“With WWDC 2008 underway and tons of information being released about the new 3G iPhone, I thought it was necessary for the community to put out ideas for games that should be ported to the iPhone. Here are 5 games that seem to be logical choices for the iPhone platform, some of which may already be underway,” Sunsu writes ror VGPRO.
Five Games That MUST come to the iPhone:
1) Spore
2) Super Monkey Ball (MacDailyNews Note: Coming. See video below.)
3) Portal
4) Lunar Lander (MacDailyNews Take: Yes! Great idea. Definitely a must.)
5) Tie Fighter
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Surely there MUST be more than JUST five (like Tetris), so… any bright ideas? (And, yes, we’ll stop calling you “Surely.”)
6) The original Super Mario Brothers.
69) Slide the Salami
etch a sketch!!
Brio Labyrinth
TT
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And the king of them all…………Slapfight!
420) Thai(stick) Lighter
Bejeweled.
Touch controls for Bejeweled would be so perfect. Just drag the jewels to move them and what not. Maybe it’s just me, but I think bejeweled would be so perfect.
How bout one of those magnetic games where you drop the iron filings on the face to make a beard (or a moustache!!)
“Thanks great-grandpa”
GTA IV haha
Mario stuff would be great, but I doubt Nintendo will allow any of their games ti be on the iPhone/iPod touch.
Bejeweled and/or Bejeweled 2 FOR SURE.
http://frenzic.com !
My wife won’t let me buy her an iPhone until she can get Bookworm or Scrabble.
Sure, here’s some:
> KATAMARI DAMACY
> God of War
> Bejeweled
> Lost Village
> Speedball
> Pool
> Retro Arcade Games
> Call of Duty
> Need for Speed Series DEFINITELY
> Burnout Series DEFINITELY
> DOOM Legacy
Netrek
Spore. Yes. Nothing like being able to play a game on your phone that will not play on any of the 4 Macs you currently own at home.
Oh Yeah,
> and EVERY Gamehouse/BigFish game that exists, INCLUDING the Huntsville series…
What about Dark Castle. I remember playing that game for hours on end on my old SE.
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SONIC SONIC SONIC….
Manic Miner
Silly games, play the Big Game, take the red pill.
Scortched Earth….I miss that game.
Truth is, the best game is one we have not thought of yet. It will make innovative use of the touch controls and motion sensor.
King’s Quest (all of ’em)
Space Quest
Leisure Suit Larry
Zork!!!
Oh yeah, and the Lucasarts X-Wing and Tie Fighter Games would be sweet too.
…or how about Tass Times in Tone Town?
If u get a mmorpg like WoW on iphone where people just chat with their clans/guilds, i’m sure there’ll be quite a few more users.
Dragon’s Lair
The ostensibly sophisticated, urbane, and cultured tech users – Apple fanbois – can play childish games on their highly advanced doodads. How humorous to know that the “best” and “most innovative” smart phone in the world has puerile appeal.
Even more humorous is MDN considering such games necessary. I’m not surprised. Given the lack of intellectual thoughts expressed here at MDN, it seems inevitable that many of the fanbois at MDN would be clamoring for these dimwitted digital diversions.
So much for my hope that MDN would initiate some serious and cognitive discussion about practical enterprise-related software of iPhone.
Touch GALAGA
“masterbates” or “shake the baby.
Harry the handsome Executive :p
GORF !!!
>Touch GALAGA
Hells Yea!
Mario Kart
Games coming to the Zune:
1) Drop the kids off at the pool
2) Pinch the loaf
@chunkyB and ferf
i play bejeweled just about everyday on the iphone
works on the edge as well as wifi
http://static.popcap.com/iphone/
Duke Nukem Forever.
Age of Empires
Whatever
The Zune will be offering more than just games!
You can
1) Log out of your McDonalds account
2) Return your used groceries to Wal-Mart
All while resting comfortably. Anywhere!
Naturally, being Microsoft, there will be some paperwork to do…..
I’m thinking driving games of any kind are ideal with the accelerometer.
http://static.popcap.com/iphone/
just discovered it works on my mac too
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Are any of you ‘gamers’ overweight?
That’ll be from moving your wrists more than your backsides.
Uh, isn’t Spore already coming to the iPhone, liiike, the same day it comes to everything else . . .
@ Ha Ha
Such big words! I feel really dumb now.
Lode Runner – one of the best games ever
I LOVE ETCH-A-SKETCH!!! That’d work pretty good on the iPhone/Touch too… lol
How about a new game, based on Myst, where you search for clues as to what destroyed Hillary’s campaign.
Call it “Pyst”.
