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Peggle now available for iPhone

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on May 12th, 2009


We told you everything you needed to know back when it was announced. When it got delayed, we were bummed, but only a little, because we knew we'd soon have it in our hands. And now, it's finally here.

55 levels and 40 challenges of some of the most addictive gameplay there has ever been. Controls feature a "precision wheel" on the side of the screen that will let you line up your shot perfectly. All of the Peggle masters and powers in the regular version made it to the iPhone as well. If you've ever played Peggle, you probably already know that at $4.99, this is a steal, and if you've never played Peggle, we can almost assuredly tell you it's more than worth the price (though there is a free trial for the Mac just in case you're not 100% sure).

Peggle for the iPhone is out. Your free time's days are numbered.

Tags: addiction, app-store, gaming, iphone, peggle, peggle-masters, pegs, plinko, popcap, precision-wheel, scoring

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

Passage creator releases Primrose, an iPhone puzzle game

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Feb 19th, 2009

Jason Rohrer gained some nice accolades among the indie gaming scene for his game, Passage, which took the player through a whole pixelated lifetime in just a few minutes in a very powerful and artistic way. Lately, he's turned his attention to the iPhone -- he released Passage on the platform (though it doesn't work quite so well -- you should probably stick to the free desktop version for the full effect), and has now created another iPhone game that's not quite as meaningfully reflective, but is definitely lots of fun.

Primrose is the new title -- it's due out on the App Store any minute now (and will be released for desktops as well), but Rohrer gave TUAW a pre-release look at the game. You can browse through a few screenshots in the gallery below, and our impressions (it's good) are in the second half of the post.

Gallery: Primrose hands-on

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Tags: game-of-life, games, gaming, go, iphone, ipod-touch, jason-rohrer, passage, primrose, puzzle, scoring

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, Odds and ends, iPhone, iPod touch

Peggle coming to the iPhone in March

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Jan 24th, 2009


We actually heard this last year, straight from Apple, but here's confirmation: PopCap Games has told our sister site Joystiq that Peggle, the distractingly cute-looking yet extremely addictive puzzle shooter, is coming to the iPhone in March of this year. If you've played Peggle (or any of PopCap's games, really) you'll know why this is so exciting, and if you haven't yet played it, you'll be in for a treat.

Word of the game apparently sneaked out via Popcap's official Twitter account, and while it was originally deleted (someone decided they didn't want to talk about it yet), the company later confirmed the game and the month of release. Of course, the game is currently available on the classic iPod, but it'll be that much better with touch-screen goodness added in. Extreme Fever!

Tags: app-store, apple, dropping-balls, extreme-fever, gaming, iphone, joystiq, peggle, popcap-games, scoring, twitter

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