Gizmodo had an insightful post about the realistic feasibility of the iPhone as a gaming platform [here]. It concludes that the iPhone has amazing rendering capabilities, almost on par with the PSP, but fails as a gaming console because games are too hard to control.
I cordially disagree. The trick to gaming on the iPhone is not adapting old gaming mechanisms to fit in the iPhone (ie. controllers, d-pads, etc.), rather games need to be evolve to work with a touch screen and accelerator.
This might seem difficult at first glance, but the Nintendo DS has been making games based on pure touch screen controls for the last 4 years. Here are the top 8 games that should be ported over to the iPhone:
1. Advance Wars.
Not just advance wars, but strategy board games in general. These are optimal for the iPhone because they require very little control of the units. This game focuses on strategy and tactics, and was rated #3 by gamerankings.com [link].
Some more games in this category: Fire Emblem and FF Tactics.
2. Brain Age
Simple math and memory games.
3. Wario Ware
Stupid little games that are actually SUPER addicting.
4. Elite Beat Agents
This is Tap Tap Revenge, on crack. All touch screen based music beat matching game.
5. Nintendog
Have a pet dog, take care of it. Simple controls, easy to make, kids love it.
6. Worms/Gunbound
An internet sensation, Gunbound is a simple game dealing with characters that shot projectiles at each other. It consists of two controls, moving the shot up and down and selecting how powerful to shoot the projectile. Incredibly addicting.
7. Pinball
Same thing as the stuff my Dad played 20 years ago.
8. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
An adventure crime solving game. Interesting game design; combining both story and gaming.
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