Today, Robyn and Jon were joined by the newest member of the ReadWriteWeb team, Taylor Hatmaker! The topic was games, specifically vast, immersive, whole-world adventures like Minecraft and the new Diablo III. Both Robyn and Taylor are accomplished gamers, and Jon is not, but he pretended to know what he was talking about. Here are links to the posts and topics we talked about: We hang out at 11:00 a.m. Pacific on Thursdays, and you're welcome to join us or just watch live. (Here's the time for every time zone.) Make sure to follow +ReadWriteWeb on Google+ if you want to watch or participate. We'd love to have you! Read More

Seguro que muchos son amantes de las clásicas aventuras gráficas de antaño, de esas denominadas “point & click“. Pues bien, hemos querido publicar este post para hacer un pequeño recopilatorio de algunas de las disponibles en la App Store para nuestros dispositivos con iOS. Encontraremos algunas de las clásicas, adaptadas o mejoradas para iOS, pero también podemos encontrar algunas disponibles en forma de juego nuevo y moderno. ¿Cuales preferís? Por supuesto hay muchísimas más, así que ¿alguna clásica que nos hayamos dejado? ¿Alguna moderna que valga la pena probar? Read More

It's great that there are so many brand new games hitting the iPhone and iPad every day, but for old-school gamers, the return of countless favorite franchises is even better. With this week's release of Final Fantasy Tactics, we thought it was a good time to share the best classic games that have been given a new lease on life in the App Store. Also check out numbers 20 - 11 here, and be sure to let us know what your list would include in the comments section below. #10: Commodore 64 Commodore 64 is well-made collection of retro games, featuring a wide selection of titles that kept people very happy on their computers in the 1980s. Classics like like Space Taxi, Boulder Dash II, Stormlord, and Samurai Warrior all appear here. Some of the games come with the original purchase of the app, while others are available as in-app purchases Read More

Originally released all the way back in 1993, Myst [99¢] was the best selling PC game of all time until The Sims stole that title in 2002. If you had a computer with a CD-ROM drive in the mid-90's, chances are you've played Myst. If for some reason you haven't, or this era of PC gaming is before your time, here's the gist- Myst is a first person puzzle-centric exploration game set in a pre-rendered 3D world which was absolutely breathtaking to behold when it was originally released. It's entirely tap-driven to move around and fiddle with the various in-game widgets to solve puzzles and progress through the game. For more details, check out Arn's eloquent reflection on the game from back when it was originally released. For 99¢, this is a blast from the past you shouldn't miss.   #6   Today, 03:10 PM Senior Member iPhone 3G, OS 4.x Read More

If you’re on the lookout for a new app this weekend, then you’re in luck as there are a few great titles on sale at the moment.  We’ve gathered together a variety of them below, and included some easy links to the App Store. The iPhone version of this classic graphical adventure game is regarded as one of the very best adaptations, and if you haven’t played it before then now’s the time to give it a shot.  It’s not for everyone though, as it’s a fairly straight point-and-click adventure with a brilliant atmosphere.  $0.99/£0.59. If you’re one of the very few iPhone/iPad owners who hasn’t purchased Infinity Blade, then perhaps the new multiplayer update has tempted you.  If it has, then it has been reduced for a limited time.  $2.99/£1.79. A 3D dual-stick shooter with Game Center support.  There are plenty of missions, weapons and enemies to blast in this Read More

Cyan Worlds is currently running a limited time, half price sale on [App Store] for the iPhone and iPod touch. Riven, the best selling game of 1997, the year of its release, is, as its name suggests, a followup to Cyan's famed 1993 surreal graphical adventure (which is also available in the App Store [link]). In Riven, the player resumes the role of the first game's protagonist, The Stranger. Atrus, author of the linking books that provide access to the various Ages, needs The Stranger's help in rescuing Catherine, his wife, who is held captive by the evil Ghen in the dying Age of Riven. Like Myst that came before it, Riven is a point-and-click adventure, but with far more lush scenery and animations. The iOS version of the game features Cyan's new "Shake-A-Hint" system, that highlights action points to help the stuck player along. Riven HD, a native iPad version of Read More

