The early frog gets the bugs! Sticky Licky from visionwise is a cute, old school-style game for the iPhone. Your primary purpose is to help Sticky Licky the frog eat as many flies as possible while avoiding bees and other dangers.
Sticky Licky is one hungry frog.
arcade games
iPhone and iPad apps tagged "arcade games."
Sticky Licky: Grab the Little Buggers if You Can
Wolfenstein 3D Classic Proves FPS Games Can Work on iPhone
Wolfenstein 3D Classic - I was fourteen years old when I got my first taste of what a first person shooter (FPS) was.
3D Brick Breaker Revolution is a Solid Take on a Classic
3D Brick Breaker Revolution by Digital Chocolate is a completely modern take on the classic Breakout genre, complete with 3D graphics, bonus levels, boss levels and some very cool power ups.
Save Cows from Alien Abduction with Udder Chaos
Prepare to save your cows from alien abduction in the zany, but flawed, game Udder Chaos by Vincent Nguyen.
Udder Chaos is a fun and simple app that is good for killing a few minutes of your time. Be mindful though that Udder Chaos was a bit buggy and caused a couple of freeze-ups during testing.
Flight Control is a Complete Joy to Play
Flight Control - There is no greater joy than playing a simple game that knows and relishes the fact that it’s a simple game.
10 Balls 7 Cups and a Partridge in a Pear Tree
Very similar to Arcade Bowling, 10 Balls 7 Cups is an arcade-style skeeball game for your iPhone or iPod touch.
Pop: Hate To Burst Your Bubble
Pop - Remember when playing with bubbles was maybe the most awesome thing ever? No? Just me? Well, at any rate, you probably liked it a little, at least. And the good news is that Pop by Nnooo allows you to relive that excitement in a stylish, action-packed new way.
Blue Attack! Takes the Battle for Space to the Enemy
Blue Attack, from dev John Kooistra, is a retro space shooter that draws on the 2-D graphics and traditions of some of the great arcade games of the past.
Blue Attack is the sequel to Blue Defense ($1.99), a much simpler game, in which you defend your turf.
Buster Boy is no Buster Bros....
Buster Boy - While the iPhone has enjoyed a wide range of mainstream and decidedly conventional games in it’s growing library, we’ve also seen some interesting and obscure titles made available as well (Hey Rolando!).
Indigo Ocho: Maze Game With Style
Indigo Ocho - Mazes are one of the oldest forms of puzzles in the world. For literally thousands of years, people have worked to follow paths through mazes and labyrinths, making false starts and wrong turns, sometimes getting trapped, always trying to find their way to the end.
Old School Arcade Bowling is Skeeball for the iPhone
Remember that gorgeous, graceful teenage girl, gliding around on roller skates at the old fashioned rink and arcade. That wasn't me. I was clinging to stationary objects, seconds from peril with every move. And the arcade games I played were a predictable disaster.
Radio Flare Game is Like Defender With Super-Cool Music
Radio Flare is a fast-paced iPhone game from studio radiolaris that is reminiscent of Defender. You guide your spaceship to target and destroy enemy spaceships, with an added bonus: the ships explode rhythmically, adding personalized percussion to the groovy soundtrack.
Octo's Tales: Pirates! Cannons! And...UFOs?
If you're an octopus pirate, you can't just sit back when you're attacked by UFOs — you have to fight them off! (There's a sentence I never thought I'd type.) And in Octo's Tales by Granet Entertainment, that's exactly what you do.
Lock, Load and Rampage With Namco's Time Crisis Strike
I'm not known to be even tempered, which explains why I own only a few guns. Maybe that's why I find games such as Namco's Time Crisis Strike therapeutic.
Krypton Egg Tries Hard but It's a Weak Implementation of Breakout
It's hard to find anything new to do with the classic breakout game, although Chillingo works hard to advance the genre with Krypton Egg - The Ultimate Breakout. Unfortunately, it falls short in some areas.
