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3.5 out of 5 mice
Reviewed Mar 31, 2009

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Developer:
FunMobility

Age rating: 9+

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Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch
Requires iPhone OS 2.1 or later

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Smack Me - How Fast Are You!Current Version: 1.3

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SMACK ME! SHAKE ME! PINCH ME!
How fast are you! Music reflex extreme!

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"This is one of the best games available on the iPhone and it is probably going to be a strong candidate for best iPhone application/game of 2009." -Whalertly

"Smack Me stands head and shoulders above the competition" – GameNetwork.com (4 out of 5 stars)

"...Smack Me’s a fun and well-assembled diversion. It looks good, sounds great, and plays quick."
--- Macworld

"...the most fantastic graphics and sound, like a special candy for geeks: it looks and sounds delicious, the audiovisual experience is akin to having a retro rainbow blasted straight in to your brain-box."
--- THEAPPLEBLOG.COM

"...this app definitely shines"
Rated Grab It
--- Touchmyapps.com
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Best fan reviews

“...my friends are always begging to play”
--- Lekdawg

“Sweet retro video game beats”
--- JBodas

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THE BEST REFLEX GAME – PERIOD
Play SmackMe! The hot new iPhone music reflex game! See if you can keep pace through a series of progressively challenging levels. Can you make it to 100%? People of both sex will love it.

HOSTED BY ITO THE ROBOT
Ito likes to see you sweat! When he drinks his milkshake you better shake him. When he raises his lobster pinchers – you better pinch him.

EXCLUSIVELY POSSIBLE ON IPHONE
SmackMe! Uses the iPhone’s multi-touch and accelerometer for a unique gaming experience not possible on the Nintendo DS, Microsoft Xbox or Sony Playstation. Play with the retro soundtrack live, or use your headsets.

2 ADDITIONAL UNLOCKABLE COMMANDS
Unlock Medium difficulty and Boy Robot will challenge you to “Freeze Me!” and “Lift Me!”

BEAT YOUR FRIENDS
Share with friends to see who can achieve the high score.

MANY WAYS TO PLAY
Play with no sound – Flip that mute button and watch Ito's commands
Play without looking – listen to Ito's commands and react quickly.

People who enjoyed Tap Tap, Ronlando or Bop It will love Smack Me

SEND YOUR FEEDBACK
Send feedback to feedback@funmobility.com

** Having problems downloading ?? **
If you are receiving an error message during download please ensure you have updated your iPhone/Touch device to the latest Apple firmware 2.2.1.

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Smack Me - How Fast Are You! Review

Simple game mechanics engage with fast-paced fun

by Lex Friedman, Macworld.com

Smack Me brings the obnoxious, demanding fun of toys Bop It to the iPhone. Like that handheld game from Hasbro, Smack Me barks enthusiastic orders to you with a funky backing beat. Your job is to do what Smack Me tells you to do, quickly and accurately, as the game gets progressively faster. In other words: This ain’t chess.

But it’s not supposed to be, either. Smack Me provides one to three minutes of goofy fun per game, and it’s fun and funny to play. When the game yells “Smack me!,” you tap the screen. If it yells “Pinch me!,” you pinch it (although the game lets you get away with a two-finger tap). And when the game yells “Shake me!” — well, you can figure it out. Shake when you should be pinching, or make any other mistake, and you lose. But if you get through all of the instructions without an error, you can claim victory.

Beating the Easy level unlocks Medium, and beating Medium unlocks Hard. The latter two levels add additional actions: “Freeze me!” requires that you keep the iPhone still, and “Lift me!” instructs you to raise your phone. Smack Me annoyingly doesn’t always recognize my lifting action, so I’ve lost more than my fair share of games prematurely.

My only other big gripe is that Smack Me is too forgiving with the “Smack me!” action. You can get away with the same two-fingered poke that satisfies “Pinch me,” and that makes the game a bit easier than it should be.

Overall, though, Smack Me’s a fun and well-assembled diversion. It looks good, sounds great, and plays quick.

[Lex Friedman is a Macworld contributor with his very own blog.]

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