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Is Space is Key the most hardcore highscore iPhone game this year?

Try going sub-100

Is Space is Key the most hardcore highscore iPhone game this year?
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One of those games that's built a strong reputation with six million plays of the Flash version, pixel jumper Space is Key has now been released on iPhone.

Developed by Chris Jeffrey, it's a retro-themed affair that has you tapping the screen to get a moving square to jump.

Doesn't sound that much doesn't it? But thanks to the level design - 43 available to-date - getting your square from one side of the screen to the other, over and through the various obstacles is no easy task.

Tap, tapping

For one thing, when the square collides with the environment, it will explode into pixels, with another square immediately triggered onto the level. Each level has a specific direction of flow - either from the right or left - with many of levels requiring multiple jumps or taps, making it akin to a rhythm action game.

Other neat touches include dynamic level elements, while there are 25 Game Center achievements and - more depressingly - global leaderboards.

Obviously as a high score game, you're competing in terms of using up the fewest number of lives possible, although how some people have completed the game using less than 50 lives is well beyond me.

Of course, if you get a great score, you can use Twitter and Facebook to share your joy.

Space is Key is available for iPhone, priced 99c, €0.79, or 59p.

You can see how it plays in the following video, or play online here.

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