![]() ![]() Which, in my opinion, is a good thing!Ĭontrols are very tight and easy. It is very much an Arcade Racer, eschewing the realism many other racing games. ![]() Horizon Chase – World Tour, the developer says, was “ inspired by the great racing hits of the 80’s and 90’s”, and it shows in both graphics and game play. That was the case this last weekend, as I kept hearing so many great things about Horizon Chase – World Tour. Racing games come out so often on iOS that I usually don’t even bother downloading them unless the buzz is loud and positive. Both arcade games were fun, and ate almost as many of my quarters as Pac-Man did power pellets. ![]() The racing game was a massive hit in the arcade in the 1980s, my favorite back then being Pole Position, followed closely by Out Run. In fact, racing games have been popular on every video game platform in the history of video games. Racing games have always been popular on iOS. ![]() Here, the same random “Glitch” characters are constantly moving from the bottom of the screen to the top, forcing the player to keep moving to stay alive.Įven if you are not a fan of the original Pac-Man, there is a good chance you will like this game. The name, Pac-Man 256, refers to a glitch in the original Pac-Man arcade in which a player who made it to level 256 would see the arcade machine “glitch out”, and random characters appearing on-screen. For a developer to make such a radically ambitious game, taking a huge chance like this, well, it’s inspiring and very brave.Ĭollecting power-ups, outrunning the ghosts, eating power pellets, and constantly staying ahead of the Glitch make this one of the best Pac-Man games ever made. What do they do for a follow-up? Crossy Road 2, right? Nope! They make a new Pac-Man game using the same type of game play that Crossy Road enjoyed, an endless-runner type of game that both stays true to the original Pac-Man, as well as moving the character into a fantastic new direction on modern mobile gaming. Last week was a great time to be an iOS user and a fan of classic gaming, as three really terrific games were released.įirst up is Pac-Man 256. Imagine the scenario within developer Hipster Whale: they have one of the most popular games in the world, getting a ton of positive reviews ( Crossy Road). ![]()
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