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This is a continuation of this previous thread. Since it was getting very close to the 5,000 thread mark, I figured it was time for a reset.

Post any deals you find, recommendations, requests for deals, etc. Please keep things as civil as possible. There's no such thing as a bad deal post and reviews are opinions.


Games in the App store are constantly going on sale. While I originally posted games and prices in this post, it's become almost impossible to keep up with it all. Feel free to post in this topic on good deals and games you enjoy. Developers are also encouraged to join in, especially if they are running promos or sales.

If you want to check out a particular game, try the following review sites, or ask in here so fellow CAG's can assist you.

Price Drop Sites

• 148 Apps
• App Shopper iOS / App Shopper Mac
• Free App Alert
• Touch Arcade
• Free App A Day

App & Game Review Sites

• IGN Wireless
• MacLife iPad
• MacLife iPod/iPhone
• Slide to Play
• Touch Arcade
• Touch Gen
• TUAW Games

Free App offers from Developers
• Get a free copy of the Number Fill app for iOS by sending an email to [email protected] with subject "iOSApp:" (while supplies last).

YouTube Video Reviews

• iPad Game Reviews
• iPhone\iPod Touch Game Reviews

Apple Game Center
Apple Game Center allows you to keep a friends list, track your in game achievements, and compare with your friends. Many games are starting to support this. Currently this only runs on iPod & iPhone, but an update will be coming soon that enables this for iPad users.

Make sure to checkout the official CAG Game Center Exchange Thread. You can post your game center name and see the names of your favorite CAG'rs. You can also exchange OpenFeint & Plus+ names there.

ITUNES GIFT CARD SALES
Gamestop: 6/8 to 6/14, $25 iTunes gift card for $20

Important Notes:

1. Make sure to check for periodic updates either in iTunes or on your iOS devices. For each release of new firmware, there's usually a bunch of games updated right afterward.

2. Some applications also go on sale by their authors when they reach 1 million download and similar milestones.

3. Apps often have specials the day before, during, and after holidays, regardless if said game/app is related to the holiday.

4. Newly released apps will often have a % or dollar amount off for a limited period of time to gain a large following quicker. While browsing the app store you can go to a particular type or genre and order according to release date. This can make finding new app discounts faster.

5. Make sure to backup your purchases in iTunes to CD/DVD for safe keeping. You can do this by clicking File-->Library-->Backup to Disc. Then choose all purchases, applications only, and full or incremental backup. How often is up to you, but I do this monthly, or more often if I buy a lot of apps.

6. Apps can be re-downloaded without incurring an extra charge if you previously purchased it. This is good if you have a crash and forget to backup your purchases. I don't know if this is a permanent feature so backing up regularly is still important.

7. I strongly advise not to buy iTunes Gift Cards by 3rd parties unless you know they can be trusted. Retail stores, receiving cards as gifts, etc are the best ways. There are many credit card scams, stolen cards, hacked cards going around, especially on Ebay.

8. If you are the victim of a iTunes Card scam or get your account locked due to one not all hope is lost. Apple has been fairly lenient on these issues. Call Apple directly at 1-800-MY-APPLE or check the iTunes Store support page. Also going to your local Apple Store to discuss it can help. The account locking is an automated process and can be reversed. This can take time so be cautious if you use gift cards from 3rd party sources.

9. If you somehow break your iOS device, you have some options. If you bought the Applecare warranty it should be covered for most items. If your Applecare ran out or you don't have one, try using one of the repair guides on iFixit to repair it yourself. Apple Stores have been known to give discounts if you bring in a iOS device that they will not fix since it's not in warranty. This discount however is very small.

10. Using a screen protector can extend the life of your device. Most stores carry these, but they can be hard to install. The best I have personally used are made by a company called Power Support. They have both clear and anti-glare protectors. They are easier to install because the protector is a firm yet thin piece of plastic. Two come in a pack, average price I've seen is $20. Griffin Technologies and Zagg are also very good.

11. Universal Apps have a small plus sign in the upper left corner next to their price. They can be played natively on both the iPad and iPod/iPhone. iPhone games that are not universal can still be played on the iPad with a lower resolution. Non universal iPad games cannot be played on the iPhone.


Recommended Games by Genre
Feel free to add games, genres or move titles as needed. This list is to give CAGs a chance to catch up on missed high-quality games and to get new users started on "can't miss" titles to download for their new idevice. Underlined titles are universal (ipad and iphone/ipod touch). Italic are iPad only.

