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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='WonkyToad']I love Tiny Towers. (and I really don't know why)
Yea, if I am busy on weekends, I may miss a day or two, but other than that I play nearly every day.
I am on my 80th floor and still going strong.
AND STILL REFUSING TO BUY ANY IN GAME PURCHASES! (haha! it can be done!)[/QUOTE]
You are right. I've got 84 floors with the 499 bux elevator. No IAP!!!
 
I wish the video quality of VidRhythm was better, but it's still a lot of fun to play with. Made a couple videos last night with my kids. They love it too.

Guns'n'Glory (Universal), a tower defense sort of game, except with cowboys instead of towers and you can move them around, has gone free for the 3rd time. I'm not really a tower defense type of person, but the bit I played was fun:

http://appshopper.com/games/gunsnglory-ad-free
 
Tiny Invaders has just gone FREE for a limited time.
"The Tiny Invaders are a crazy band of space germs sent from outer space to take over the world! You control the fun-loving tentacled aliens as they jump from host to host, secretly controlling the minds of people all across the country. Can you help the tiny team achieve their ultimate target: the President of the United States?
In this fun and addictive action puzzler, discover the best path through each of the 60 levels to help spread the tentacled goodness as quickly as possible. Tap the invaders to boost their speed and avoid body defences as you guide your tiny germs to success in the most infectious game on the App Store!"
 
Not a deal but a quick comment - the stories I've read about the service from techs at Apple stores is absolutely true! Our 1st gen iPad began to have charging issues so we took it to the Genius Bar to have it looked at. Jo (a hipster-chick but knew her stuff!) looked at it and found a chip in the dock connector (probably a result of my sons fighting over it). It was still under warranty and said it was going to cost $269 for an exchange BUT she was making a one-time exception and exchanged it for free!

While we were there my wife has been having a problem with her Touch losing battery life quickly. Jo did a diagnostic on it and printed off a sheet of instructions for her to use (turns out its a software thing). Great service, great people!
 
Veggie Samurai has gone free again. I cannot recommend this game enough! It's more nuanced than Fruit Ninja because you can slice slices again. If you liked Fruit Ninja then give this game a shot.

http://appshopper.com/games/veggie-samurai
 
[quote name='Liveforlaughs76']Veggie Samurai has gone free again. I cannot recommend this game enough! It's more nuanced than Fruit Ninja because you can slice slices again. If you liked Fruit Ninja then give this game a shot.

http://appshopper.com/games/veggie-samurai[/QUOTE]

Agreed!! I loooove Veggie Samaurai, while I only like Fruit Ninja. I was able to get this and the HD version for free and the only "fault" is the iPhone version doesn't have retina display for some reason.
 
I've had my iPod 30gb since launch and I absolutely love iTunes. And I'll be picking up the iPhone 4S at launch next week (upgrading from a BlackBerry Curve I've had for over 2 and a half years)! RIP Steve Jobs!
 
[quote name='WilliamG']Not a deal, but RIP Steve Jobs... Thank you for making this thread even possible![/QUOTE]

This. I just read about it and I am crestfallen. It was only a matter of time since he was ill, but it still breaks my heart to see the world lose such an important and innovative man.
 
[quote name='Brian234']Anomaly Warzone Earth dropped in price.
HD version (Universal) from $4 to $2: http://appshopper.com/games/anomaly-warzone-earth-hd
iPhone version from $2 to 1: http://appshopper.com/games/anomaly-warzone-earth[/QUOTE]

Oh, good. the HD version is universal! Now to decide how cheap I am - I can wait until it's $1, right?

Word game "abca":
itunes.apple.com/us/app/abca/id302312739?mt=8
abca dropped to $.99. It used to be called lexic. The only time it was this cheap was at the end of 2009. I think there's a lite version that is fun.
 
Veggie Samurai HD (iPad only) has dropped to FREE again for only the second time.
"It's time to give veggies what they have had coming for years!!
Feel the power at your finger tips! Put your swordsman skills to the test as you use your fingers to slice and dice veggies of all shapes and sizes in Veggie Samurai."

Not a game, but the GoodNotes handwriting/note-taking utility has gone FREE for the first time.
"GoodNotes lets you take handwritten notes, sketch diagrams, mark up PDFs and organize them on a beautiful bookshelf. Turn pages with a swipe, highlight or add notes to any page, and share your notes with anyone. GoodNotes will automatically save your notes and have full backup function to prevent data lost."
 
[quote name='Dimsdale']
Not a game, but the GoodNotes handwriting/note-taking utility has gone FREE for the first time.
"GoodNotes lets you take handwritten notes, sketch diagrams, mark up PDFs and organize them on a beautiful bookshelf. Turn pages with a swipe, highlight or add notes to any page, and share your notes with anyone. GoodNotes will automatically save your notes and have full backup function to prevent data lost."[/QUOTE]


Thanks for this! Just what I need for my logic homework.
 
[quote name='joker______']Dumb question here but has infinity blade ever been on sale ever?[/QUOTE]

A couple times now. Do yourself a favor and check out appshopper.com or download their app. You can set up an account and track game prices. They are usually updated within minutes of a change.
 
[quote name='Chrono Gear']A couple times now. Do yourself a favor and check out appshopper.com or download their app. You can set up an account and track game prices. They are usually updated within minutes of a change.[/QUOTE]

Thanks Chrono,will do that now.
 
