One of the most downloaded paid games in the last week is a remake of Nokia's snake game “Snake’97”. This simple emulator uses the skins of mobile phones of the late nineties as controllers and it looks like people are loving the idea. I'm all in for remakes, but surely there has to be something better than turning your iPhone into a Nokia 3310.
Whenever I see a new name in App Store's top 25, I quickly go and read the description hoping it will be the next big thing. Very often, it's only a crappy freemium game or a novelty app, making me feel disgusted and out of touch with that majority of users. Fortunately, thanks to Carter Dotson and his interview with the developer in The Portable Gamer podcast, I discovered the best iOS game inspired by Nokia’s snake - and yes, it's nowhere near the top chart positions.
Hard Lines [iTunes Link] by Spilt Milk Studios is the superb take on the classic Nokia snake, mixing Tron light cycles mechanics, awesome game modes and a pixelated retro look that works really well on both iPhone and iPad screen resolutions.
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Appfreak/~3/EbKS5-iyV9s/hard-lines-of-snakes-and-light-cycles.html
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