[Every week, Gamasutra sums up sister iPhone site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent -- and increasingly exciting -- portable games platform, as written by editor in chief Danny Cowan and authors Louise Yang and Jonathan Glover.]
This week, FingerGaming covers the upcoming titles
Golvellius: Valley of Doom and
Pac-Man Remix, and highlights recent releases like
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, Pinball Fantasies and
Zombies vs. Sheep.
Here's the top stories from the last seven days:
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LucasArts Ports The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition to iPhone
"LucasArts makes its iPhone debut today with the release of
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, an upgraded port of the company's landmark PC point-and-click adventure title."
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Free App Releases: Car Jack Streets, Space Ace, and More
"This week's free releases include demo editions of
Car Jack Streets and
Space Ace, along with free full versions of
All 51 Games Free and
Axe Pogo Extreme.
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Sega Master System RPG Golvellius: Valley of Doom Coming Soon to iPhone
"One of the 8-bit Sega Master System's greatest offerings, the action-RPG
Golvellius: Valley of Doom, will soon see new life in an iPhone port, courtesy of publisher D4 Enterprise and French retro emulation specialist DotEmu."
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Top Free Game App Downloads for the Week
"Dare Digital's 3D water slide simulator
Waterslide Extreme tops the App Store's free app chart in its first week of release.
Rope'n'Fly Lite moves up to second place after finishing seventh last week — a jump that has given the paid version a significant boost in popularity."
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Namco Announces Apple Games Division; Pac-Man Remix to be Released This Week
"Following up on its previous ports of
Galaga and
Dig Dug, Namco Bandai is readying yet another iPhone adaptation of one of its classic arcade franchises.
Pac-Man Remix has been submitted to Apple for review, and will appear in the App Store later this week."
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Top-Selling Paid Game Apps for the Week
"The mining simulator
I Dig It and rope swinging action title
Rope'n'Fly lead this week's paid apps chart. Sales for
Harbor Master have risen dramatically following the recent release of a new pirate-themed episode, while the conceptually similar
Flight Control drops to fourth place."
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Pinball Dreams Sequel Pinball Fantasies Hits App Store
"
Pinball Fantasies includes four tables, each with its own unique theme and layout. All tables feature remastered graphics, but are otherwise completely faithful to their original Amiga versions in terms of gameplay."
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Studio Radiolaris Debuts Radio Flare Follow-Up Zombies vs. Sheep
"The game's visual style is striking; all on-screen objects are rendered as cardboard cut-outs, complete with moving strings and wires. The visual detail translates well to the gameplay -- players can snipe individual limbs off of zombies, and each bullet fired leaves an appropriate mark on the painted backdrop."
