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Outrace – The Most Violent 2D Racing Game For iOS and Android Ever?

Have you ever drifted around a corner in the racetrack, zoomed up beside your opponent in 1st and thought to yourself: “If only I could ram this guy out of the way…” Well now you can in the single craziest racing game(?) we have seen in a long time. Outrace (by Armnomads) is a racing…

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Clicker Racing – An automatic racing game for busy people… 🤖

Are you a busy person who doesn’t have time to play exciting racing games? If so, we have just the thing for you! For just $99 a month, you can hire a professional gamer to race for you so you don’t have to!  …or you could just download this game on your iOS or Android device… 

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Silly Sailing – A tricky boat racing game for your Smartphone

If you love sailing around using nothing but the power of the wind to propel you forward, today we’ve got a game where your boating skills will shine like no other!✨ Are you ready to set sail on two large-scale bananas lashed together with some rope and a mast? …because we weren’t…

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Finger Driver – The slowest racing game… ever…

Do you love playing fast-paced racing games where speedy decision making and a lightning-fast reaction time are the keys to success? If so, today we’ve got a game that will probably disappoint you. It isn’t fast, it isn’t crazy or uncontrollable… it shockingly basic…

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Cosmo Race – The Simplest, Most Addictive Racing Game Ever…

Over the past few weeks, we have featured a number of mobile (.io) games you can simply download and challenge the world with. Today, we’ve got a brand new online racing game that is so insanely awesome, you’ll struggle to put your phone down… Cosmo Race is an extremely simple looking, “almost” minimalist style game. With…

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Horizon Chase – Is this the best 80’s style racing game ever…!?

Have you ever wondered what it would be like “now” if old racing games from the 80’s and 90’s made a comeback…? Well, this is what happens! Horizon Chase is an awesomely fun racing game that reminds us of the old fashioned arcade games we used to play. With only a few minor updates to the overall feel of…

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Pocket Rush – What is a racing game without a steering wheel…!?

Pocket Rush is a very new type of racing game. Set on a normal racecourse with normal cars, traveling at a normal speed, everything looks exactly the way you would expect to find it… Until you instinctively search for the steering wheel and find “nothing!” Pocket Rush is the first mobile game we’ve ever played without a steering wheel,…

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Full Contact Teams Racing – Developer Spotlight with Peylah Games

Here we are, back with yet another exciting Developer Spotlight! Today we are taking a moment to shine the spotlight on Full Contact Teams Racing by Peylah Games. Before we start we would like to thank Brendan for collaborating with us and for taking the time to talk with us about Full Contact Teams Racing!…

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VS. Racing 2 – Single player games just can’t win…

Although making something difficult simple is almost always better for the end user, dumbing something down leaves no one happy. VS. Racing 2 is a fast paced super serious racing game that is simple and easy to play. The perfect type of “simple.” The game’s design is a rather common overhead view racing game – found in most…

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Fancade – The only mobile game you’ll need in 2020

If for some unknown reason you decided to install just one game on your smartphone to last you till the very end of 2020, Fancade (by Martin Magni) is by far your best choice as of right now. Here’s why… As the name kind of implies, Fancade is a sort of arcade game that compiles…

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Mario Kart Tour – 5 Tips to Rocket Start your gameplay

Mario Kart Tour is an amazing game for iOS and Android – arguably the best game we’ve ever seen from Nintendo on mobile. So for those players who are only just getting into Mario Kart Tour or would like a better chance of progressing through the game, here are our top 5 tips for playing…

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Our interview with Rockhead Games the developers of Starlit On Wheels!

