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Image Gallery: Five Astraware games for the Apple iPhone

By // February 14, 2009, 8:53 PM PST

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  • Platypus for the Apple iPhone

    Astraware is a well-known mobile game development company that has had Palm and Windows Mobile games for years. They decided to also expand to the iPhone/iPod touch and are launching games like crazy. I had the chance to play with five of their new games and posted a video and my thoughts on them to go along with this screenshot image gallery. As you can see they have excellent graphics in their games.

  • Few basic settings

    Sound and music can be managed here, along with control methods. You can choose to use touch or the iPhone accelerometer for flying your ship.

  • Touch control settings

    There are some details to specify when setting up the controls.

  • Playing the game in modeling clay world

    The graphics are designed to simulate a world of modeling clay.

  • Objects in the sky to shoot

    Your gun fires continuously as you destroy everything in the sky. Some objects are power-ups too.

  • Watch out for those enemies

    If you run into an enemy you will also be destroyed so be careful how you fly.

  • Completing a level

    Stats are provided after you complete each level.

  • Going after the big boss

    Some targets take multiple shots to destroy.

  • Astraware Board Games launcher

    There are 8 games available with one button to manage wireless game play.

  • Global game settings

    There are some global game settings, as well as game specific settings.

  • Getting started with a game

    You need to select the players and enter their names to play.

  • Difficult levels

    You can manage difficulty levels and who starts the game in some of the games.

  • Wireless manager

    All games can be played over a local WiFi connection. Each player must have the game loaded on their device to play.

  • Playing checkers

    One of my favorite games is now available on the iPhone.

  • Chess game getting started

    I am not very good at Chess and like electronic versions that can be used to help me move.

  • Glyph launch screen

    Glyph is a very visually appealing game on the iPhone.

  • Options screen

    There are a few options to manage in Glyph, including brightness of the display and sound settings.

  • Glyph tips

    Tips are shown as you start the game. They can be turned off in the Settings.

  • Glyph mission description

    The story behind the game objective is presented.

  • Playing the game, clearing off crystals

    You need to match up crystals and clear the screen to find hidden treasures.

  • My Little Tank options

    Control, sound, and game options management takes place here.

  • Control options

    You have four ways to select from for moving your tank around the display.

  • Game options

    7 tank colors are available for you to choose from.

  • Playing My Little Tank

    You move around the area and shoot at the enemy tanks to win the game.

  • Shooting at tanks

    The tank fires automatically, but you have to control movement.

  • Level complete stats

    Some basic stats are presented after you complete each level.

  • Hellfire launch screen

    The graphics are as good as shown on the launch screen in Hellfire.

  • Setting up to play the game

    You have different missions and options available to choose from.

  • Flight control tutorial

    You can quickly learn how to fly in Hellfire with the tutorial.

  • Entering a mission

    The globe spins and then zooms in on your assigned mission to start the game.

  • Flying to destroy the enemy

    There is a lot going on in Hellfire and you have to use the proper controls to destroy the enemy.

  • Destroying enemy bunkers

    Building blow up and the sound effects are fun in Hellfire. Don't forget to land and rescue those POWs.

  • Astraware Board Games

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  • Hellfire

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Platypus for the Apple iPhone

Astraware is a well-known mobile game development company that has had Palm and Windows Mobile games for years. They decided to also expand to the iPhone/iPod touch and are launching games like crazy. I had the chance to play with five of their new games and posted a video and my thoughts on them to go along with this screenshot image gallery. As you can see they have excellent graphics in their games.

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