Riven, the sequel to Cyan Worlds' bestselling game Myst, is now available on the App Store. The original version of Riven came out in 1997 for multiple systems and was widely acclaimed; 13 years later, Riven has an opportunity to reach an entirely new audience of gamers. In August of 2008, Cyan announced that they'd port Myst to the iPhone, and it became available in July of 2009. Following the success of the original Myst on iOS, we heard back in February that Riven would be coming to the iPhone "by early summer at the latest." In Cyan Worlds' defense, they didn't say which hemisphere's summer they were talking about... Riven is available for US$5.99 and is a huge download -- it's over a gigabyte, and due to iOS installation quirkiness, the game requires 2GB of free space before it will install on your iOS device of choice. Riven also has Read More

Let's rewind time back to 1993. You're sitting at your brand new (or Frankstein monster of upgraded components) DOS-based PC staring at this newfangled CD-ROM drive that you paid an insane premium for, wondering what in the world to do with it aside from listen to your DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince CD on repeat while marveling at just how cool your acid washed jeans were. One thing lead to another and eventually you found yourself staring at the shelf of CD-ROM PC games at the local Egghead Software trying to rationalize the $79.95 price tag. You haven't played a CD-ROM-based game before, and decide to give it a try. After jumping through all the hoops that installing the game required, you find yourself knee-deep in one of the most impressive things you've ever seen your computer do: Display full motion video and offer a shockingly immersive atmosphere that Read More

Early this year we got word that Cyan's Riven: The Sequel to Myst, would be making its way to the iPhone. An update came in a Myst online forum post by Cyan's Mark DeForest ('Chogon') back in August, including a few screenshots and an indication that an iPad version, Riven HD, would follow the iPhone release into the App Store. This past Saturday, DeForest announced that Riven has finally been submitted to Apple and that we can expect to see it in 10 days to two weeks. A number of specifics concerning this release have been revealed in Cyan's Riven for iOS forum thread. We'll be sure to let readers know when Riven: The Sequel to Myst goes live in the App Store. Cyan's classic [link] arrived in the App Store in the Spring of 2009 and is currently priced at $4.99.   #6   Today, 03:10 PM Senior Member iPhone Read More

by Apple’s iPhone may mark a second golden age of computer gaming for a lot of reasons. The open marketplace means anyone can create a game; from major companies to just a couple of talented people in a garage. The result is a new boom in innovation, the likes of which we haven’t seen in about 20 years. Even with all the potential for innovation, maybe you still want to relive that first golden age of gaming. If you’re excited for how new tech can update the classics, then this list is for you: 10 of the greatest, most influential, straight-up classic computer games ever made, all available on and completely remastered for Apple’s handset, and in most cases also playable on the iPod touch and iPad. There are so many phenomenal PC game ports for the iPhone that we had a hard time narrowing it down to just 10. We Read More

Early last month we posted about Cyan's plans to bring the childrens' adventure game The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition [$1.99] to the App Store. The game just became available for download this morning, and I must admit, approaching the game for the first time as an adult is a little odd. The Manhole really has no goal other than exploring the fantasy world laid out in front of you after you climb a beanstalk which grows out of a manhole. As a gamer I'm almost trained to try to figure out where to go, or what to do, or what item I need to solve a puzzle, or countless other things. It's just really strange to be thrown in to a game universe where you don't do any of those things, and instead, you just see what there is to see. The original version of the game was released in 1988 using Read More

Per a recent posting on the Myst forums, Myst [$4.99 / Free] just had an update submitted to Apple to add iOS 4 compatibility. Interestingly enough, also mentioned in the same thread by Cyan employee Chogon is the fact that yet another Cyan classic is coming to the App Store: The Manhole. The Manhole is a children's adventure game written by Rand and Robyn Miller, founders of Cyan (and creators of Myst). It was developed for the early Macintosh using Apple's , one of the first available hypermedia authoring systems. The game was Cyan's first release and was published on floppy disk in 1988. In The Manhole, you open a manhole revealing a giant beanstalk which can either be climbed up or down with no real objective other than to simply explore the game world and have fun. The Manhole has since been re-released in a number of forms on various Read More