As some of you may remember, one of the first reviews we ever conducted on Edamame Reviews was actually with Rockhead Games the creators of the mega cute “Starlit” series for iOS and Android – so our interview here today is both a recap and closer look into how Starlit On Wheels was developed. If…

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Starlit On Wheels – This game brings back memories…

Were you one of the many millions of players obsessed with Mario Kart on your Nintendo DS way back before smartphones were really a thing? We definitely were(!) which is why Starlit On Wheels (by Rockhead Games) has been a game we have had on our list ever since it was first released way back…

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Our interview with Jellyo Games the developers of Stare Out

Here we are, back with another developer interview! This time with Jellyo Games the developers of Stare Out! Before we start we’d like to thank the Jellyo Games Team for participating in our interview and for answering all of our geeky questions! Thanks! …and without further ado, our interview begins… The Interview /// Thanks for…

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#DRIVE – Slow… yet crazy hard!? WHAT IS THIS GAME!?

Have you ever failed at something you honestly should be kind of good at? Because #DRIVE (by Pixel Perfect Dude) is a game that makes us feel like losers… Set in an old country western style setting (as well as many other settings, we’re just focusing on this one in this quick review) your mission…

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Infinite Downhill – Faster than Fast! This game is insane!!

At Edamame Reviews, we’ve played a lot of fast games. Fast games are cool, and speeding up the gameplay is an easy way for developers to make their game harder. Plus, completing a fast and hard game “feels” super cool! 😆 Infinite Downhill (by Geisha Tokyo) is a super fast game about dashing down a high-speed…

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Ice Racing.io – How annoying it is to lose at the finish line…

Ice is slippery… Even if you don’t live in a frosty part of the globe that seems to freeze over every 6 months, most people know just how slippery (and sometimes dangerous) ice can be… Ice Racing.io (by Voodoo) is a slippery new racing game from an equally slippery and difficult to grasp publisher (i.e. Voodoo)…

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Police Runner – The simple cute avoider game you’ve been waiting for?

Yesterday we published a rather blunt article describing how we feel that casual games are changing in a way that doesn’t benefit anyone. Today we’ve got a game that brings back some of that excitement we felt when casual minimalistic games were new things on the market! Police Runner (by Ketchapp and Tarboosh Games) is a faced…

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PAKO Forever – Dying is so easy in this game… 😂

In 90% of the games we’ve played so far that involve cars, it is almost impossible for you to die. It has always amazed us how our battered and smoking car – we’re not great at racing games – manages to build up speed and sometimes actually overtake the player in first place at 120MPH……

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Go Race – Rip-off? Cheat? Call this game what you want, but It’s good!

Nintendo is bringing Mario Kart to smartphones by March 2019. If you didn’t know this, then it is about time you start marking your calendars because 2019 is just around the corner and… What you can play already!? Go Race (by Space Ape Games) is by no means Mario Kart. Featuring a mobile-friendly Mario-Kart-like gaming experience using Fortnite-like characters…

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Bumper.io – The first game from Voodoo you can actually win!?

We’ve reviewed a lot of games from Voodoo, but so far almost all of them are well… Easy enough to play in theory, yet almost impossible to put into practice. No wonder some games feel more like an Ad dispenser and less like an actual video game. Bumper.io (by Voodoo and Honikou Games) may just be the…

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Micro Wheels – A Crazy Fast Arcade Game

Micro Wheels is a fast-paced arcade-style avoider game for iOS and Android. Featuring simple one-tap controls, your mission in this game is to avoid colliding with all the many obstacles that block your way. Think fast and… try not to hit the barrels, (or obstacles) or the cops will come after you. 🚗 🚓 Play the…

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Retro Highway – Retro bike racing for iOS and Android

Recently we had the opportunity to play some “actual” retro games using a retro pi, some retro-themed controllers, and a stupid number of emulators. Although we have to admit the experience was far from authentic, it was definitely one of the key factors that inspired this quick article…🕹 Retro Highway (by Dumb Luck Games) may just…

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A minimalistic drifting game – Donuts Drift

Donuts Drift (by Voodoo and TryMyGames) is a simplistic drifting game about drifting around gray dots, collecting money, and trying not to crash and burn… Luckily(?) your car is almost always low on fuel so you shouldn’t have too much to worry about.

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Blocky Racing – Lego Racers Reborn on Mobile

Do you remember playing a game called Lego Racers? Initially released back in July of 1999, Lego Racers was a game that sucked players into the Lego universe, changing their lives forever!

