Gamblers and game lovers unite… Hoyle Casino 2008 has been released for the Mac. Macgamestore released the game in partnership with Encore Software yesterday.

The game was previously available only in boxed format. Now, a digital download is available, and hey, even a free trial is available (thumbs up!).

Hoyle Casino 2008 offers 600 variations of 16 popular casino games including online texas hold’em, baccarat, blackjack, craps, keno, roulette, video poker, solitaire, and lots more.

If you love the casino, then chances are you’ll get a kick out of this title as well. As mentioned above, there is a free trial available, or you can purchase the game for $19.95 from Macgamestore. Definitely worth a look for the gamblers out there

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: Encore Software, Hoyle Casino 2008, Mac Games, Macgamestore

I’ve had the NES emulator sitting on my iPhone for some time now, but I had no ROMs to speak of. I knew it was a piece of cake to find them, but the installation did require a few steps, and to tell you the truth I simply wasn’t interested enough to take the time.

I found the situation much like the original jailbreaking processes… Do this, then do this, hold down this button and stand on your right foot. I can’t say I enjoyed going through that regamarole… Until great apps like ZiPhone came out that made the process insanely easy.

The same thing is going on now with the NES Emulator for iPhone. Installing the app and ROMs is now incredibly easy.

First, you need to start with a jailbroken iPhone (of course). If your phone isn’t jailbroken, check out ZiPhone for a quick and painless method of jailbreaking.

Second, install the NES Emulator from installer.app. I believe the application is in the games folder.

Third, click on the ’sources’ button in installer.app. Click ‘edit’, then ‘add’ a source. When the URL entry screen pops up enter http://123locker.com and add the source.

Fourth, after you’ve added the source, go ahead and browse all packages available. Look for ‘NES Roms’ in the list and install. This might take some time as I think the source is getting bombarded with downloads. A side note here, I can’t guarantee the source will be up forever, so go ahead and get it now if you’re interested in playing a bunch of vintage NES games on your iPhone!

Finally, after the package is installed, open your NES Emulator and voila, check out all the games you have available! There’s a bunch, from Bubble Bobble, to Castlevania, Pinball, Mortal Kombat, Burger Time… and well, you get the picture. I haven’t counted but I’d guess there’s well over 50 titles for you to enjoy.

I’ve played some of the games and so far while I’ve got a kick out of it, I have to admit I find the controls a little hard with no actual tactile buttons. I find myself pressing in the wrong place to move left, move right, or what have you… But still, the emulator is a cool little app and the NES ROMs are all classics.

If you install this let me know what you think… and if you have any installation problems let me know!

Discuss the iPhone NES Emulator in the Forums >

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written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: iPhone, NES Emulator, ROMs

Time for the weekend… Lets have some fun with a ‘lighter’ story here.

While the app store is coming soon (can’t come soon enough), this hasn’t stopped some developers from releasing some decent web games for play on the iPhone. Case in point is this 3D Rubik’s Cube game from Balazs Peter Vagvolgyi.

From Balazs:

“This is the first JavaScript application I’ve ever written but I still could finish it in about ten nights… I’m particularly proud of the 3D engine built on JavaScript and HTML CANVAS that features ambient and directional lighting and backface culling.”

Want to give it a shot for yourself? http://www.vagvolgyi.com/rubikscube/rubikscube.html on your iPhone (or heck play it right now on your computers’ browser!) and tap, tap, tap away

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written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: App Store, iPhone, iPhone Games, Rubik's Cube

Big changes to the Apple games catalog on the iTunes Store!

Zuma from PopCap has been added to the list of games compatible with Nanos and Classics… However (and sadly) many other games has had their section removed. These include: Bejeweled, Mahjong, Lost, iQuiz, Mini Golf, Musika, Royal Solitaire and Vortex.

The remaining games are hidden from the public, only available for download through your old backdoor links from different websites. I’m not privy to any of these old links… But by all means if you know of some, post them here as I’m sure many of our readers will want them (Including me!).

One can only suspect that with the new app store and 3G iPhone coming soon, Apple is busy cleaning up their games and other sections in the iTunes store prior to launch. I wouldn’t be surprised if we see these games pop back up again once the app store launches, but what the heck do I know. I certainly hope Mini Golf comes back, or at least a new, better version of the game comes out. That was always one of my favorites

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written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: Bejeweled, iPod Games, iQuiz, iTunes, Lost, Mahjong, Mini Golf, Musika, Royal Solitaire, Vortex

Gameloft has confirmed that they will be developing 15 iPhone games for sale in the new AppStore via iTunes.

Gameloft currently has 4 games in iTunes (I believe) including ‘LOST‘, ‘Block Breaker Deluxe‘, ‘Bubble Bash‘, and ‘Brain Challenge‘. Did I miss any titles there?

If I could get one request in, I’d like to see an ultra-realistic Formula 1 racing game. The F1 season is underway and I’m quite pumped about it

For more info on Gameloft, visit their website.

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: Gameloft, iPhone, iPhone Games

Macgamestore and Encore software have announced the release of Jeopardy! Deluxe for the Mac. It is now available as a download… Previous versions were only available in a boxed format.

You can download the demo to try it out for free.

If you like it, you can purchase for $19.95 from Macgamestore.

Features of Jeopardy! Deluxe:

• Over 3,000 clues written by the TV show writers
• Sharpen you skills on three different levels of difficulty
• Daily Clue - a Jeopardy! clue every day of the year

System Requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
• PowerPC G4/G5 or Intel Mac
• 256 MB RAM
• 50 MB hard drive space

Screenshots:

I’m going to try this demo out at some point today. Looks like fun!

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: Jeopardy! Deluxe, Mac Games