Fort Apocalypse (POKE 36339,153)
2) BioShock
(A version of the game for mobile platforms is currently being developed by IG Fun)
3) An Exclusive New Game Developed from the ground up for the iPhone/iPod touch
World of Warcraft for people so addicted they can’t leave home without it!
Punch Out!
old but marble madness from the amiga days
Also, Aleph One (Marathon)… I don’t like FPS on a console; I need a mouse and keyboard. I think FPS on the iPhone might be fun if you actually held the device in reality where you wanted to look in virtual space, similar to the SDK release demo game. It doesn’t seem as good as a mouse / keyboard, but it seems better than a d-pad or analogue joystick. If they can make Mac OS X more efficient with Snow Leopard, maybe we’ll see better battery-life from 3D games like Enigmo, Super Monkey Ball, etc.
@TowerTone – Actually there is a parody game of Myst called Pyst. Four Million People Have Trashed The Island… Now It’s Your Turn! John Goodman is King Mattruss in the game.
For the older crowd, they should port Global Thermonuclear War. Or perhaps, a nice game of chess.
Peace.
@ Ha, ha,
We want the Windows crowd to go iPhone, hence the need for games.
Where would your beloved Windows OS be without the games?
Get games on your new platform (iPhone) and they will come. They may just cum too.
Well, the ostensibly sophisticated, urbane, and cultured tech users – Apple fanbois – can play childish games on their highly advanced doodads.
But, can they cook up some bacon, toast, and poached eggs on the top of their bitching, totally maxed-out, $2500, ‘Real Business Computer’, gaming rig?
No, they can’t. Because EVERYONE knows that Macs are ‘toys’ — that CAN’T play games. LOL
BTW, wouldn’t ‘Tempest’ be cool on the touch/iPhone?
Did someone already mention Marathon? I bet it would play great on the iPhone.
Star Wars The Force Unleashed
Already coming out for:
Xbox 360
Wii
NDS
PS 3
PS 2
PSP
with PSP and NDS on the list…
Thanks, Lurker.
I guess you can tell that I am not much of a gamer anymore.
Although I still play ‘Pocket Pool’….
Hint Hammer
I have been trying to think of ‘Tempest’ ever since this thread started. Thanks. And yes, it would be.
Peggle
http://www.popcap.com/games/peggle
World of Warcraft
Spore is coming to iPhone…Haven’t you seen the March SDK event? EA showed it off.
Here’s one… how about
VOICE DIAL (native edition)
that would be cool Apple. Think of it. A phone, that you can dial by only using your voice while driving!
Tetris 3D would be wicked. Would also like to see those great old Lucas Arts games like The Dig or Fate of Atlantis. Also, bring back Virtual Valerie! All in all, I think retro game would have greater success than newer ones.
Spore (a limited mobile version of course) has already been announced AND demonstrated
Lunar Lander is here already! in the form of a demo game Apple includes with the SDK
And Super Monkey Balls of course
What I want is a good music quiz–remember this is an iPod too!
Yeah, with the money I spent on Tempest, I could’ve saved and bought a 24″ iMac. With Apple RAM!
Tempest replaced Pocket Pool, for me. Anyway, the ref’s such a dink.
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On further thought. Maybe I should have become ‘real’ good friends with the ref.
I’d have saved money.
Except for hand lotion.
But, that could have been a LOT of hand lotion. (pa-dum-ta)
Thanks Atari!
@Sooly
I laughed at first when you said KD. But, after thinking about it, that literally was a game built for the iPhone interface. It’s a giant ball in a world. 3D accelerometer…. Bam! Perfect iPhone major title game!
SUMM VM
Why not take advantage of the accelerometer flux capacitor thingy, you know, the motion sensors. Copy the old ball bearing in the cube maze toy from the 80’s. Where you have to physicaly move your ipod/phone around to control the virtual ball on screen.
Man, I love Lunar Lander! I used to jam that game on my Color Classic, max’ed out with 10 whole megs baby, yeah… it was awesome!
Linerider… need I say more.
world of warcraft… auction house
@BlueDream
Yea ! Galaga on the iPhone. I’d drop 10 for that.
Otis is essential and GLTron.
A JIN Chess client and Tux Racer would be another two.
How about Cube or another FPshooter with internet play.
But, most importantly, ZORK!!!!
katamari wold be perfect for iphone. that’s all i need and i’ll buy one.
Netrek absolutely! Man I forgot about that game, it was WAY ahead of it’s time.
Marathon.
Puzzle Bobble, otherwise known as Bust a Move in the United States.
this would make excellent implementation of the accelerometer…
I cant wait to see some new game styles using the unique controls
and I wonder how long it will be before we see SNK vs Marvel vs capcom, with a 6 button + d pad slide in adapter