Mobiles reviews - iphone gaming

Quake founder John Carmack: iPhone better than dedicated gaming systems

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:40:44 +0000

If you have an iPhone or, better yet, an iPhone 3G, you’re probably well aware of how powerful the iPhone is as a media, web surfing, and gaming platform. Pairing a powerful set of processors and graphics acceleration technologies with the huge multi-touch display has made for a mobile gaming platform unlike any other currently [...]

GarageGames brings Torque to iPhone - 2D and 3D game development made easy

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:59:28 +0000

The iPhone as a gaming platform. Who knew? Well, Apple probably foresaw their iPhone’s huge multi-touch display and capacitance-based touchscreen as perfectly suited for the mobile gaming environment, but the iPhone’s tremendous appeal as a mobile gaming platform has been somewhat of a surprise to many. Nevertheless, mobile game developers has embraced the iPhone, as evidenced [...]

iControlPad brings console-like gaming experience to the iPhone

Sat, 24 May 2008 11:29:31 +0000

Here's something for true iPhone and (mobile) gaming addicts. Thanks to the accessory called iControlpad, iPhone users will be able to enjoy the real console-like experience while playing games on their shiny handset. The device is still not available to the general public, but with first prototype being ready, we guess it's not that far [...]

Dope Wars goes native on iPhone!

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:29:24 +0000

Who can wait for the iPhone firmware 2.0 to get some native action. Jailbreak your phone now and get all the apps you wanted, games included. The popular turn-based strategy game Dope Wars is hitting iPhone, big time. The native version called "iDope" is already available through Installer.app, allowing you to "enjoy the life" of a [...]

Java comes to iPhone with alcheMo

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:49:14 +0000

It's not exactly the same as having full Java support on the iPhone, but it's the next best thing. New Zealand-based Innaworks has announced their beta-stage "alcheMo" application that will port Java-based games and applications to work on the iPhone and iPod Touch. alcheMo allows developers to convert their standard Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) [...]