Simulation Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Daily iPad App: Battle of the Bulge is brilliant but obscure historical simulation

by Mike Schramm (Dec 26th, 2012)

Battle of the Bulge is a really incredible game that I think a lot of people will overlook, unfortunately. In terms of war simulation games on the App Store, I haven't seen a better game than Battle of the Bulge. As you can tell from the title, it's a full-scale recreation of the legendary ...

iRise visual prototyping platform updated with new iPad emulation capability

by Steven Sande (Apr 18th, 2012)

iRise is a visual prototyping platform that is used by enterprise organizations to quickly create UI simulations for apps. The company today announced that the newly-released iRise 8.10 can now create those visual simulations for iPad and Android apps. iRise is useful when organizations are ...

TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Titus

by Mike Schramm (Jun 15th, 2011)

Titus is a game that calls itself a "political simulator," featuring an agoraphobic watchmaker who decides to run for president in the crazy world of Wealland. If that description and the game's Tim Burton-esque aesthetic haven't won you over already, then you and I have very different tastes ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me find iPhone simulation games

by Erica Sadun (Sep 24th, 2010)

Dear Aunt TUAW, Finding games (or any app) for iPhone, or iOS in general, is a series of hit and misses. Let me be frank. It's mostly misses. I was wondering if you knew of any good Empire Building or (preferably) Company building games out there. Any help would be most appreciative. ...

Ngmoco releases We City

by Mike Schramm (Sep 23rd, 2010)

Ngmoco has introduced its third title in the "We" series. We City arrives after We Rule and We Farm as the same kind of social simulation game. This time around, players will be building and creating their own cities, but other than the setting and the graphics, not too much has changed. Just like ...

TUAW's Daily App: Silent Hunter Mobile

by Mike Schramm (May 13th, 2010)

The Silent Hunter series is largely accepted as the pinnacle of submarine simulation. The PC and console games are pretty much the best way to feel like you're in charge of a real old-school submarine. Ubisoft currently owns the license, and they've now released an iPhone version of the brand, ...

Pocket Sitar is a virtual sitar for the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Feb 4th, 2010)

NPR posted the other day about an app that promised to simulate a sitar, the stringed instrument used mainly in Indian music. So just for you, dear readers, we downloaded it [iTunes link] and gave it a shot. The verdict? If you can already play the sitar, you'll probably find it a reasonable ...

WWDC Demo (and sneak peek): SciFly 2, a dogfight app for your iPhone or iPod touch

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 14th, 2009)

I was shocked to discover the young author of SciFly (iTunes link) hadn't even graduated high school when he first started coding, and wrote the original game while in high school. Based on his success with the first version, he dropped out of high school and has dedicated himself to iPhone ...

Mafia Wars out now on the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Apr 8th, 2009)

Unfortunately, the classic mobile game of Dope Wars (I played hours of it on my old TI-80) still hasn't been allowed on the App Store -- Apple reportedly wasn't happy with the drug-themed gameplay, and so there are only "sugarcoated" versions there now (including one that is literally about sugar, ...

Sully's Flight on the iPhone

by Mel Martin (Mar 21st, 2009)

The flight simulator X-Plane is generally acknowledged to be among the best on either a Mac or a PC. Surprisingly, X-Plane [App Store link] made it to the iPhone as one of the first apps available. That was quite an accomplishment, and while the iPhone version is not as sophisticated as its big ...

First Look: Hellfire for iPhone / iPod touch

by Steven Sande (Jan 22nd, 2009)

Ahhh, there's nothing quite like taking your helicopter gunship out for a spin to wake you up first thing in the morning! Astraware has announced the immediate availability of their newest action game for iPhone and iPod touch, Hellfire (click opens iTunes). This US$4.99 game puts you in the ...

X-Plane Airliner / Helicopter versions now available

by Steven Sande (Dec 19th, 2008)

X-Plane is an amazing cross-platform flight simulator app, and it has brought the thrill of flying to iPhone / iPod touch owners as well. The small screen size and limited memory of the iPhone platform made X-Plane for iPhone somewhat less impressive than the Mac and Windows versions in that you ...

The Goalkeeper: Every position will be famous for 15 minutes

by Michael Rose (Dec 1st, 2006)

Dateline, Macworld SF 2007: Mac game publishers have jumped on the SPSG bandwagon with a slew of Single Position Sports Games sure to thrill fans. We now have Placekicker, full of the excitement of the point-after conversion; Power Forward II Gold for hoops enthusiasts who need that extra bit of ...