Last year I picked myself up an iPod Touch and over the Christmas break I’ve been discovering all sorts of classic games on the clever little portable.While many of them obviously feature next-gen visuals (good luck finding a DS game that looks as good as Hero of Spartan) it’s surprising just how many of them feel like the classics of old.

Gameloft’s Block Breaker 2 Deluxe and Bubble Bash are basically updated takes on Arkanoid and Bust-A-Move, while titles like Bejeweled 2, Trism and Rainbow are just as addictive as the puzzle games of old. There’s even mario styled platformers like Nicky Boom if you’re prepared to trawl through the many games that are already available.

I’ve also discovered Tower Defence games like Fieldrunners and Crystal Defenders, as well as impressive shoot-em-ups like the excellent rRootage. Perhaps most surprising though is the sheer amount of old retro games that are starting to appear on the system and the actual quality of them. Missile Command, Pac-Man and Pole Position all work exceptionally well on the system and can be controlled by either tilting the screen in the direction you want to go or with a quick flick of your finger.

Best of all though is the brave soul who’s taken it upon himself to recreate five games from Nintendo’s Game & Watch series. Chef, Octopus, Fire, Parachute and Helmut not only look the part but are addictive as now as they ever were. We’ll be taking a more in-depth look at Apple’s handheld in issue 61 of the magazine, in the meantime I’m off to play some more Fish Tycoon.

Fieldrunners is insanely addictive and keeps on receiving fresh updates. It’s well worth its paltry £3 asking price

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