Take to the skies in a top-down arcade flight shooter that was one of the first to take advantage of the iPhone 3GS performance enhancements. Continue the puzzling excitement of one of the best labyrinth games ever in the second installment. It may not be the most epic 3-D experience, but today's doodle graphics game will get and keep you immersed in other ways. You've heard of Angry Birds, although, even they may not stand a chance against the fish we will be introducing you to today. Sports fan or not, we have a flick-controlled baseball game that will have you hooked on backyard baseball soon enough. Rescue the pet monsters in this match-3 game that's like few others. You may not want to live in the prehistoric era but now you can find out what you would have look like a generation or two ago. Play with fire, water, sand, oil, and acid without the mess and destruction in free play entertainment app. There's no need for a calculator to find out how long it has been since this century began or how long it is until the next Super Bowl, just download an app for that.
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iPhone:
Prehistoric Booth ($0.99 -> Free, 12.0 MB): It won't make you look younger, but this entertainment app certainly rolls the clock back. Take a mugshot of yourself and find out what you'd look like in a generation back in evolution. Share your de-evolved look via Twitter, Facebook, email, or MMS.
Prehistoric Booth is available for free for a limited time. It has a 4-star rating with a total of 61 ratings.
Lost Monsters ($0.99 -> Free, 13.4 MB): The pet monsters have been taken and it's up to you to get them back. To rescue the monsters, match them together in a line. Unlike most match-3-style games, you slide rows and columns of tiles instead of simply doing a nearby object swap. The game features endless gameplay, plus Facebook, Twitter, OpenFeint, and Game Center integration.
Lost Monsters is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 5-star rating with a total of 9 ratings.
Flick Home Run ! ($0.99 -> Free, 19.0 MB): It's backyard hitting practice without ever needing to worry about rain. Using the flick mechanism to hit a grand slam, attempt to hit the ball as far as possible. This distance game features four difficulty levels and Game Center integration.
Flick Home Run ! is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 36 ratings.
Fish Fury ($0.99 -> Free, 9.8 MB): Birds are overwhelming everything and one piranha is going to put a stop to it. As birds fly over your pond, leap out of the water to knock them out, then finish the job by scarfing them down. The game features endless gameplay and Game Center integration.
Fish Fury is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 5-star rating with a total of 1 ratings.
Dark Nebula - Episode Two ($1.99 -> Free, 77.5 MB): It has been called labyrinth on steroids, but we like to call it the best adventure-based labyrinth game ever conceived. Tilt your device to navigate your character through industrial environments and around all sorts of traps as quickly as you can to obtain the highest possible score. The game features 19 levels, two difficulty settings, 25 new enemies, and global leaderboards.
Dark Nebula - Episode Two is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 4.5-star rating with a total of 1216 ratings.
Doodle Truck ($1.99 -> Free, 17.7 MB): Wait for your massive truck to get loaded up and then make your way to the end of the level as quickly as possible. Your payload isn’t strapped down, so driving quickly yet carefully is important. You are able to control the truck via touch and tilt controls. The game features realistic physics, 48 levels, three truck types, four payload types, and Game Center support.
Doodle Truck is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 3-star rating with a total of 7101 ratings.
Blue Skies 3GS ($0.99 -> Free, 53.8 MB): A top-down flight shooter where you must search and destroy targets by strategically dropping bombs and launching missiles. The game features 50 levels, three difficulty modes, 10 different weapons, and OpenFeint integration. Requires iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, 32GB and 64GB third generation iPod touch, fourth generation iPod touch or newer.
Blue Skies 3GS is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 141 ratings.
Universal:
Orient ($0.99 -> Free, 1.2 MB): Many of us daydream about traveling to every great city in the world. With this app, you can always know where those future vacation spots exits. The app features both a simple line drawn graph showing direction and distance of your set locations and an augmented reality map overlay, except on the original iPad. Requires iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, or iPhone 4S running iOS 4.0 or later.
Orient is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 12 ratings.
Falling Sands ($2.99 -> Free, 3.4 MB): An entertainment app that offers free play of 40 different elements that can interact with each other in an open environment. Pouring water on sand makes plants, set fire to plants and oil to send a flaming cascade, and more.
Falling Sands is available for free today only (10/22). It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 2182 ratings.
Time Counter ($0.99 -> Free, 479.0 KB): A universal time counting app that provides both countdown and time lapse options. Each counter includes a days until or days since counter and a full breakdown - years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. The app features five color-coding options, a reminder for upcoming events, and custom text labeling.
Time Counter is available for free for a limited time. It has a 3.5-star rating with a total of 22 ratings.
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