline is cute. But the game always picks the same three friends for me (one of whom is… me).

Unfortunately, though, in my testing, the game crashes my iPhone every single time if I allow the screen to lock while playing. When I wake the device up again, the iPhone reboots. If the developers can squash that nasty bug, Millionaire would be a solid recommendation for trivia buffs.

Capcom also offers a free version that caps off your willings at the $2,000 question, if you want to try the game before parting with a $5 slice of your millions.

Who Wants to Be A Millionaire is compatible with any iPhone or iPod touch running the iPhone 2.2 software update.

Via macworld.com/

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