Line Rider coming to iPhone

I thought Line Rider kind of "jumped" the shark (so to speak) when they sold out to McDonald's, but apparently the little sandbox physics game is still kicking around. InXile, the company that makes it, is working on a version for the iPhone. There was a version available for jailbreakers, but apparently the company put the kibosh on it when they found out.

Not much else to say about this -- Line Rider is currently available for free online, and if you like it there, you'll probably like it on the iPhone, too. Personally, it's more fun to watch than to play -- whenever I try to make a run, my little guy always dies on the first curve. But maybe with a little more iPhone-based practice, I can finally get him to do that loop-de-loop I've been wanting.

[via Touch Arcade]

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TonyRockyHorror

i've been wondering why it's taken this long for Line Rider to officially come to the iPhone. seems like they would have had this ready for the App Store launch, yeah?

i mean, combine the intuitive drawing capability of the touch screen with the accelerometer(to control the "gravity" of the drawing) and you have a winner in my book.

September 04 2008 at 11:57 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Stephen.4

There was one of the AppStore, not for jailbreakers. Although you can get it cracked now. It was free and called Flying Rider.

September 03 2008 at 10:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tom Craft

Ok, I wanna know what song that was in that clip. Anyone know?

September 03 2008 at 9:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Tom Craft

I got a $25 iTunes certificate, and enough cash from other family memebrs so that I too can buy a 250GB SATA drive for my MacBook Pro. :)

September 03 2008 at 9:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

andrew harrison

FlyingRider was available in the App Store very very briefly, not to Jailbreakers.

Good to hear the official LineRider is coming though.

September 03 2008 at 7:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Tom Craft

Andrew: If you open 1Password, and go to the entry for TUAW, you can set it to never auto-submit. You can also clear the comment field so its blank again. Works fine after that, but I agree its not super intuitive.

September 03 2008 at 9:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply