Intro

This game has the look, feel, and beeping sounds of one of those little LCD games on a handheld or on a watch…but it’s on your iDevice instead! Absolutely polished and charming graphics, great retro sounds, and a touch interface means you don’t have to try and mash itty bitty buttons while playing this engaging game.

The developers really put some polish into this game.  One example, press “Flipside” on the main menu and you flip over the game’s “box” to look at product info on the other side…a very cute touch.

Gameplay

Your goal: Help the Lambrettinis perform their circus act by managing who leaps when. Be careful, if a performer lands on the wrong spot, a Lambrettini is rushed off to the hospital and if 3 Lambrettinis are injured the show must go on…but your game ends; however, for every 100 points scored, a Lambrettini returns from the hospital (you earn a life back).

There are 3 teeterboards and human pyramids. Every couple of seconds a Lambrettini will jump off the platform onto the first teeterboard so you must make sure it is safe for him to jump. This is where the challenge comes in. Human pyramids can only be 3 people high and you cannot have two people on one side of a teeterboard. You will be constantly telling performers to jump to the next position so there will be a free space for the next incoming performer.

Once you have gotten a Lambrettini to the very end, you will need to “dismount” them off the last pyramid to earn points and clear that spot for the next incoming performer.  The game is a combination of rhthym and management as you try to maintain a groove of constantly leaping Lambrettinis and make sure the way is clear to keep the whole show moving along smoothly.

The game interface is very easy to use. A simple touch on a pyramid or teeterboard will get a Lambrettini to jump off the top of a human pyramid or move from one side of a teeterboard to another. Just press on the desired pyramid or teeterboard to get a performer to do their corresponding action.

You gain extra points by having a Lambrettini jump to the high spot on a pyramid so the game really encourages you to not leave yourself a cushion by keeping pyramid size low…higher risk gives you higher rewards.

A great plus in my book – the game respects your iphone’s mute button so this game is perfect for a surreptitious bathroom break at work or while waiting for a meeting (’cause I know you’d never play during a meeting ).

There are also local and global leaderboards so you can demonstrate your mad skillz to everyone.

Overall

Pros:

-polished retro looks and sounds of an LCD game

-easy to learn, challenging to master

-respects mute button

-local/global leaderboards

Cons (more wishes than detriments):

-it would be great if the global leaderboards allowed you to specify your country

-it would be really funny when you pressed Flipside, if the pic was random between different sets of shoes/type of dress

Absolutely recommended as an easy to play, challenging, fun, pick up and play game…especially if you have any fond memories of those LCD type games. This has earned a permanent spot on my iPhone.

Easily worth the 99 cent asking price.

Link

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=320207704&mt=8