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No Brakes.io – The greatest (.io) game ever…?

Are you in love with (.io) games? If you haven’t figured it out already, we are(!), and today we have yet another mobile (.io) game for you to enjoy! …or despise, the choice is yours… No Brakes.io is a game centered around racing through simple 2D stages in hopes of coming first place #1. In…

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Race Time – One Touch Multiplayer Slot Car Racing

Do you have a large block of floor space in your home dedicated to Slot Car Racing? …Probably not… So today we’ve got a game that features the next best thing, one touch multiplayer slot car racing for your mobile device! If you have a passion for slot car racing, Race Time is a game you will…

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Flippy Knife – A dangerously addictive game…🔪

Now that bottle flipping has finally come to an end, how are you now going to show off your new found flipping skills? With knife flipping of course! …Ok, maybe not in real life… Flippy Knife is a game those who participated in the bottle flipping craze will likely find dangerously addictive. Featuring a total…

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Big Bang Racing – Race, Create, And Try Not To Explode!

Have you spent years now searching for the ultimate mobile racing game with high-end graphics, a seemingly infinite number of existing race tracks, and brilliant multiplayer functionality? Search no more! The “Big-Bang” of mobile racing is here… Big Bang Racing is a shockingly high-end racing game centered around crazily awesome(!), (and sometimes really bad), racetracks created…

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SUP – A Full On Multiplayer Racing Experience!

Racing games on mobile devices aren’t great… In order to deliver the high-performance gameplay we all love and enjoy, developers are often forced to cut corners, removing vital features we have come to expect from a “truly” high-end racing game…

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Hill Climb Racing 2 – Everything is better! …or is it?

Hill Climb Racing was a super fun game. We played it, you played it, and 100,000,000 to 500,000,000 million others loved it too! …So when a part-2 hit the App Store and Google Play, we had to review it. (For those who don’t know) Hill Climb Racing is a game about climbing hills using some…

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IMPOSSIBLE ROAD – Officially the fastest game we’ve ever seen!

Do you have this burning desire, a feeling set deep within your bones, a need, the need for speed? …IMPOSSIBLE ROAD will blow you away, “Literally.” IMPOSSIBLE ROAD may just be the fastest game we’ve played all year! (Perhaps with the exception of Super Hexagon, BARRIER X, and a few other games that are almost as fast…😁) Set in…

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Faily Rider – Ready for some of the most spectacular “Game Overs” ever!?

Do you remember a game called Faily Brakes? With some of the most spectacular Game Overs ever seen at Edamame Reviews, this game made history… Today it’s back, and it’s stronger than ever! Faily Rider is basically the same game as Faily Brakes. Set in pretty much the same desert-like gorge with pretty much the…

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Rise! – A fast paced runner game set in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean…!?

As a child, did you ever play in the rock pools at the beach as the tide was slowly coming in? With every new wave of salty water, your small 3 year old size pool would become visibly deeper, until eventually one of your parents came and “rescued” you out of the fun you were having… (Thanks…

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LOST MAZE – A simple puzzle game that looks a lot better than most..!

Do you like simple puzzle games that tie into a story? If so, today we’ve got a game about a maze, a girl, and stolen happiness(?)… LOST MAZE is a game about a little girl named Misty who, for some unknown reason, lives in a maze (an interesting location to build your dream home). One day all the happiness is suddenly…

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Loop Drive 2 by Gameguru – Review

The almighty, the legendary, the ultimate! In almost every racing game we’ve ever played, “somewhere” you’ll find the figure 8 race track… except in Loop Drive 2… Loop Drive 2 is a game that consists of 2 race tracks – only two – both of which at first glance “look” like standard figure 8 race courses, but…

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Wrong Way Racing by Jared Bailey – Review

Everyone reading this, please raise your right hand… Ok, was that hard? For most people, probably not, but for the unfortunate driver of the black car in Wrong Way Racing, this simple task proved to be just a little too difficult… Everyone gets confused every once in a while, it’s a part of life, and luckily for most…

