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Vintage gamers will love this one. Ms. PAC-MAN is available for the iPhone and iPod Touch via the App Store. This classic offers all of the gaming delight that the original did, but with some extra options built-in.

Move Ms. PAC-MAN around and gobble up the dots, eat fruit and munch up the ghosts when you can…There are 256 stages built into the game for hours and hours of fun!

The game features different control options. You can use the traditional gamepad style, where you use a virtual gamepad on your device to move Ms. PAC-MAN around the screen… Or, you can use the accelerometer mode, which lets you play by leaning and rotating your device to move Ms. PAC-MAN around the screen. If you don’t like the traditional directional pad feel, the accelerometer mode could be for you.

Ms. PAC-MAN is available now in the App Store for $9.99. Worth it for the vintage/retro gamer that is feeling nostalgic.

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Buy at the App Store for $9.99: Ms. PAC-MAN
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There’s a new internet radio app on the block. It’s called Tuner Internet Radio and is now available in the App Store. With Tuner, you can listen to thousands of internet radio stations from your iPhone or Touch. The app is quite simple and easy to use, and lets you bookmark your favorites, search for stations or even add your own streams.

One of the cool features built into the app is an OpenGL visualizer… Well, sorta cool I guess.

If you’re looking for an internet radio app for your iPhone or iPod Touch… Tuner is worth a try, and at only $5.99, the price seems right to me. While you’re at it though, you may also want to check out Last.fm… It’s also very popular at the moment in the App Store.

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Buy for $5.99 at the App Store: Tuner Internet Radio
More Info: Nullriver

Remember the $999 ‘I am Rich’ App that Ben reported on the other day? Well, it looks like only after one day of availability, the app has been pulled. Too bad for the developer!

All ‘I am Rich’ did was display a glowing gem icon on your iPhone. Armin Heinrich, the developer of the brilliant little app claims that the app does not violate Apple’s terms of service, and that the app should be -reinstated… Apple also hasn’t given him a reason for the removal.

Apple has probably removed the app in fears that people may mistakenly buy it, and in essence, throw $1,000 out the window. Before the app was removed, 8 people actually bought it. That would make $5,600 for Armin, and $2,400 for Apple. Not bad for half-an-hours work for Armin I’d say.

I can see Apple’s point in removing the software, but they should provide an explanation to Armin at the very least. Apple wants the app store to be full of useful apps that actually DO something. This episode may force Apple to adjust their policies and terms for inclusion in the app store for sure.

Even having said this, my had is off to Armin. There is indeed nothing wrong with the app. It meets all requirements… and if there were 8 people out there crazy enough to spend $1,000 on an app that does nothing… then hey… I guess he’s fulfilling a need of a very, very small niche out there

[via MacNN]

New from The Software MacKiev Company comes World Book - This Day in History. The app is a simple one, and priced to go at only $0.99.

With all of the info and knowledge found within the World Book Encyclopedias, the developers had a lot of info to build from here. The app is an interactive calendar that displays important historical events that took place on the current day… Or any selected day for that matter. You can also use it to find out celebrity birthdays, and find out what notable celebrities share the same birthday as you.

This first edition is somewhat ‘bare-bones’, but the developers have noted that a free update will be coming soon for this app. The update will add pictures, sounds, music, speeches and more to the events found within. Can’t wait to see what that turns out like. Should be cool.

Buy via the App Store for $0.99: World Book - This Day in History
More Info: Software MacKiev

Need more cowbell? I’m tellin’ you guys, you’re going to need more cowbell! If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then you probably won’t want this app… But if you do, keep reading as I think you’ll get a kick out of this one.

From Frontier Design Group comes ‘Cowbell Plus’, a fun little app available for only $1.99 at the App Store. With Cowbell Plus you can, well, use your iPhone as a cowbell, or any one of numerous other percussion instruments.

To play, simply tap or shake your iPhone and you’ll hear your instrument being played. Play along with your favorite music.

Might I suggest ‘(Don’t Fear) the Reaper’ by Blue Öyster Cult?

