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Arcade games have always been known for their quick play sessions, precise controls, and plenty of challenge. We're talking about games that would actually be found in an arcade: Pac-Man, racing, fighting, and shooting. Read on for our roundup of the top mobile Windows arcade games!
Color Sheep, an interesting arcade game that has been available on iOS and Android, has just released on Windows Phone. You play as Sir Woolson, responsible for preventing vicious wolves from stealing life and color from the world. It’s an easy game at first, but don’t get too comfortable. It gets a lot harder. Head past the break to watch our gameplay video. Players change Woolson...
Dragon Revenge is an arcade styled game for Windows Phone 8 that has you playing the role of a dragon intent on destroying everything in sight. From buildings to trees to cows, your job is to wreak destruction upon the lands all the while avoiding the villagers arrows. The game has an unlimited number of gaming levels where you guide your dragon across the sky, attacking villages and...
SpaceScribble is a free Windows Phone game where you take command of a space ship to battle enemy vessels and dodge a rather aggressive asteroid field. While the doodled graphics are absent of color, they are well done. The doodle-styled space ships flying across graph paper has a certain level of appeal and helps set the game apart. Game game play is rather challenging, somewhat...
The Windows Store is certainly growing and it seems that if you delve deep enough, there is always a new interesting app or game to tryout. We have played quite a few games on our Windows tablet’s such as Halo: Spartan Assault, that take full advantage of the graphic processing at hand. However, as we all know, complex graphics are not always the most important aspect. Today, we are...
Recently winning the $30,000 First Prize from the 2013 Unity3D game contest in the Windows Store category, Freddy from MobiTouch is now available for Windows Phone 8. Freddy is a physics-based arcade game with great graphics and fun gameplay. Head past the break to watch our gameplay footage with the Nokia Lumia 1520. The goal is to keep the poisonous balls from falling down to the...
Fruit Rocks is a Windows Phone game that calls upon you to use fruit trees and rocks to defend Earth against an alien invasion. The game is a side scrolling action title where you hurl apples and oranges from trees to destroy a variety of aliens that have decided to invade Earth. The game also includes bonus items that can be shot with your fruit to give you an edge in taking out the...
Crumble Zone is a new arcade game for Windows Phone 8 that calls upon you to save a tiny planet from impending doom. You play the role of a tiny green alien who must protect a planet from wave upon wave of asteroids. You also have a variety of comets and meteoroids that presents a serious concern as well. As you destroy the various dangers hurtling from space the explosions generate...
Aces of the Luftwaffe is a relatively new game for Windows Phone 8 and is quickly becoming one of our favorites. Aces is an arcade styled game with an RPG touch. To say Aces of the Luftwaffe is a fast paced game may be an understatement. If you blink you'll be over run with enemy planes. Game play is challenging enough to avoid getting stale and graphics/animations are just ducky. If...
BunnyBeyond is a Windows Phone game that calls upon you to wipe out the rabbit population using freeze rays, rockets and pistols. Now these aren't your typical bunny rabbits but instead alien rabbits who have invaded Earth. Once you blast these furry creatures back into space, you'll face their leader who isn't an easy push over. BunnyBeyond has a "whack a mole" feel to it, needs a...
Looking for a fun game for your Windows Phone 8 device? You may want to give Chimpact a try. Chimpact is a jumper game of sorts where you have to navigate your chimp up the screen by launching him from hammock to hammock. Graphics are great, game play challenging and Chimpact is a enjoyable way to pass the time. There are two game modes with Chimpact, Gem Quest and Totem Trail. Gem...
Microsoft and Nokia are currently holding developer events alongside the Windows Phone User Group at Modern Jago in East London. Microsoft has rented it out to provide a central location for all platform exhibitions and events to take place - it's a superb building. Back in December, at a recent WPUG meetup and AlphaLabs event, those who attended witnessed a row of white Lumia 920...
AE Skee Ball brings all the fun of the popular arcade game to your Windows Phone. You play for tickets which can be exchanged for tokens that are needed to play the game. Game play is not unlike the real world game in that you have nine balls that you roll up the ramp to jump them into various points rings. There are some opportunities for bonus points and the more points you score, the...
Defender 3D is a fast paced shoot 'em up type game for your Windows Phone. You have to defend your position against a wide assortment of monsters that will be coming at you from all directions. You begin the action with your faithful crossbow and along the way you can collect weapons with a little more destructive capabilities. As you take out the monsters, your score grows. Bonus...
We brought you the news earlier today that Galaga Legions DX was to land on the Marketplace this week for Windows Phone and true enough to our word, it has. The game fetches for a whopping $6.99, which should set a few of you off in comments. But the question is, Is it any good? The game falls into the tradition of SHMUPs (shoot ‘em ups) but with the kick of the more neon graphics...
Although these are not Xbox LIVE games, the 1983 classic arcade and sequel to Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy, is headed to the Xbox 360 as an Indie Arcade game this Friday. In addition, a version for Windows Phone is coming with it at or around the same time (we all know how hard it can be for timing). The game Jet Set Willy should be a lot of fun for those who enjoy some retro gameplay on...
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You can run, but you can't hide on Xbox LIVE Although Contract Killer was known to be coming to Xbox LIVE today (and sure enough, it’s out) it looks like Microsoft slipped in a 2nd title—Lode Runner Classic. The game fetches for $2.99 and is a throwback to the old school arcade games from the 1980s. In fact, many of you will have childhood flashbacks with this one as it was quite...
There's not much to the Windows Phone game Skee Ball 7. It's a skee ball game. You know the game, where you roll balls down a ramp to jump them into various slots for points. As you score points you earn tickets that can be turned in for prizes. We used to spend hours on end, spending big bucks to play skee ball and earn enough tickets to win a prize that likely cost far less than what...