Here are ten iPhone games worth checking out. The first one I got was the classic Pac-Man. Then I moved along to more of the arcade classics: Centipede, Space Invaders and Frogger. I played most of these games on Atari or in the Arcade growing up in the 80s.

Sifting through the other newer games specific to iPhone can be a bit daunting, or it was for me anyway. I took the plunge with Crazy Penguin Catapult 2 and was very pleased. Some of the great peeps on Twitter saw me posting about playing these games and pointed me to Fieldrunners and a few other killer titles. Fieldrunners is simply awesome, I’ve been playing it quite a bit lately. I also checked out a skateboarding game by Vans, geoDefense and Radial 50 Lite.

I’ve ranked these games below along with a few others for anyone else interested in checking them out. The point of all this for me is to of course have fun but also research some of the existing games for development purposes. I’m still on the edge regarding getting involved with iPhone development but these games have definitely inspired me.

1.) Fieldrunners
This is my favorite game at the moment. It’s great!! This game requires some level of planning and strategy. Tip; build a maze with your towers!

2.) Centipede
Pretty similar to the arcade classic. The “Arcade” mode is a little different than I remember but pretty close to the original. The “Ultra” mode is awesome!

3.) geoDefense
This game is like Fieldrunners. The graphics are unreal. This game is quickly growing on me. The “medium” levels are no joke. They just dropped the price on this game to .99, you have no excuses so check it out.

4.) Penguin Catapult 2
Very fun to play and the penguins are fun characters. I’m stuck at level 43 though atm. This is a really great game. I started with the Lite version and had so much fun playing that I purchased the full version.

5.) Pac-Man
The arcade classic. Really fun game. The controller needs to be bigger though.

6.) Brick 3D
Kind of like 3D pong or breakout in a way. Really fun game and it’s growing on me. The graphics are pretty awesome on this one too.

7.) Frogger
Another classic here. Pretty much the same as I remember from the Atari. This game needs to supply a controller though. Using your finger to control the frog isn’t that great imo.

8.) Radial 50 Lite
This game was suggested to me by the author via twitter. It’s pretty cool and a decent game for free. Not really my personal favorite style of game but it’s very functional, the graphics are great and it is pretty fun.

9.) Space Invaders
This is a pretty good remake of the uber famous classic. My main gripe is the speed that you’re able to fire lasers. It seems very slow which makes game play a little boring. Fix that and I’d be playing this a lot more.

10.) Vans Pool Service
I wish I liked this game more. I may just need to play it more but it’s just not that fun to me. The controls seem awkward and I’m not sure if I like the interaction style that’s currently being used. I’ll probably try to spend some more time with this game because I really want to like it more and it was expensive.

I have a list of about ten or so other games that I may review. Let me know if you found this post useful at all and leave a comment with any thoughts you may have. Also please let me know if you have any favorite iPhone games (or apps) that I can check out.