1. Alpine Crawler (Free in the App Store)
This game is quite simple - you get a pickup truck, and have to complete certain terrains against a count-down clock. Time gets added on at each check-point - sometimes youll have less than 2 seconds remaining before you hit one. The terrains are challenging as they consist of continuous hills and dips. Along with being a great arcade time waster - Alpine Crawler is also very realistic. Your truck will easily flip over if you don't plan your jumps. If you land roughly, health will be taken off (and a lot of it). With 6 stages and moderate difficulty, this game will keep you trying for a long time - in short incriments.
2. Canabalt (Paid, Appstore)
Originally released on Kongregate, Canabalt has been ported to the iPhone for a good reason: it uses only one button. The concept is simple - You are a small pixelated guy who is running across the rooftops of a city which appears to be mid-apocalypse. By tapping on the screen, your character jumps - may that be from rooftop to rooftop, or perhaps to avoid a robotic creature blocking your path. The farther you run before plummeting to your death - the higher the score - and boy is getting a higher score addictive. Grab this game today, you won't regret it.
3. Rope 'n Fly
Another simple concept which won over iPhone users was that of Rope 'n Fly. It appears that the closest "superman experience" is actually on the iPhone! When you click 'Play' your 2d ragdoll friend appears to be plummeting to the ground, and the only way to stop him is to shoot a web onto one of the multi-coloured sky scrapers which are plentiful in the game. The farther you go before dying, the higher your score. The free version allows you to keep shooting those webs for 30 seconds, and the paid version has multiple modes for you to traverse through. Rope 'n Fly is definately a must-have.
But Nick, what about such amazing games as Doodle Jump, Flight Control, Touch Grind and Paper Toss? Chances are you allready know everything about those games just from visiting the app-store, so I decided to save you the frustration and mention only the games you might have not heard of before.
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