25 paid games on the Android Market
Game Googling good fun
Now the Android Market has rolled out its payment system for the UK, we thought it’d be worth having a quick look at 25 games you can fork out for on Google.
In no particular order, here’s a sample of what the Android Market has on offer on day one.
| Quote Cryptograms (GradientD) In Quote Cryptograms you play the role of a cryptanalyst, decoding mysterious texts to reveal popular quotes. Price: $4.99 |  |
| Chessmaster (Gameloft) Adjustable difficulty levels, a two player function and the option to watch famous chess games from history are included in Chessmaster. Price: $1.99 |  |
| Hold'em Solo (Westtek) Play Texas hold 'em poker against the computer with no time limits, and several options to limit (or unlimit) the starting pot. Price: $2.00 |  |
| AstroRaider (Faceted Worlds) Space-based shooter requiring you to blast asteroids, gran their resources and wipe out the alien queens on each level. Price: $2.99 |  |
| Real Football Manager 2009 (Gameloft) An extensive football management game including eight leagues and over 200 teams. All transfers have been updated for the 2009 season. Price: $4.99 |  |
| Battle for Mars (Larva Labs) Turn-based strategy game in which robots, soldiers and spaceships battle it out against alien races in mountains, forests and at sea. Price: $4.99 |  |
| Kevin 2 (Chris Capaci) Simon-says clone for the Android platform to test your memory and reflexes through the touchscreen interface. Price: $1.00 |  |
| OthBase Pro (Fabrice Di Meglio) A complete Othello/Reversi game for the Android, allowing you to undo moves or play against a human opponent. Price: $1.99 |  |
| Archipelago (Awesome Android Apps) Fast-paced and simplistic real time strategy game requiring you to dominate a collection of small islands in the sea. Price: $2.99 Read the Archipelago review |  |
| Power Hour! (reVisual Studios) Digitised shot drinking game which changes the music stored on the SD card every minute as a cue to take another drink. Price: $1.00 |  |
| Bailout Bonanza (PlayScreen) Parody of the corporate bailouts in which you attempt to catch as much falling cash as possible to save your company. Price: $0.99 |  |
| 4Ever Fall Pro (One Design Studios) Tilt the handset to move the ball left and right through the platforms, collecting power ups along the way. Price: $2.99 |  |
| Travel Games (Liquid Deagon Studios) Turns your phone into a travel-sized game board for playing chess, checkers, reversi and 4-in-a-row. Price: $4.99 |  |
| Jewellust (Smartpix Games) Swap and burst colourful gems and gather mosaic tiles to pass through the pyramids of ancient Egypt. Price: $2.95 |  |
| Sokodroid (VGart) An updated version of the classic puzzle game with over 2400 levels of varying difficulty and a variety of control methods. Price: $2.00 |  |
| Meteor Brick Breaker (Chillingo) Advanced Breakout clone with added shoot-'em-up elements and over 90 levels packed with power-ups and different types of blocks. Price: £2.50 Read the Meteor Brick Breaker review |  |
| Kakuro Do (Patrick Khajehtoorian) Japanese-themed maths puzzle game which crosses arithmatic challenges with crosswords. Price: $1.00 |  |
| Midnight Pool 2 (Gameloft) Pool hustling game challenging you to travel around the bars of America to test your skills against the 11 colourful characters. Price: $1.99 |  |
| Tower Bloxx (Digital Chocolate) Port of the popular skyscraper building game from the mobile, revamped for the Android platform with touchscreen controls. Price: $4.99 |  |
| SlideWords (Tom Yedwab) A casual game combining crosswords with wordsearches, challenging you to transform a static grid of words to build new ones. Price: $3.00 |  |
| Guitar Hero World Tour (Hands-On Mobile) The popular music/rhythm franchise comes to Android, with 15 MP3 tracks to tap along to in single or multiplayer modes. Price: $9.99 |  |
| Aevum Obscurum (Noble Master Games) A medieval turn-based strategy game requiring you to build an empire across ancient Europe by wiping out all other growing civilisations. Price: $4.99 |  |
| Tangram Pro (Bendroid) Ancient Japanese puzzle game, with 100 levels requiring you to match up a silhouette with seven different geotetric shapes. Price: $0.99 |  |
| Bubble Burst Pro (AndroGames) Clone of the popular Bubble Burst game, including four modes of play - standard, incremental, shift left and meaga play. Price: $4.99 |  |
| Midnight Bowling 2 (Gameloft) 10 pin bowling game in which you compete across a variety of glamorous cities using the touch controls to throw the ball. Price: $4.99 |  |
Spanner Spencer
Yes. Spanner's his real name, and he's already heard that joke you just thought of. Although Spanner's not very good, he's quite fast, and that seems to be enough to keep him in a regular supply of free games and away from the depressing world of real work.