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‘Fastlane Street Racing’ Drifts Into the App Store
Touch Arcade — iPhone developer ATOD AB has recently released Fastlane Street Racing [App Store], a Ridge Racer-style racing game that has generated much commentary–most of it rather positive–in the App Store user reviews and our forums since its release. The first thing that hits you about Fastlane is the game’s graphics quality.  Fastlane is the best looking iPhone racer, hands down.  What’s more, the game runs at a decent framerate and experiences very few slow-downs.  Of course, you’re racing only three other vehicles and the on-road traffic is at a bare minimum, but ...

The Second Generation of iPhone Gaming Is Here
Touch Podium — It’s a given that any new platform goes though its initial stage of growing pains.  Developers, new to the platform, struggle not only with learning to program on it, but ultimately with learning the finer points of programming on it — the little tips, tricks and secrets that can turn a mediocre project into a fantastic one.  The iPhone SDK debuted at the end of March of this year to great fanfare, and experienced developers like Pangea, Sega, and others, were able to churn out some pretty good stuff — oh hell, let’s face it, we were all looking for the drool bibs before the App Store opened for business. ...

‘Fastlane Street Racing’ On Sale at $3.99, Will Get “Easy’ Mode
Touch Arcade — Atod AB’s Fastlane Street Racing [App Store] has been put on sale from its original price of $5.99 down to $3.99. The racer has been received a significant following in our forums with active participation from the developer. Our own review of the game called it the “best looking, best playing racing game in the App Store.” The only caveat to that claim is that the there was a significant learning curve to master the drifting technique of the game. Based on user feedback, however, the developer has revealed that an “Easy” mode will be ...

Weekend Deals: Memovator, Flick 3D, KIL.A.TON, Fastlane Street Racing
Touch Arcade — The weekend always seems to bring some deals for you bargain hunters. Here are a few apps that have gone to $0.99 or lower. Game titles link directly to app store. Memovator ($0.99 -> Free) is nicely produced memory game where you act as the elevator operator and must remember the destination of everyone who gets in. There are 6 different unlockable levels. The game starts with regular numbers, but them moves on to roman numerals, chinese numerals, animal graphics, japanese kamon and time. The game is really well done but seems to get impossibly hard pretty quickly. But, if you've got a great memory, here's a ...