Developers Only: What are your favorite iOS games of all time?

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  1. blue ox

    blue ox Well-Known Member

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    Developers: What are your favorite iOS games of all time?

    Only rule - you can't list your own games.

    Here are mine, not in any particular order:

    Top 10

    • Tilt to Live
    • Critter Crunch
    • Smiles
    • Spike Dislike
    • Cover Orange
    • Robot Wants Kitty
    • Mr. Ahhhh!
    • Veggie Samurai
    • Gemmed!
    • The Impossible Game

    Honorable Mention
    • Snail Mail
    • Galcon
    • Pac 'n Jump
    • Super Stickman Golf
    • WordFlow
    • Bookworm


    Strangely Compelling Award
    • PapiPole
    • Monkey Preschool Lunchbox
     
  2. starjimstar

    starjimstar Well-Known Member

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    #2 starjimstar, Apr 30, 2011
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    Everything by Illusion Labs. Their games feature some of the most clever control schemes that take full advantage of the available hardware. Mobigame's Edge was a significant shift in rethinking the old D-pad too. It's a shame the drop anywhere paradigm never really caught on.


    Honorable Mention

    • Forget Me Not
    • Frenzic
    • Enviro-Bear 2010
    • Ocarina
    • Eliss
     
  3. mr.Ugly

    mr.Ugly Well-Known Member

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    in no order

    - the creeps!
    - geo defense
    - plant vs zombies
    - helsing fire
    - eliss
    - cut the rope
    - dark nebula
    - space miner


    most of them are "older" title some of the i would consider iOS classics by now :D and i'm sure i missed alot others.. but thoose are still on my iphone some kept be there over 3 generations.
     
  4. starjimstar

    starjimstar Well-Known Member

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    Oh, I forgot about Eliss. Imma adding that to my list.
     
  5. simplymuzik3

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    - Tilt to Live
    - The Creeps!
    - Tower Madness
    - Run!
    - Battleheart
    - PvZ
    - Bloons Tower Defense 4
     
  6. mobile1up

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    - cut the rope
    - fruit ninja
    - osmos
    - flight control

    these are games in constantly play on my ipad :) (all HD versions of course!)
     
  7. GlennX

    GlennX Well-Known Member

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    In order of time spent playing them:

    Puzzlemaniak: 20 Puzzle games, a wonderful daily challenge system
    Tilt to Live
    Tiny Wings

    Then a long way behind, in terms of time:

    Poppi: hugely underated super-simple game with so much style
    :Shift: I must get round to playing the sequel
    CrossFingers: Just feels so solid
    Fox Vs Duck: Until Tilt to Live did it even better
    Space Invaders Infinity Gene
    World of Goo: Would have played more if I hadn't finished it on the mac
     
  8. nyarla

    nyarla Well-Known Member

    #8 nyarla, Apr 30, 2011
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    In random order, games which have a place on my iThings forevar:

    Sword & Poker 2
    Spirit
    Minotaur Rescue
    Minotron: 2112
    Sword of Fargoal
    Spike Dislike
    Skullpogo
    Brickadelic
    Dodonpachi and Espgaluda II (can't decide on just one!)
    Orbital


    Games I don't play much any more but love because they're beautiful:

    Edge
    Eliss

    Games I only just got but already love:

    Tiny Wings
    Sword & Sworcery
    Silverfish
     
  9. NinthNinja

    NinthNinja Well-Known Member

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    Not in the correct order:

    Soosiz
    Tiny Wings
    Cut the Rope
    Kami Retro
    Age of Zombies
    Rolando
    Retro
    Gears
    Train Conductor
    Parachute Ninja

    Even though I have left True Axis and the rules state you cannot mention games you worked on, I have to give Jet Car Stunts a nod - I actually play the game for fun...
     
  10. dafalcon

    dafalcon Well-Known Member

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    Top 10 games

    Here are my current top 10 iPhone games. I've spent over 450 hours playing Baseball Superstars 2011, so I guess that game is number one with a bullet.

    1. Baseball Superstars 2011
    2. League of Evil
    3. Tiny Wings
    4. Peggle
    5. Canabalt
    6. Defender Chronicles
    7. Spikey's Bounce Around
    8. F.A.S.T.A.R!
    9. Angry Birds
    10. geoDefense
     
  11. ThunderGameWorks

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    1. Game Dev Story
    2. Battleheart
    3. Aralon
    4. Words with Friends
    5. Zombieville
     
  12. ivanovich

    ivanovich Well-Known Member

    Only one? Cut the rope
    I love puzzle games and Cut the rope is in one word: Perfect!
     
  13. NickFalk

    NickFalk Well-Known Member

    In no particular order:

    Edge
    Plants vs. Zombies
    Sword&Poker
    Canabalt
    Flight Control
    Pac-Man CE
    Fieldrunners
    Mirror's Edge
    Doodle Jump
    Mecho War
     
  14. blitter

    blitter Well-Known Member

    For me it's hard to stop working, but when I do play an iOS game it is almost always Real Racing 2. I am normally a sim-racer (rFactor) with a Logitech G25 wheel and pedals, so that says a lot about RR2!
     
  15. jclardy

    jclardy Well-Known Member

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    Hmm, this is pretty tough, but I would say these are definitly my favorites

    Tilt To Live - I don't play it a lot, but I always have it on my devices
    World Of Goo - Just an awesome game in the first place.
    Space Miner Space Ore Bust - I wasn't a big fan at first, but upgrading your ship becomes addictive and the story is pretty entertaining as well.
    Mini Squadron - Fun gameplay, and each plane plays differently so it keeps you playing.
    Hook Champ - Fun gameplay mechanic, I like the original better than the sequel.
    Harbor Master - Gameplay feels a bit more varied than flight control
    Game Dev Story - Not a big fan of the interface, but it is fun feeling like you completed and shipped a game in 20 minutes :)
     
  16. MrLeQuack

    MrLeQuack Well-Known Member

    -Cut the Rope
    -Plants VS Zombies
    -Angry Birds
    -Fruit Ninja
    -Bejeweld
    -Doodle Jump
     
  17. kickflip720

    kickflip720 Active Member

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    In no particular order

    -Tilt to live
    -Pix 'n Rush Love (I love chiiptunes)
    -Tiny Wings
    -Piyo Blocks/Piyo Blocks 2
    -Neon Rush
    -Zen bound
    -Cat physics
    -Tri Towers
    -League of Evil
    -Super Turbo Action Pig
     
  18. Charybdis

    Charybdis Well-Known Member

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    Here is my humble list :)

    - Solomon's keep (definitely number 1)
    - Little wings
    - The creeps
    - MiniGore
    - Sword&Sworcery
    - SangoTD
    - UniWar
     
  19. DrummerB

    DrummerB Well-Known Member

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    Tilt to Live HD

    No other game is that addictive.
     
  20. headcaseGames

    headcaseGames Well-Known Member

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    Even after all this time I still can't get enough of this damned game, I have to play it every day.
     

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