

Batting and bowling are simple to grasp but tough to master, and extra Challenge modes provide depth. Thankfully, this excellent sports sim gives you the chance to give the Aussies a virtual belting, taking in short matches and even full one-day internationals. Yes, you heard right: this is an old-skool 'GO NORTH, HIT ELF, EAT JUG' adventure game, complete with predictive texting for ease of typing and all the original locations and characters, and new content too. The legendary text adventure gets a mobile makeover. Immaculate presentation and an understated soundtrack add up to one of the slow-burners of the mobile puzzle world. Deceptively simple fun.Įgyptian-themed puzzler that involves firing coloured balls at a chain of other coloured balls to make them disappear and (if possible) set off chain reactions. As the enemies stream towards your lair, you have to time your shots to catch them in mid-waddle. Neat old school casual game that sees you defending a castle from hordes of would-be plunderers, using just a bow and arrow. Read on to see what we've picked, and resist if you can the temptation to skip straight to the end to find out who. With that in mind, we've rounded up the inaugural Pocket Gamer Festive Fifty – the 50 best mobile games that we've reviewed this year. From action-adventures to puzzlers to racers, just about every genre had one or two standout titles to download.

Whether you're an old hand at this mobile gaming lark or new to the thrills and spills to be had on your phone, 2006 has been a great vintage.
