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Big Bang Board Games come to iPhone/iPod touch
If you're looking for a collection of classic timewaster games for your iPhone or iPod touch, look no further than Freeverse's Big Bang Board Games, which includes Chess, Backgammon, Checkers, Mancala, Reversi, 4-In-A-Row, and Tic-Tac-Toe.
The artwork and gameplay is taken directly from the Mac version of the game, and Chess has a portrait (3D) and landscape (2D) mode.
Unfortunately, each game only has a one-player mode. It would be nice to have a two-player option, for those situations where you're waiting with your significant other for a table, or in line for a movie.
Other than that, they're great games for my (sigh) favorite activity: sitting quietly through endless telephone meetings. Note to self: my clients don't read TUAW, do they? Just kidding, everyone!
Big Bang Board Games is available in the App Store for $7.99.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Almadi said 7:17PM on 9-11-2008
The only board game I want on the touch is Catan.
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LuminousNerd said 7:44PM on 9-11-2008
So..how does it work? Are the graphics good? Does it perform well? Is it glitchy? Is it fun? Is there anything different about it???
What a terrible review...
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Robert Palmer said 7:47PM on 9-11-2008
It wasn't intended to be a review, but just a quick post to let people know it was available. So yes, you're right, it is a terrible review.
LuminousNerd said 7:52PM on 9-11-2008
*sigh* TUAW doesn't do many reviews these days
Robert Palmer said 7:55PM on 9-11-2008
I wrote one on Tuesday, as a matter of fact: http://www.tuaw.com/2008/09/09/tuaw-hands-on-itunes-8/
Maybe we just don't do many reviews that *you personally* care about these days.
Brian said 1:02PM on 9-12-2008
Brian from Freeverse here.
Just wanted to say that we are definitely planning to add 2-player functionality in a future update. So if you buy the game now, you'll get that functionality at a later date. We'd really like to use Apple's Push technology to power multiplayer games, we're still waiting for it to be released.
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Enrique said 2:47PM on 9-12-2008
Also, if you're a Reversi fan, there's a well-programmed Free app called Morocco that I've been enjoying...
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Shane said 12:21PM on 9-14-2008
I downloaded this and ya....love it...well worth it. i own the same set of games on the mac. checkers, however, does not work correctly most of the time. it crashes as soon as i move a piece.....Plz fix this!
there is already a forum post on the freeverse forums. http://forum.freeverse.com/viewforum.php?id=23
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Justin said 10:04PM on 10-24-2008
Big price drop on this App :)
http://appstoredeals.com/?p=221
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