GameZebo: Same great crazy retro shooting action as before – but now it fits in your pocket! Evolves on its Facebook predecessor rather than being a basic port.
The Quality Index champions the best pixel-art games on iPhone.
Turn the clock back to 1986 with these five pixel-art gems.
Pocket Gamer: If we’d have known that blocky pixel-based visuals would enjoy such an astonishing renaissance we’d have held onto our dusty old Commodore 64 instead of shipping it off to the charity shop back in the mid-'90s.
Regrets aside, it’s clear that old skool aesthetics are striking a chord with iOS gamers these days, judging by the sheer volume of pixel-focused titles available on the App Store.
TouchArcade: Metro Games’ Pixel Ranger [$.99] is a deliciously offbeat vertical shooter that executes on its old-school SCUMM-like art direction and its jokey It Came From Outer Space vibe well, but it’s an otherwise forgettable game on a mechanical level. A crippling jump mechanic that feels out of place, a horrific control scheme, and poor checkpointing hamstring the action and combine for a storm of constant frustration. Pixel Ranger looks good, is hilarious when it intends to be, and it has a lot of potential, but it falls flat in the face of its issues.
