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iPhone Weekend Warrior: killing the PSP, getting great games, and getting crappy games

Posted Mar 1, 2009 at 6:51AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: News, Weekend Warrior Tags: id Software, iHome, Quake, TurboGrafx, Wolfenstein
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Originally posted on Feb 26, 2009 at 02:12PM

It's potpourri this week for the very first iPhone Weekend Warrior! The homebrew scene's got a couple of useful apps for you this week, and you're bound to find at least one you like. In the game scene, a game analyst is touting the iPhone as the PSP killer. Agree, or disagree? Here's the biggest iPhone news this week:
  • Game analyst Nicholas Lovell says that the iPod Touch will eventually kill off the PSP. The iPhone's a great device, but I disagree. What about you? Link.
  • That said, it's still good the iPhone's getting some great games. id Software is releasing Wolfenstein RPG and Quake III for the iPhone. Link.
  • Unconventional, yet interesting. The iChange is a car that uses your iPhone as a key. It's an all in one package for carjackers. Link.
Homebrew News:
  • Some hackers got an Apple wireless keypad working with the iPhone, but they're not sharing the app just yet. Link.
  • PSP Homebrew developer Exophase releases a port for the TurboGrafx-16 Temper: temper4iphone
  • Add a swipe bar to the bottom of your iPhone screen as an alternative to the Home button: iHome
  • Add more VOIP providers to make cheap calls when you're someplace with Wi-Fi: Siax (VOIP) Client
  • An application that will let you send an SMS without closing the app you're currently running: QuickSMS
And finally, I leave you with a coup de grace. The sad, sad addition to the Metal Gear franchise, Metal Gear Solid Touch. Good mobile game, but a really crappy MGS game. A prime example of why the iPhone won't be killing off the PSP anytime soon. Vid posted again for posterity! Link.





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# Mgs4 turned into an on-rails shooter?S1L3NC3.. 2009-03-01 11:06
Looks like mgs is now an on-rails shooter like House of The Dead. Hopefully it sticks to the same mgs formula. The graphics look pretty darn good with sprite graphics

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# Blahavatar76 2009-03-02 18:46
It looks like it belongs in an 80s arcade cabinet with operation wolf written on the screen, overtones of the RamboIII arcade game. I hope this isn't the best of iphone gaming to come out otherwise shoot me now. I wouldn't mind playing MGS3 and 4, I had MGS2 on the xbox and MGS on the Playstation1. Both brilliant games, I actually even enjoyed the second one, I'm somewhat rare in that from what I can gather.

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