[quote name='Chrono Gear']This. I just read about it and I am crestfallen. It was only a matter of time since he was ill, but it still breaks my heart to see the world lose such an important and innovative man.[/QUOTE]

My heart sank when I read the news. He was an amazing man that truly changed the world. He'll be greatly missed.
 
I don't think I can bring myself to download Veggie Samurai. Maybe it's better, but they could have tried a lot harder to differentiate it. Veggie Samurai? That's just ridiculous.

Eliss has dropped to free in honor of Mr. Jobs:

http://appshopper.com/games/eliss

I believe this is supposed to be a good one. Don't quote me on it.
 
[quote name='Chrono Gear']This. I just read about it and I am crestfallen. It was only a matter of time since he was ill, but it still breaks my heart to see the world lose such an important and innovative man.[/QUOTE]

He was the Einstein of handheld devices (I hate Macs but love all the i-products). He will definitely be missed.
 
Looks like Stevie's passing is giving us a slew of freebies as a parting gift. Still bummed though, I lost a friend to pancreatic cancer a few years back.
 
[quote name='DtotheP']Looks like Stevie's passing is giving us a slew of freebies as a parting gift. Still bummed though, I lost a friend to pancreatic cancer a few years back.[/QUOTE]


Same here. Pancreatic cancer is a horrible way to die.

(It was awful watching a friend who was previously happy and full of life get very sickly, bitter, and negative the closer he got to death. It still haunts me years later.)
 
[quote name='Azuvidexus']Any feedback? Thinking about getting the HD version.[/QUOTE]


Well worth $2 if you enjoy tower defense games. (Though, this is kind of a reverse-tower defense game).

NOTE for Mac OS users: The Mac App Store version is 50% off, too.:

Anomaly Warzone Earth - $4.99
 
[quote name='crunchewy']I don't think I can bring myself to download Veggie Samurai. Maybe it's better, but they could have tried a lot harder to differentiate it. Veggie Samurai? That's just ridiculous.

Eliss has dropped to free in honor of Mr. Jobs:

http://appshopper.com/games/eliss

I believe this is supposed to be a good one. Don't quote me on it.[/QUOTE]

It's outstanding. Becomes super hard super quick... a little bit easier on the iPad since it's harder for your fingers to get in each others' way.
 
Speaking of hungry sharks, Jaws is the current main FAAD game.
"Amity Island has everything – clear skies, gentle surf, warm water. People flock there every summer. It’s the perfect feeding ground.
As local Police Chief Martin Brody, your job is to keep the waters of Amity safe. Unfortunately, there’s a large and deadly threat with a big appetite lurking out there. You must respond to numerous distress calls around the island and rescue swimmers before they become the shark’s next meal."

Cosmonauts is the OpenFeint FGOTD.
"Take part in the comical escapades of a cold-war superpower’s attempt at galactic domination! Or challenge your friends to epic space battles featuring unique spaceships and devastating weapons!"
 
[quote name='Dimsdale']Speaking of hungry sharks, Jaws is the current main FAAD game.
"Amity Island has everything – clear skies, gentle surf, warm water. People flock there every summer. It’s the perfect feeding ground.
As local Police Chief Martin Brody, your job is to keep the waters of Amity safe. Unfortunately, there’s a large and deadly threat with a big appetite lurking out there. You must respond to numerous distress calls around the island and rescue swimmers before they become the shark’s next meal."

Cosmonauts is the OpenFeint FGOTD.
"Take part in the comical escapades of a cold-war superpower’s attempt at galactic domination! Or challenge your friends to epic space battles featuring unique spaceships and devastating weapons!"[/QUOTE]

Glad I checked this thread. I took Jaws off my appshopper a while ago because I got sick of the constant price update emails from $1.99 to $0.99. I wasn't willing to pay for it so free works okay by me. Thanks!
 
[quote name='Dimsdale']Speaking of hungry sharks, Jaws is the current main FAAD game.
"Amity Island has everything – clear skies, gentle surf, warm water. People flock there every summer. It’s the perfect feeding ground.
As local Police Chief Martin Brody, your job is to keep the waters of Amity safe. Unfortunately, there’s a large and deadly threat with a big appetite lurking out there. You must respond to numerous distress calls around the island and rescue swimmers before they become the shark’s next meal."

Cosmonauts is the OpenFeint FGOTD.
"Take part in the comical escapades of a cold-war superpower’s attempt at galactic domination! Or challenge your friends to epic space battles featuring unique spaceships and devastating weapons!"[/QUOTE]
Jaws HD version is also free

http://itunes.apple.com/app/jaws-hd/id400661274?mt=8
 
Speaking of gameloft they just finished up a port of Civilization V for "the mobile phone market" its not up yet, but I would assume it gets an IOS release.
 
I'm picking up a 64GB iPad 2 tomorrow. Time for me to upgrade to a larger screen. I'm giving my mother my 4th gen iPod Touch and will be selling her 32GB 3rd gen unit. If you are interested, send me a PM. Unit, original box, sync cable, carry case, accessories.
 
[quote name='TheRock88']Looks like those who waited finally got their wish, Mega Mall Story just dropped to $0.99!! IMO, its the best one out of all the Kairosoft games.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mega-mall-story/id454679700?mt=8

Also Hot Springs Story dropped to $0.99.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hot-springs-story/id408854559?mt=8[/QUOTE]

Ha! Getting Mega Mall Story. Now the only one I'm missing is Grand Prix (will buy whenever it's on sale @ $0.99) so I complete the whole Kairosoft Set.
 
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