Ask the Readers: iPhone games you can play with your own music?

For iPhone users, press the headset button thing. For iPod Touch users, double click the home screen in any game and it'll pause and you can play your music. ANY GAME CAN LET YOU DO THIS! you're welcome...

Armor Games is excited to announce the release of Phit for the iPhone and iPod Touch platform. The Idea is simple: PHIT all the pieces into the tray at the bottom of the screen. The pieces can't move through each other, and discovering how they PHIT together will test your skills and wits. PHIT takes advantage of the iPhone & iPod touches intuitive interface and the levels grow more difficult as you progress. The game keeps track of every level and saves your progress so you can resume exactly where you left off. Phit for iPhone & iPod touch is available on the iTunes App Store.

Features Include:

-Addictive puzzle gameplay
-Intuitive, Multi-Touch interface
-Over 100 levels--hours and hours of play!
-Play while you listen to iPod
-Undo and redo moves
-High score/time table remembers your best performance on each level



ArmorGames.com

These game allow for your own music.
- Par 72 Golf
- Beach Volleyball
- Tank Ace 1944
- Vegas Pool Sharks

These game allow you to listen to your own music:
- Par 72 Golf
- Tank Ace 1944
- Beach Volleyball
- Vegas Pool Sharks

My app has an intro movie which stops whatever music is playing before playing the movie. I would think many other applications have the same problem going on. If there is enough interest, I would add a setting to stop the movies (there are others when you get to the end and/or get a new best time). Self-promotion - my app is called Tic Tak Know.

All Seahorse Software games - BlackJack Run, Tric-Trac, (and coming soon) Pyramid Solitaire - allow you to play your own while playing. You can either have the music playing prior to starting the game, or double-click the home button to bring up the pop-up iPod controls.

-James
Seahorse Software
http://www.seahorsesoft.com/

On my iPod Touch, before playing the game, I go into Music and choose what I want to listen to and start playing it. Then I immediately pause, and then go open the game. In the game, I double tap the Home button and press play on the popup player. That allows me to play music during some games. I know this is obvious to most of us, but it seems from some of the comments that some iPod Touch owners aren't aware of this.

Out of the games I've played, this works on Jirbo Break, Aqua Forest, iPint, Labyrinth LE, Break Classic, Subway Lite, and Fire Drop. With most of these (seeing as they have no in-game music), you can just play the music and then open the game w/o having to bring up the popup player - music will continue uninterrupted while you play. I actually do this w/ podcasts more than music when I'm on the road.

Not the headset button the "Home Button". I'm pretty sure your iPod has one of those.

quordy is working well with music.
and i'm annoyed that tetris doesn't.

In addition to being a great casual game for the iPhone/Touch, "Dizzy Bee" seems to allow one to completely turn off "Sounds" while playing the game. There are some really nice touches to the game and they even have a lite/free version to check out.