Last summer, Cyan Worlds released a port of their PC classic Myst on the iPhone platform.  The iPhone version was pretty much an exact copy of the PC version, except all mouse inputs were replaced with on-screen inputs.  According to a recent post on the Myst Online Forums, it seems Cyan Worlds will be releasing the sequel to Myst, Riven, to the iPhone later this summer. Riven takes place immediately after the events of Myst, and just like Myst, players interact with prerendered environments to solve various puzzles in order to progress through the game’s story.  The puzzles in both Myst and Riven are some of the most thought provoking puzzles I’ve ever experienced in any video game in all of my life.  I thought the puzzles in Return to Zork were tough, but all that changed when I played Myst & Riven. Daniel is a Jersey boy, born and raised. He currently Read More

Here's great news for Myst fans with iPhones -- a port of Riven will be available this year. According to a post on the Myst Online Forums, the game is in development and will be released "...by early summer at the latest." Just in time for gaming at the beach! Riven is the sequel to Myst, the adventure game that revolutionized the industry when it was first released for the Mac in 1993. The goal of Myst is to solve a series of complicated puzzles and ultimately answer the question, "What's going on here?" Riven is the sequel to Myst and describing its plot would reveal spoilers for both, so we'll let you play it for yourself. Myst for iPhone was released last July to the praise of the game's dedicated fans. I've played both the Mac and iPhone versions, and am happy to say that the iPhone port is faithful Read More

I personally like to call 2009 the year of the ports for the AppStore. There are so many games being ported to iPhone it’s incredible. So here’s a look at some of our favorites this year. Remember we can’t possibly post about ALL of them. #1 – Earthworm Jim – Review – iTunes Link – Lite Version Honestly probably the best port I’ve played so far on my iPod, and personal favorite. As a platformer fan I was delighted to hear Gameloft was bringing Earthworm Jim to iPhone with updated graphics. It wins my vote for  best port because that’s just what it is, a great port. The controls fit right in with the iPhone, keeping it challenging yet controlable. And it’s the real deal, not scaled down or anything. It’s one of the best platformers I’ve played on iPhone. #2 – James Cameron’s Avatar - Review – iTunes Link Finally, Read More

One of the most surprising things about the App Store is just how big a draw it has been for us old timey gamers like Blake and myself. Being in our mid 30's, we remember the days when processor megahertz were measured in the single digits and having most of these games on your home computer would have been amazing, much less on your a mobile device. That's not to say you have to be over 30 to appreciate these titles. Anyone who has been gaming at all in the past 10 years is sure to find something that appeals to them. Unfortunately, there have been some disappointments along the way, but here's a list of some good retro ports that we've run across in 2009. The Oregon Trail - This isn't quite the same game you'll remember playing in grade school, but it's close enough. The core gameplay was preserved, Read More

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33rd Division vom Craneballs Studios – hier bereits im iPhoneBlog-Preview – hat seinen ersten App Store-Sprungversuch leider nicht gemeistert. Der zweite Versuch ist jedoch bereits getätigt und wartet lediglich auf seine (Be-)Wertung… Nachdem vor zwei Tagen Tapulous’ ‘Tap Tap Revenge 3′ (0.79 €; App Store-Link) mit einer dreistelligen Anzahl von kostenfreien und -pflichtigen Download-Musiktiteln im App Store landete, wird auch EA seine Rock Band-Serie mit einem iPhone-Auftritt beglücken. Vornehmlich darf sich dabei über einen Bluetooth-Mehrspielermodus mit bis zu vier Teilnehmern gefreut werden. Über die Namensrechte der isometrischen Würfel-Puzzelei EDGE auf dem iPhone (3.99 €; App Store-Link) streiten sich Mobigames und Tim Langdell bereits seit Mai 2009. Die leidvolle Disput-Tradition vollstreckt sich jedoch bereits mit unterschiedlichsten Protagonisten über Jahre. ‘TIGSource‘ hält eine mehrseitige – extrem ‘klickenswerte’ – Zusammenfassung der Streitigkeiten bereit. Aktuell ist die beliebte Knobelei wieder im App Store erhältlich. Auch als kostenfreie Demo (App Store-Link). Gegenüber dem 700MB-Download der Vollversion Read More