Casual - Tiny Wings, Angry Birds, Doodle Jump, Fruit Ninja, Cut the Rope. World of Goo, Osmos, Bird Strike - GOLD EDITION, Parachute Ninja, Pilot Winds, Depict, Flight Control, Time Geeks: Find All!, Bird Zapper!, Tapper World Tour, Amazing Breaker
Shooter - Tilt to Live, Galaxy on Fire 2, Espgaluda II, Dodonpachi Resurrection, Space Miner: Space Ore Bust, Radiant, Warblade, MetalStorm: Online, Minotron 2112
F/TPS/Action - Shadowgun, N.O.V.A., N.O.V.A. 2, Infinity Blade, Modern Combat 2: Black Pegasus, Dead Space, Shadow Guardian
Dual-Stick Shooter - Age of Zombies, Minigore, Solomon's Keep, Solomon's Boneyard
Action/Arcade - Jet Ball, Super Mega Worm, Zombie Highway, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Plunderland
Adventure - Super Brothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Broken Sword: Director's Cut, Broken Sword - The Smoking Mirror Remastered, The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, Monkey Island 2 Special Edition, Sam & Max Episode 1, Scarlett and the Spark of Life, Back to the Future Ep 1 HD, Back to the Future Ep 2 HD
Platformer - League of Evil, Mirror's Edge, Kami Retro, Pix'n Love Rush, Soosiz, Fastar!, Frogatto, Rolando, Rolando 2, Creepy Caverns, :Shift:, Robot Wants Kitty, Perfect Cell, Beyond Ynth, Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor, Hoggy, Edge
Endless Runner - Hook Champ, Super QuickHook, Hook Worlds, Monster Dash, Solipskier, Robot Unicorn Attack, Inspector Gadget's MAD Dash, Run Like Hell! Deluxe
Tower Defense - Plants vs. Zombies, Holy Moly Dragons, Defender Chronicles, iBomber Defense, The Creeps!, Geodefense, Geodefense Swarm, Epic War TD, Sentinel Mars Defense, Sentinel Earth Defense, Sentinel Homeworld, Guns'n'Glory, TowerMadness
 RPG - Zenonia, Zenonia 2, Zenonia 3, Battleheart, Dungeon Hunter I & II, Across Age, Chaos Rings, Sacred Odyssey, Eternal Legacy, Secret of Mana (yes, that Secret of Mana :D), 100 Rogues
Puzzle - Azkend, Sparkle, Bejeweled 2, Dungeon Raid, Drop7, Puzzle Agent, Trainyard, Puzzle Quest 2, Crosslogic, bitFLIP, Love Battle Princess, Heroes of Kalevala, Antrim Escape 1/2
Card/Dice - Sword & Poker 1 & 2, World Series of Poker Hold'em Legend
Sim - Game Dev Story, Hot Springs Story, Sims: Ambitions
Strategy - Civilization Revolution, Trenches, Crystal War, Legendary Wars
Sports - NBA Jam, Backbreaker Football, Backbreaker 2, Flick Kick Field Goal
Fighting - Street Fighter IV, King of Fighters-i002
Racing - Asphalt 6, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Need for Speed: Shift, Real Racing 2, Reckless Racing, Disc Drivin', Jet Car Stunts, Death Rally, Tires of Fury
Time Management - My Kingdom for the Princess 1 & 2, Hotel Mogul, Airport Mania, Roads of Rome HD
Board Games -Small World, Carcassonne, Catan, Words With Friends, Reiner Knizia's Samurai, Neuroshima Hex
Trivia - MovieCat, You Don't Know Jack
Hidden Object - Little Things, Pictureka
Non-Game Essentials - Appshopper, Atomic Web Browser, Stanza, CloudReaders, Flipbook, TuneIn Radio Pro, Dropbox, Air Video+, Evernote, Video Stream, mBox Mail, Genius Scan, Urban Spoon, Documents To Go Premium
 
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[quote name='Poor2More']Any suggestions to try to make the screen more slick?[/QUOTE]

Sounds like you might be pressing a lot harder than is needed? Try a lighter touch.
 
For Twiiter, I'm a big fan of Echofon, because of the syncing of tweets. Syncs between my iPad, iPhone, iMac at home, and Firefox at work. Really nice to not have to scroll around and remember what I saw or didn't see. Not sure why others don't have the same abilities. Otherwise, it's just a basic app but perfectly acceptable in all other ways.
 
[quote name='Jek Porkins']Sounds like you might be pressing a lot harder than is needed? Try a lighter touch.[/QUOTE]

Maybe even a screen protector might help.
 
[quote name='Laughing Man']Any reason why you use this over Air Video?[/QUOTE]
I've had problems with Air Video not being able to connect to my Mac. For whatever reason, it goes through periods of not being able to reconcile my Mac's address. It seems to be working okay as of last night, but that was the main impetus for me to try something else. As long as my home wi-fi network is up, however, Video Stream always finds my stuff. The only drawback to Video Stream that I've found is that it's (local) wi-fi only. It won't connect over 3G and it doesn't seem to function outside of my local domain. That's okay, though. I'm really not concerned about streaming movies off my Mac when I'm away from the house. If I want to stream something to my phone, I'll use Crackle or HBOGo. Both of those apps work just fine for me.
 
The Zuma-like Spaceballs is one of the new FAAD games.
"FROM THE CREATOR OF GEARED! THE #1 PAID IPHONE PUZZLE GAME OF 2009.
Spaceballs is unlike the rest! Travel to distant worlds as you fire balls out of your spaceship to dissolve the chain.
It's a space themed Match-3 puzzle-chain shooter like nothing else out there; complete with four modes that will fulfill your every desire."