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Draw Climber: Minimal art skills required

Draw Climber (by Voodoo) is a surprisingly cool racing game for iOS and Android where the difference between a win and a loss often comes down to how good you are at drawing legs… or arms? I never studied the anatomy of a cube so I can’t tell… 😂 Set on a long stretch of…

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Taxi Rush Review – Broken at so many levels…

Taxi Rush (by Voodoo & Funky Tap) isn’t a great game. From a technical perspective, the game lacks polish meaning it doesn’t look or feel anywhere near as premium as most other games from Voodoo. … Likely the reason why you didn’t know this game even existed. 😅 That having been said, Taxi Rush is…

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Tunnel Madness 3D – How fast is your reaction time…

Do you enjoy playing avoider games on your iOS or Android device? We do – which is probably why we feature so many of them on our site – but it was only very recently that we discovered that there is a new breed of avoider game for your smartphone. Almost everything becomes more difficult…

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Flip Rush! – Wait, what about the people!?

Hill Climb Racing was fun while it lasted, but wouldn’t it be even more fun if you could play in 3D!? Umm… no actually… or at least, not this one… Flip Rush! (by Lion Studios and GalacticThumb) is a repetitive game. Set on an all-white track above a 3-dimensional wasteland, your mission in this game is to get from one checkpoint to the next without having your car flip onto its head and GAME OVER.

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Hyper Jump – Get a High Score in seconds! …or die even faster…

Tired of playing Helix Jump by h8games and Voodoo? If so, today we’ve got a game based around a similar core mechanic, only much faster… and well, a little easier to die in… Hyper Jump (by Hyper Mania) is a game about jumping up a 3D pipe (or tube) dotted with large round gummy blobs which can be used to…

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Wind Rider! – Risky can be better than 1st place…

From the perspective of a game developer who gets the most Ad revenue when you GAME OVER, having a game you can play for 5 minutes or longer without dying isn’t actually all that great… Whether or not this has anything to do with the way Wind Rider! (by Voodoo) was designed we do not know…

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BitSummit 2018 – Speed Report 0.1

BitSummit 2018 will run on both the 12th and the 13th of May and will be open to the general public from 10:00 am. Today, we were not only given a quick glimpse of what is to come Tomorrow, but were also given the opportunity to briefly interview some of the talented indie developers showing off…

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Drift It! – Drift though a mystical wasteland…!

Drifting games are cool, we simply can’t deny it! If you’re a fan of high-speed racing games you can actually play on your smartphone, today we’ve got a brand new game from PlaySide you’ll probably want to check out… From the creators of Fishy Bits, Bouncy Bits, Icy Ropes, and a number of other cute and blocky titles Drift It!…

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Turn Right – Not as easy as you think…

How hard can it possibly be to “Turn Right?” Well, in the case of our game today, the answer is VERY! If you were the type of player that constantly found yourself drifting into walls as a young Mario Kart player, today we’ve got a game you’ll wish you never knew about…😱 Turn Right (by AVIX)…

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Interview with the Totebo Team, The developers of No Brakes io

Who has fallen in love with at least one (.io) game in their lifetime? If you are one of the many millions who waste, we mean “enjoy” their lives playing (.io) games, today we’ve got an interview with the very people who ruin, make your life better! 😜 If you haven’t already fallen victim to…

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Road Warriors – Race, Shoot, and try not to Explode!

You’ve likely heard the term “Chicken Race” used multiple times throughout your life so far… This said chances are you’ve never seen a chicken race quite like the one featured in Road Warriors… A game every action loving racer simply can’t miss! Road Warriors is a game about a genetically modified chicken(?) designed to race in what seems…

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Rider by Ketchapp – Flip, Jump, and Flip Again!

…7 Years from its release in 2010, are you still in love with the “Light Cycles” from the arguably awesome film Tron…? Well, today we’ve got a game that was practically designed for you!