6 Oct 2009 alle 01:00 Dopo diverso tempo, la Cyan Worlds ha finalmente rilasciato una versione Lite gratuita del gioco , un punta-e-clicca davvero particolare. In oscure circostanze, il giocatore trova un libro intitolato Myst. Sfogliandolo, ad un certo punto gli salta all’occhio una strana immagine in movimento, che mostra la veduta aerea di un’isola oltremodo bizzarra. Appoggiandovi sopra la mano, quasi senza pensarci, il giocatore si ritrova improvvisamente catapultato nel luogo raffigurato dall’immagine ed è li che parte l’avventura. Oltre al rilascio della versione gratuita, la stessa azienda ha anche scontato la versione completa che passa da 4,99€ a 3,99€ [Link iTunes]. Trovate maggiori dettagli in questo articolo ed i relativi commenti. Read More

Cyan Worlds recently released a free version of Myst that will allow you to relive some of the 1993 classic adventure game. While technologically rather simple from today's standpoint (mostly static images), the game's graphics and soundtrack were remarkably immersive. The game starts you on a strange island where you must explore your surroundings, solve puzzles and figure out the backstory. The free version of Myst allows you to explore Myst island while the full has 5 additional ages to explore. Removing that additional content shrinks it down to 124MB, so still a sizable download. Meanwhile, the full version has dropped $1 to $4.99. If you've never experienced Myst, here's your chance. Amazing game, and I have played (and deleted) most of the games in this category. Currently Crime City is the one I have spent most time and the only other one left on my phone, but I think this Read More

October 5th, 2009 James Isabel You guys do remember the classic PC open world adventure game: Myst right? We’ve reviewed it sometime ago, and now it’s time for updates. The original Myst sights and sounds have been meticulously re-assembled for a remarkable experience on the iPhone and iPod touch. Everything that you remember from the original Myst in a format where a simple touch or swipe moves you through the world. Welcome back to Myst… wherever you are. Myst Full Drops To $4.99 If you enjoy the free version, make sure to check out the FULL version which goes on sale to celebrate the previous’ release! You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Read More

There are few iPhone games that I will immediately buy. Most of the ones I do, however, are the classic games I played as a teenager. The iPhone/iPod touch is more than powerful enough to handle these games and it seems that there are many people like me who are keen to experience these classics again. So, here’s a roundup of modern ports of classic games. Only official ports of classic games are detailed here — clones and the like do exist but I had to draw a line in the sand. I’ve also included links to Wikipedia for those interested in the history of the games. The Video Arcade is where mainstream gaming began, and there are plenty of original ports from this era to re-live your youth shoving coins into cabinets. I’d still like to see BubbleBobble make an appearance here to completely satisfy my urges. Release Year: 1978Original Read More

Chillingo has partnered with developer Tetraedge to bring you a new adventure game based on Jules Verne’s novel, The Mysterious Island. Return to Mysterious Island for the iPhone and iPod touch puts you in the shoes of Mina, a sailor who is stranded on the shores of an island somewhere in the south Pacific.  The game allows you to explore your surroundings to uncover artifacts, living spaces, and technologies that have been left behind by the previous inhabitants. Return to Mysterious Island contains some impressive looking 3D graphics along with an intuitive in-game tutorial to help you through the first parts of your adventure.  As you explore the island, you will come across various mini-games and intriguing puzzles, that together with the exploration part of the game should allegedly keep you entertained for over 15 hours of gameplay.  Over 15 hours of gameplay seems like a lot for an iPhone game, but Read More

By Matt Sawyers, Sunday, May 17, 2009 | Note: I did not review this quite as in-depth as I normally would as I felt that reviews regarding Myst are all over the place and I would be just be repeating what everyone else says, so I just commented on the port itself. For those of you that do not know what Myst is, it is a port of the old Myst computer game. Myst is an adventure puzzle game in which you are attempting to find your way off the island, or rather attempt to figure out how all the things around you work. Having played the original Myst, the iPhone version is just like it. It consists of multiple 3D still images that fade from one to another depending on the area of the screen you touch. Controls are very simple here. You tap in the direction that you want Read More

