Retro games remain very popular, especially on iOS, and there are plenty of great games in production at the moment that fans of the genre should know about. We#8217;ve gathered together five retro games that are coming soon for iOS, mixing some remakes of old classics with some #8216;retro-inspired#8217; titles from developers with an established history pa href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3Qw6lFTrTAFsjg1zk8AL9c6jqWc/0/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3Qw6lFTrTAFsjg1zk8AL9c6jqWc/0/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/abr/ a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3Qw6lFTrTAFsjg1zk8AL9c6jqWc/1/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3Qw6lFTrTAFsjg1zk8AL9c6jqWc/1/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pdiv class=”feedflare” a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?a=UzmVFCo8Jiw:KINv-PyeM2I:yIl2AUoC8zA”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?d=yIl2AUoC8zA” border=”0″/img/a /divimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iphone-freak/~4/UzmVFCo8Jiw” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Five Great-Looking Retro iPhone Games Coming Soon

Smash Cops is a brilliant idea. It’s based on those thousands of police pursuit-type TV shows that feature nothing but the cops chasing down a suspect, all shot from a police helicopter.  They’re trash of the highest order, but compelling and exciting trash nonetheless.  Making a game using that exact formula is inspired, and Smash

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iPhone/iPad App Review – Smash Cops

It has been more than a year since the release of Pixelbite#8217;s excellent iOS racer Reckless Racing, and the team has now provided a release date for the sequel.  Reckless Racing 2 will be sliding onto your iPhone and iPad on the 2nd February. Announced in October last year, the new game will once again feature pa href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ISpkceWT-4adZX5k0tQNtmFy_5M/0/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ISpkceWT-4adZX5k0tQNtmFy_5M/0/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/abr/ a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ISpkceWT-4adZX5k0tQNtmFy_5M/1/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ISpkceWT-4adZX5k0tQNtmFy_5M/1/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pdiv class=”feedflare” a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?a=-U9czJR2JY0:iRFvr2Vsyhg:yIl2AUoC8zA”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?d=yIl2AUoC8zA” border=”0″/img/a /divimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iphone-freak/~4/-U9czJR2JY0″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Reckless Racing 2 Released on February 2nd

This is an early review of Ant Raid for the iPhone, it#8217;s released on the 26th January. Originally an iPad-only game, Ant Raid has now been shrunk down to fit on the iPhone by developers Prank Entertainment.  At its heart, Ant Raid is a tower defense game, but with real-time strategy overtones; however the attention to pa href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kh5D4rJXawJtxeENeOIFBL2tkCM/0/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kh5D4rJXawJtxeENeOIFBL2tkCM/0/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/abr/ a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kh5D4rJXawJtxeENeOIFBL2tkCM/1/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kh5D4rJXawJtxeENeOIFBL2tkCM/1/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pdiv class=”feedflare” a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?a=emf3pf_vYTA:NYrd3kI0xFc:yIl2AUoC8zA”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?d=yIl2AUoC8zA” border=”0″/img/a /divimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iphone-freak/~4/emf3pf_vYTA” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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iPhone App Review – Ant Raid

Analytics firm Flurry reports that between iOS devices and Android the week of Christmas there were 1.2 billion apps downloaded. That over a billion downloads a week mark is expected to come several times in 2012. Nintendo is reportedly getting a Wii U book store ready and is looking to coax some iOS devs over. I hope that this might mean some Nintendo games heading to the iOS platform in return. A creepy 12-inch tall Steve Jobs action figure has surfaced. It will sell for $99 and come with his trademark glasses and clothing.

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1.2 billion app downloads in a week, Nintendo courts iOS devs, Steve Jobs action figure

We all know that most of the apps that the App Store moves are free downloads. Some developers make money off the in-app sales and DLC for these free games. During the month of November, there were a huge number of free apps downloaded. According to metrics firm Fiksu, there were 5.65 million free apps downloaded during November alone. That is up from 4.91 million free apps in October. I can only imagine how much the bandwidth that all those downloads consumed cost Apple. Comparing November 2010 to November 2011, the uploads were up 83%. Before October the number of free downloads was declining. That decline is blamed in part on the wait for the iPhone 4S by consumers. [ via SlashGear]

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App Store served 5.65 million free downloads daily in November

Cope-Com, the developers behind the arcade hit Battle Squadron ONE, has just released version 2.0 of the iOS game along with a brand-new edition for the iPad.  Battle Squadron ONE was reviewed back in July and awarded 5/5. So what’s in the new version?  A total of 36 Game Center achievements have been added, along with

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Two-Player Split Screen Action Comes to the iPad with Battle Squadron ONE

Sources are claiming that Apple has unveiled a new certified chip for its gadgets like the iPhone that will bring a new facet to AirPlay. The new chip will allow AirPlay over Bluetooth 4.0 using low power and offering a 50M range. The Apple App Store has over 500,000 apps now. I wonder how many of those are crap? Steve Jobs is to be honored in Budapest with a bronze statue . The statue will be erected in Graphisoft Park to honor Jobs’ leadership and tech contributions.

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Apple AirPlay over BT, App Store has 500k apps, Jobs statue

It#8217;s that time of the year again, when Apple gets all festive and decides to lavish some gifts on their faithful iTunes users.  A new 12 Days of Christmas app has appeared inside the UK iTunes App Store, promising that over the Christmas period there will be a selection of items made free for 24 pa href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tTXiOgw2eWEnFgnbIfw0UkbarrE/0/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tTXiOgw2eWEnFgnbIfw0UkbarrE/0/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/abr/ a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tTXiOgw2eWEnFgnbIfw0UkbarrE/1/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tTXiOgw2eWEnFgnbIfw0UkbarrE/1/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pdiv class=”feedflare” a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?a=H9kuVCXVIa0:Q19RCiIi6kw:yIl2AUoC8zA”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?d=yIl2AUoC8zA” border=”0″/img/a /divimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iphone-freak/~4/H9kuVCXVIa0″ height=”1″ width=”1″/

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12 Days of Christmas App Promises iTunes Gifts Galore

Has there been a genre, film, cartoon or story that hasn#8217;t been given its own pinball machine?  From the classic Addams Family machine to ones based on poker, if it could be hidden under glass and a ball rolled around, then it became a pinball machine.  Virtual pinball on the iPhone and iPad is a pa href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RrF6qKTG5nIFY2EcOYLwi3FnpNE/0/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RrF6qKTG5nIFY2EcOYLwi3FnpNE/0/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/abr/ a href=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RrF6qKTG5nIFY2EcOYLwi3FnpNE/1/da”img src=”http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RrF6qKTG5nIFY2EcOYLwi3FnpNE/1/di” border=”0″ ismap=”true”/img/a/pdiv class=”feedflare” a href=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?a=3VQRdJn-WFc:IQo8dUwC7jY:yIl2AUoC8zA”img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/iphone-freak?d=yIl2AUoC8zA” border=”0″/img/a /divimg src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/iphone-freak/~4/3VQRdJn-WFc” height=”1″ width=”1″/

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Frogger Pinball iPhone App Review