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Bike Race Free – The worst is yet to come…

So, if you’ve been following us for a while you may have seen our initial review of Bike Race Free. This simple 2D racing game has been one of the most popular games on the Apple App Store and Google Play for as long as most players can probably remember, and for good reason. Bike Race Free…

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Crash of Cars – Smash your opponents in a crazy 3D arena!

As a kid did you love playing crazy Bash&Crash racing games that consisted mostly of crashing your car into your opponent until one of you exploded…? If so today we’ve found a mobile .io game you need to know about! According to the Apple App Store, Crash of Cars is a “REAL-TIME MULTIPLAYER game where your…

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Trials Frontier – The best Dirt Bike racer experience for mobile?

Is Dirt Bike Racing on the weekend your life! Do you feel somewhat dead every other day of the week? (without Dirt Bike Racing?) If so, today we’ve got a game that may just be enough to bring you back to life… Trials Frontier is an amazingly realistic 3D dirt bike racer game from Ubisoft we highly recommend you…

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Bike Race Free – Ridiculously awesome!

Do games like Hill Climb Racing captivate you in a wonderstruck craze to perform better and better tricks? If so, today we’ve got a game you need to know about…! Bike Race Free is a crazy stunt featuring racing game that makes absolutely no sense in the real world, but is still awesome – so who…

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Brake or Break – Is certain death inevitable?

How many times have you thought, “If only my player was a little stronger!” If you happen to love a game called Hill Climb Racing chances are you’ve silently thought these words to yourself many times before…. Brake or Break is the first racing game we’ve ever seen where you can actually destroy your car without dying! Although there…

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Maximum Car – An action packed arcade racer featuring your own private commentator…!?

Do you love the commentators in arcade racing games? We do… Until they start telling us how badly we suck at playing racing games…😡 Maximum Car is an arcade style racing game which, if you haven’t guessed already, has a commentator, and a fairly blunt one at that… In this game you can look forward to being verbally told…

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Wrecky Road – Are you ready to smash some cars!

Do you like playing racing games where “Ramming Into Your Opponent” is one of the main features for you to enjoy? If so, we may have just found the perfect indie game for you! Wrecky Road is a very brutal game to say the least. Set in an open cut out between two large cliffs,…

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Commute – Pure annoyingness… on wheels!

Edamame Reviews has always been about giving our honest opinions… Kiary Games, how could you have ever made the simple task of “going to work” any more annoying…! Commute is a game about going to work. More specifically going to work in seriously heavy traffic with brakes that “sort of” work. Your mission in this game…

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Thumb Drift by SMG Studio – Review

“Thumb Drift,” the first ever drifter game made by the developers of One More Line and One More Dash, designed to be played with one hand! Super Simple! Super Playable! Super Easy…? NO. Thumb Drift is a really nice game to have when you only have one hand. Whether it’s be because your other hand is occupied, or just because you’d…

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Spider Square

Hyped up after rewatching spiderman for the first time in years, do you wish you also could go out and swing through cities on ropes made of webs? Well here’s a game where you can do just that, well almost… Spider Square by BoomBit, which has become known for its spiderman like games in the past few months,…

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Top Speed 2 interview with Grzegorz Zwoliński the COO and Co-founder of T-Bull

Here we are, back with another developer interview! This time with T-Bull the creator of Top Speed 2. Before we start we’d like to thank the T-Bull Team for participating in our interview and for answering all of our geeky questions! Thanks! …and without further ado, our interview begins… The Interview /// Thanks for taking…

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aquapark.io – Do it for the TikTok!

If you’re a TikTok user who follows us at @Edamame_Reviews or someone who just happens to be wondering what’s up with that crazy cool water park game everyone seems to be posting about on TikTok, this is the article you’ve been looking for. aquapark.io (by Voodoo & cassette) is a game about racing down a…

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Centiplode – Can you beat the retro garden beasties?