By Rene Ritchie, Saturday, May 9, 2009 | Every week a few of us from team TiPb, bloggers and forum crew alike, will bring you our current favorite, funnest, most useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they’re iPhone (or iPod touch) related, they’re fair game. So who’s on deck this week and what are our picks? Find out after the break! Wow. By far the best graphics of any racing game on the iPhone. Easy controls, car customizations and different racing scenarios make this one a winner in my book. It may be a little pricey at $9.99 for some, but I consider this to be the FIRST console-quality game for the iPhone; a must buy for any iPhone gamer! [$9.99 - iTunes link] I am currently on vacation at the beach, and Read More

  #14   05-07-2009, 01:45 PM Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Appstore has never done anything for me... It's like a Wii on crack i.e.: SHOVELWARE, SHOVELWARE, SHOVELWARE, SHOVELWARE, SHOVELWARE, SHOVELWARE Still waiting for the system's "killer app" No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator No Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator Read More

Myst has finally arrived for iPhone and iPod Touch. The game was hailed as the best-selling PC game of all time up until early 2002 and anyone who has played the game knows exactly why. It offered a unique approach to gaming, giving players virtually no information from the start of the game as to what they were supposed to do. With the popularity of handheld devices on a steady rise and the gold mine named the "App Store", Cyan World has decided to resurrect their classic in hopes of inspiring yet another generation to dive into the discovery of their puzzling world. The gameplay of Myst is focused primarily on inspiring logical thinking and promoting patience and determination from its players. It is a first-person journey through a world riddled with riddles. Movement is handled by tapping on locations viewed on the screen which then crossfades into another frame opening Read More

Flashback [App Store] is a game developed by the long-gone french game developer Delphine Software for the Amiga in 1992. Since then it got picked up by various other companies and ported to a ridiculous amount of different platforms. Notable at the time for its unusually fluid, rotoscoped animation, Flashback has existed on everything from the Acorn Archimedes to the Sega CD, and most of the consoles in between. As far as cinematic platformers are concerned, it has few rivals. I first came in to contact with Flashback on the Sega Genesis, originally attracted to the game because of the comic book that came with it and the way they marketed the cartridge. (Supposedly it was the largest cartridge ever sold at the time.) In a time before GameFAQs I'd quickly get stuck or die, but still had a lot of fun. You play the role of Conrad B. Hart who Read More

Purveyors of classic PC games remember Myst with a fond sigh and a rush of nostalgia. It’s a throwback to the classic days when 3D imagery on computers was but a pipe dream, and complex puzzles and dreamy backgrounds made for an experience like none other (at the time). Myst has now come to the iPhone. It’s a 730MB download that requires 1.5GB of free space to install (yes, that’s a lot). It costs $6, which isn’t bad when you think when it was first released, it was a $50 game, and people eagerly paid it. Anyone who counts themselves a classic game fan simply has to get ahold of this one; it’s smooth and well-done, and the graphics are close to as stunning as the original ones on the PC, based on screenshots (one seen here). It’s available in the App Store right now. Posted on May 6th, 2009 by Read More

Biggs is the editor of TechCrunch Gadgets. Biggs has written for the New York Times, InSync, USA Weekend, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Money and a number of other outlets on technology and wristwatches. He is the former editor-in-chief of Gizmodo.com and lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. You can Tweet him here and G+ him here. Email him directly at john@techcrunch.com. → Learn More Way back in the olden days, Myst was known colloquially as the “shiznit.” In 1993, a video game with rendered, ray-traced graphics that brought the reader through a magical world of Steampunk-inspired puzzles and mysteriously-worded letters from your uncle. The game was launched the same year as Doom and I assure you that Myst was on par with that proto-FPS in terms of popularity. Sadly, I missed most of the Myst but but I just downloaded the $5.99 iPhone app. Maybe I, too, will be able to wander Read More

Depuis quelques jours le jeu est disponible sur la plate forme de téléchargement d'Apple. Le jeu est en téléchargement au prix de 4,99€ (727 Mo) Quelques captures + vidéo : Quels sont vos premiers retours ? Read More