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To help you further, we've linked the title of each game to its respective page in the App Store. We've simply provided descriptions of our 36 favorites in alphabetical order. One thing to note though, this is not a ranked list. With a market this crowded, few things are more powerful than personal recommendations. We've played them all though, and we have them on our iPhones.

Some of them have been available for a while, some of them are updates to previously well-received ideas, and some of them are spectacular new releases that hit the store in the past few weeks. To help you out, we've pulled together what we feel are 36 of the best games currently available. So where do you start? Are the recognizable big name franchises from giants like Electronic Arts a safe bet? Or should you explore more of the indie scene? The truth is that there's a lot of great quality stuff available, but you have to know where to look. Although there's only really a year's worth of content, the volume is already far in excess of what's available for either the Nintendo DS or the PSP. The huge number of games available in the iTunes App Store can make delving into the games scene for the iPhone and iPod Touch pretty intimidating at first.

Some are old, some are new, but all are worth both your time and money. We've sifted through the thousands of games currently available in the iTunes App Store, and have settled on these 36 titles to enthusiastically recommend. Not just Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, real Internet play. Also worthy of note is the fact that it has real online multiplayer modes. There's an "assassin" mode that has you targeting a specific opponent, a "billiards" mode where all the planets move around, a "crash" mode where your ships battle it out while moving from planet to planet, and even a "stealth" mode where enemy ships are invisible. The "Labs" part of the title concerns the experimental nature of some of the extra modes where Hassey has experimented with modifiers to the gameplay. Meanwhile the other guy is doing the same thing, and big space battles ensue. Then you send the ships to other planets to take them over. You take over planets and have them build ships. It's fundamentally a strategy game, only it's paced like an arcade game. Think of it as a fast-paced, sci-fi version of Risk. ] US$0.99 Galcon Labs is technically a sequel to Phil Hassey's excellent original Galcon, only it actually includes everything in the original too, and it's cheaper. There's no word of Internet play yet, but given the game's extensive "add-on manager" screen, it seems likely that the game has been designed with any number of enhancements in mind.
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Already, EA is offering a six-pack of skirmish maps for US$0.99 and is promising a free multiplayer update that will support both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections. For your US$10 you get 12 levels, and two different game modes ("campaign" and "skirmish") that can be played as either the Soviets or the Allies, but supplemental features are promised through both paid and free expansion packs. Like EA's previous premium release for the iPhone and iPod Touch, Rock Band, C&C arrives in a competently-featured state, but it also serves as a platform for expanded content that EA will sell to you through an in-app purchase system. ] Electronic Arts US$9.99 Electronic Arts' beloved real time strategy game franchise arrived on the iPhone on November 2, and is a full-featured reinterpretation of the franchise, customized for the platform's touchscreen interface. While in-game cash is earned through winning battles, "respect" can only be bought with real money, as can additional pets.
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This will give you an extra pet, plus 20 free "respect" points, which allow you to unlock special items.
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If you want to get crazy, download the free "Lazer Shark" app as well. To start with, ignore all of them except the free one. Don't be spooked by the fact that there are eight different games in the App store called Epic Pet Wars, or that one of them is a staggering $19.99. You sent your pets into battle, boost their stats and then see them level up and take on more powerful opponents. It doesn't share the exploration-focused overworld of Nintendo's game, but the basic turn based battle system is very similar. Fundamentally it shares a lot in common with Pokemon. ] Miraphonic Free/Add-on packs ranging from US$2.99 to $19.99 You may already have played Epic Pet Wars on Facebook (which this version can link to through Facebook Connect) but if you haven't beware! It's unusually addictive for something so simple.
