Just as we were wondering why Apple's touch-screen platform is so lacking in strategy games comes the weekend release by 2K of an iPhone version of Civilization Revolution.

From what we can tell (having only played a few rounds of the lite version), it's pretty much the same game as appeared on consoles last year, only with unexpectedly poor graphics.

The game is going for $5 or, if you're feeling cheap, the lite version - which includes three nations, allowing you to play until the modern era - is free.

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