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Galaga, Pac-Man, Bejeweled and Others Coming To iPhone

Yes, yes, everyone is jumping on board the iPhone bandwagon, and since I own an iPhone that makes me very, very happy.

The latest recruits include Namco, PopCap and THQ with talk of Pac-Man, Galaga, Bejeweled, Zuma and Peggle coming to the device.

"We're very excited about Apple's new SDK and reaching every iPhone user through the new App Store," said Scott Rubin, vice president, Sales and Marketing, Namco Networks. "We can't wait to show off great new versions of arcade classics like PAC-MAN and Galaga that use the revolutionary features of the iPhone and iPod touch."
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"Apple's become an important mobile game platform with the iPhone SDK," said Jason Kapalka, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer, PopCap. "The new SDK gives us the tools to innovate and reinvent games like Bejeweled, Zuma and Peggle. With the new App Store we can reach every iPhone and iPod touch user on the planet."

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"The iPhone is the mobile platform game developers have been dreaming of," said Scott Zerby, vice president, THQ Wireless. "We're looking at how we can use the iPhone's innovative user interface to create new game experiences for our big brand entertainment partners that consumers love."

All I gotta say is that they better be making use of some of the iPhone's neat capabilities and not just porting it straight over from a cell phone build. That and why the hell haven't we heard about Puzzle Quest? Don't make me email you Infinite Interactive!

iPhone SDK Downloads Top 100,000 [Apple]

9:20 AM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Brian Crecente
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MasterOfPastures at 09:23 AM on 03/12/08
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Looks like apple is gathering speed. I hope this encourages those gamephobes to be more open with their platforms.
jslay012 at 09:26 AM on 03/12/08
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Nice, this is exactly the sort of support I was hoping for when I bought my iPhone a couple of weeks ago.
Rodent at 09:27 AM on 03/12/08
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Seeing as how my 7 month old 80gig iPod just went tits up(luckily Costco has an unlimited return policy...I got my $ back), I'm not too keen on jumping on board another Apple product any time soon.
ValeshniPastruk at 09:28 AM on 03/12/08
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I can see passive touch-based games being friendly with the iPhone but how will furious button-mashing work?
Dante18 at 09:30 AM on 03/12/08
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so when will we see games starts releasing on the IPhone? June 2008?
HurricaneDave at 09:40 AM on 03/12/08
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I like what Nokia is doing with their N-Gage gaming platform, instead of the Apple method of having it locked down to only a certain type of phone.
dannybuoy at 09:40 AM on 03/12/08
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I absolutely love my iphone. It has changed my life, it genuinely has, no bull. This is music to my ears. I spend most of my time during bus journeys surfing the web so now I can play some games too. Exciting times ahead!
Jasper_ at 09:52 AM on 03/12/08
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Its too bad the 3rd party emulators I have on my iphone don't work that well. Too slow, choppy. Hope these new games have a smoother frame rate.
Fulgurator at 10:00 AM on 03/12/08
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"Pac-Man, Galaga, Bejeweled, Zuma and Peggle"

Wow. You mean, the very same games every modern phone have?
I'm pretty unimpressed.
arkhamster at 10:10 AM on 03/12/08
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So why do the companies have to keep re-hashing these damn puzzle games?

Why on earth can't we have some really nice ones like Monkey Island etc etc ported. Not everyone wamts puzzle games.
Pombar at 10:21 AM on 03/12/08
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If it ain't Pac-Man CE, I'm not interested.
Asbestos_Underwear at 11:14 AM on 03/12/08
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Command and Conquer Anyone?
bobtheduck at 11:24 AM on 03/12/08
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As long as all this stuff is possible on the iPod touch, since I'll buy a bloody iPhone when it becomes the last available cell phone on earth.
jacksons98 at 11:25 AM on 03/12/08
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No buttons = bad for gaming
yashichi8bit at 11:38 AM on 03/12/08
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I dont see how Galaga would work all that well on the iPhone. You have to have some serious dodging & and constintly shooting skills & I just dont see how they would play well on a touch screen. Unless you set it down on a table and had both sets of fingers on the screen, maybe.
BornToFlail at 11:39 AM on 03/12/08
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Love it! Now I'm actually happy I have one!

No buttons = forcing some innovation?

...or just putting buttons on the screen
BornToFlail at 11:43 AM on 03/12/08
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@yashichi8bit: If you watch the demo of their developer package on the apple website, they have a demo game they built in two weeks. It is essentially a 3d Gallaga that uses the motion controls built into the Iphone to steer the ship.
xboxsab at 11:46 AM on 03/12/08
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Someone needs to develop a docking controller, or even just a bluetooth one with a dock to hold the phone.
xboxsab at 11:47 AM on 03/12/08
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Someone needs to develop a docking controller, or even a bluetooth one with a cradle to hold the phone.
HazyUK at 11:48 AM on 03/12/08
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Are they gonna make games for the iPod Touch?
QuickPick at 11:59 AM on 03/12/08
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3g?
7ucky at 12:07 PM on 03/12/08
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^Ha! I wish for that, too :(
RedFive at 02:39 PM on 03/12/08
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Ugh. Can't they make these games for a platform that *doesn't* make you look like a total douchebag while in use?
flukielukie at 03:19 PM on 03/12/08
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I think Bejeweled would be very good on this. Even faster than the mouse.
Aggressor at 03:53 PM on 03/12/08
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THQ?? Wow, Supreme Commander on iPhone!! ... err, wait.
Sabre_Justice: Okay,... at 04:06 PM on 03/12/08
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@HurricaneDave: Erm, N-gage? Didn't you get the memo?
kftgr at 06:10 PM on 03/12/08
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And after that will be the 1000 interations of Diner Dash and CakeMania. *shudder*
MXs219 at 06:50 PM on 03/12/08
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We can Now say Thats Yes the Iphone can Play games. SKETCH