Growing up in the 80s was fabulous. We had great music, great films, questionable clothes… but also great video games! Nowadays retrogaming has become very popular and has also fallen into the long list of Hipster millennial trends. Retro consoles are shooting up in price and becoming harder and harder to obtain. Large video game…

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Poly Bridge – The best way to draw a bridge… ✏️

Physics games are everywhere! Although you may not realize it, we would estimate that around 80% of the games you play on your smartphone (especially Action Games) rely on some sort of Physics engine just to function…! That being said, it isn’t every day you get to see a game that bases itself on physics quite this much…

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Puzzles from paper to iPhone

Puzzle games like Sudoku have skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, and for good reason – they have a simple, relaxing formula that players find compelling and even addictive. Generally published in newspapers, Sudoku has found a home and a better interface on mobile phones.

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Robot Unicorn Attack 3 – Race though a magical world!

Have you ever dreamed of racing tough a magical world high above the clouds atop a robot unicorn…? …Probably not… Robot Unicorn Attack 3 is a simple runner game featuring, (you guessed it), robot unicorns. Set in a magical world filled with strange and wonderous things, your mission in this game is to guide your robotic mount past…

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Time Bomb Race – Strapping a bomb to your car isn’t a good idea…

So you’ve played Hill Climb Racing far too many times, and you think it’s about time for a change. Today we’ve got a game that is similar to Hill Climb Racing, just with one massively terrifying difference. Time Bomb Race is a 2D racer game that is similar to Hill Climb Racing, just with a massive bomb strapped to…

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Egg Car – Whatever you do, Don’t Drop the Egg!

If you were given the job of transporting a massive egg over bumpy roads, steep hills, and equally steep valleys, how would you drive…? Chances are you would drive Very-Very Slowly… Egg Car is a game about transporting a massive egg above your car without accidentally creating a disaster… Which is very easy to do…😓 Played using two buttons,…

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Dustoff Heli Rescue 2 – Time to put your piloting skills to the test!

Have you ever wanted to become a military helicopter pilot? Racing here and there, deploying new troops into battle and bringing injured ones back to safety. It would be a very challenging job, to say the least…😓 Dustoff Heli Rescue 2 is a very familiar looking 2D/3D helicopter rescue game that will really put your piloting skills…

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PinOut! – This is what happens when the creators of Smash Hit re-invent “Pinball”

Often when you add two ideas together, you’ll get something slightly better than the original. This is pretty much a fact of life. …but sometimes there are exceptions. Sometimes simply adding two ideas together creates something so revolutionarily awesome, all we can do is sit and wonder in awe why no one thought of it before……

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Fury Roads Survivor – The world’s final speed chase…

Do you love drag racing? (In Games…) Just can’t get enough of the thrill of being chased? (In Games…) If so, we’ve just found a game you’ll probably want to check out… (When you drive in the “real world” always follow the road rules!) Fury Roads Survivor is a game set on a post apocalyptic earth, where…

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Drive Ahead! by Dodreams – Review

Do you like cars? Probably. Do you like Monster trucks! Of course! Drive Ahead! may be one of the most brutal monster truck battle games we’ve ever seen. In this completely insane game – seriously don’t try it at home – your objective is “not” to destroy your opponent’s “car” but to destroy your “opponent…

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Risky Road by Ketchapp – Review

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an ambulance driver? Besides being able to “legally” speed and ignore traffic lights, you’re also carrying a casualty that could be “fatally” affected by every bump and jolt. How would you choose to drive? Risky Road is a game nowhere near as serious as the situation…

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Interview with Jared Bailey the creator of Bumper Tank Battle

Bumper Tank Battle alongside Wrong Way Racing were a lot of fun for us to review. Both of these games were absolutely crazy – in a good way – and we would definitely recommend both of them to players who like a bit of craziness mixed into their gaming life.  Before we start, I’d like to thank Jared Bailey for…

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Bumper Tank Battle by Jared Bailey – Review

Most people by the age of 5 know quite a few things about excavators, trucks, cars and tanks. Kids love these big machines and know absolutely everything there is to know about them. Most of us could imitate the loud noises these machines make with pitch perfect tone and volume – much to the dismay of our…