Buy via the App Store for $1.99: Cowbell Plus
More Info: Frontier Design

Frogger for the iPhone. That’s right. Frogger!!! How could I not write about this one!

The classic game is now available from the good folks at Konami. The premise is simple. Help your frog across the busy roadway, and then across the river to safety on the other side. Watch out for cars, trucks, snakes and more as you try and make your way. Once you get 5 frogs to the other side, you’ll move on to the next level.

Would love to hear what everyone thinks of this game… So if you have it, or are going to buy it, let me know what you think! I’ve heard some grumblings already about the price tag on this game ($9.99) so I’d like to hear if you think it’s worth the money… or not.

I couldn’t be happier to see this arcade classic in the App Store!

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Buy for $9.99 at the App Store: Frogger

Stuck for a place to eat? Need help deciding? Enter Urbanspoon!

Urbanspoon makes finding a restaurant near you fun and exciting. Shake your iPhone and the Urbanspoon slot machine picks a good restaurant for you to try… and if you don’t like what it comes up with, simply keep shaking the iPhone until you’re happy

Urbanspoon uses the built-in GPS in your iPhone to locate all of the restaurants near you. You can filter by neighborhood, price, or even the type of food you’re after. Inside the app you’ll also find ratings and reviews from diners all over the world.

Pretty darn cool!… And the price is right on the money too… It’s FREE, so what are you waiting for? Go ahead and check it out… Shake your iPhone to find out where you should be eating tonight

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Get for FREE via the App Store: Urbanspoon
More Info: Urbanspoon

New from Astrology.com comes iScopes for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

With iScopes you can get your daily horoscopes delivered right to the palm of your hand… in your device of course

iScopes offers 18 different types of daily horoscopes. They are: Overview, Extended, Single’s Love, Couple’s Love, Teen, Work, Flirt, Quickie, BeautyScopes, BabyScopes, CatScopes, DogScopes, Home & Garden, AstroSlam, GayScopes, LesbianScopes, FoodScopes and GreenScopes… My word… They have a ’scope’ for everything!

iScopes also offers up 5 weekly horoscopes… I’m not going to list them here because I’m all listed out from the previous bunch…. Well, ok what they heck… There are: Overview, Romantic, Travel and Flirt… There are 4 monthly horoscopes… THOSE I’m not going to list. Have to put my foot down somewhere

If you dig horoscopes, you might as well pick iScopes up. It’s free, and delivers fresh new horoscopes to your iPhone or iPod Touch each and every day.

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Get for FREE at the App Store: iScopes

Note: Astrology.com has 2 other apps (iTarot and iChing) optimized for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Go to http://www.astrology.com/iphone/ from your iPhone for more info!

New from SoundSpectrum comes Fotomatic, a cool new tool for photography buffs.

With Fotomatic you can browse your favorite Facebook, Flickr and Picasa photo albums on the go with cool animated slideshows. All you need to do is enter or search the names of the albums you’re looking for… Once you find them you can download them directly to your device to browse or watch an animated slideshow. Cool!

The animated slideshows come in many themes, including a zoom theme, virtual photo book, mural theme, and more.

Downloads from Facebook, Flickr and Picasa are seamless, and there’s even an ‘Add Fun Album’ feature that gives you access to thousands of public photo albums. You can also set it to update previously downloaded albums on startup. For the price, this one might be worth a shot, especially if you have a lot of albums online.

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Buy via the App Store for $4.99: Fotomatic
More Info: SoundSpectrum

Yes, you’re reading that title correctly… This app is called ‘The Dark Knight: HaHaHa‘. If you’ve seen the new Batman movie chances are you’ll want to download this one right away… especially because it’s FREE

The Dark Knight (lets drop the HaHaHa for now) lets you take a picture, and then overlay Joker artwork from The Dark Knight on it… And then, send it to whoever you want. Kind of fun!

I’ll file this one under ‘fun, free apps’. I guarantee the app doesn’t have much staying power, but try it out, you might get a kick out of it!

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Get via the App Store for FREE: The Dark Knight: HaHaHa