Zombie Archer is the current OpenFeint FGOTD.
"In Zombie Archer, we find our dim-witted hero from Turtle Archer happily showing off his archery skills for his beautiful turtle princess, when suddenly an unholy horde of zombies descend on the kingdom. The gorgeous turtle princess is kidnapped by the undead army, as is often the fate of video game princesses. Our hero must use every ounce of his courage, and every arrow in his quiver to rescue the princess."

Space Leap is being featured on Great App a Day.
"Your planet is decaying and to survive you must guide it through space to a new home. Collect the glowing life essence crucial to sustain life as you jump from star to star in search of a vibrant new galaxy. Space leap features 3 zones and 63 levels with more on the way."
 
I just saw that Rage/Rage HD will be free when it reaches 100k likes on it's Facebook page,just a heads up thought I'd pass the word along.
 
I'm proud of everyone for not snarkily pointing out that it's "Fruit Ninja" and not "Ninja Fruit".

Wait, am I not proud of myself now?

Also, I think lighter touch is the way to go.
 
[quote name='rjejr']Now at 93%, they need about 7,300 more "likes".[/QUOTE]

Damn it! I remember reading this now -- I'd thought I missed it. I grabbed the HD version for $1.99 last week. It's really pretty cool.
 
[quote name='Mr.']How many are they at?[/QUOTE]

Sorry man I didn't get a chance to see what percentage they were at but I'm glad some fellow CAG has posted it.
 
[quote name='joker______']Sorry man I didn't get a chance to see what percentage they were at but I'm glad some fellow CAG has posted it.[/QUOTE]

Come on people 94%.
 
Daily Crossword is one of the upcoming FAAD games, but you can get it now for FREE.
"Get new puzzles everyday at “Daily Crossword”
Lovely screen and multiple selections of puzzles are offered
Everyone can enjoy “Daily Crossword” from anywhere anytime
You must try "Daily Crossword" today!
< GAME FEATURES >
- Each day new puzzles will be uploaded
- Wide variety of puzzles is available
- Monthly rank competition (new competition will start every 1st of the month)"
 
[quote name='whitereflection']King of Fighters i002 is $4.99 until tomorrow. This is a ported version that will be $49.99 when it releases for Xbox 360 and PS3 later this year.[/QUOTE]
Looks good. Mai looks awesome. But I can't buy a game at that price. I'll be getting the console version though.

Good deal for some out there.
 
[quote name='whitereflection']King of Fighters i002 is $4.99 until tomorrow. This is a ported version that will be $49.99 when it releases for Xbox 360 and PS3 later this year.

This is a hard recommendation because of the lack of buttons on the ipod touch/iphone and the inevitable .99 sale.

That being said, I haven't been this impressed by a KOF game since 1999/2000. I really like the roster, overall artwork, character design/proportions, move sets, system, sound . . . even the virtual joystick/buttons are as serviceable as they're going to get on this platform. Frankly, it's hard to believe that this is actually a game from Playmore - where the f has this level of quality been?
 
Defender of Diosa is one of the new FAAD games right now.
"“Defender of Diosa” is set in a fantasy world. It is a tale of two Diosa (goddess). You, the General of Kingdom of Phoenix, swore to protect Diosa Ada(Chicken) in her battle against the minions - goblin hordes of her archnemesis and sister, Diosa Iris (Snake). To keep a promise, you lead your armies and use the goddess’s power to defeat the enemies, earn gold coins, upgrade your parties and craft citizen into the ultimate battle force!"

Dino Catch is the current OpenFeint FGOTD.
"Dino Catch is based on a famous math problem. Search "Angel Problem" on the internet. To catch Dino on the 11x11 board, you tap a cell on the board to turn it into a blocker. If Dino is completely encircled by blockers, you win. If Dino slips away to the edge of the board, you lose."

LastStandStan is being featured on Free App Calendar.
"Take control of Stan (STatic Alien Neutraliser) to defend the last Po’Trubian world from the evil Sleevils.
He's a rusty and battered retired robot but still packs a punch when he's called back to duty by the gentle Po'Trubians.
This game starts gently but don't fall into that trap - Oh no, the Sleevils will get very tough, quickly and will do everything to destroy you and then the Po'Trubians. Stan gets many weapon and feature upgrades but use them wisely or you'll be without them when a new Sleevil comes along.."
 
What's odd is that I checked out both Video Stream and Air Video Free, and ended up having problems with Video Stream (not recognizing server at times, lags when skipping points), and had no problems whatsoever with Air Video. Oh well, Video Stream was just a buck, I guess...
 
[quote name='Bronson-Lee']Auditorium's been free since last year, guys. It's supported by in-app DLC.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, if you look on the Appshopper page it says it dropped to free April 16th, 2010. I dunno what the guy who posted it was reading, lol.
 
[quote name='PlatinumIce']Yeah, if you look on the Appshopper page it says it dropped to free April 16th, 2010. I dunno what the guy who posted it was reading, lol.[/QUOTE]

Whoops, I just saw the 16th, sorry about that.
 
Thanks op, though you should clarify that it's iOS in the title. Also, beware the Gargus...I'm sure he will bring his fake moderator skills in this thread at any moment.
 
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