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Developer:
Elias Mablekos
Age rating: 4+
Compatibility: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch
Requires iPhone OS 2.0 or later
Aqua HoopsCurrent Version: 1.7
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Well this is totally one of those, but for your iPhone & iPod Touch.
It's crazy fun and relaxing. Kill a few moments or zone out for hours with this super-advanced underwater basketball simulation. You will swear its the real thing!
REVIEWS
G4 TV - The Feed
"Aqua Hoops is here, and you probably didn't even know you've been waiting for it all your life--this is the kind of silly fun for which the iPhone was made."
The Apple Blog
"It nails the gameplay. I feel like I am five again, holding the water tank toy and shooting air at the balls to propel them towards the goals."
Hack The iPod Touch
"I rate it 9/10 in total - and I recommend that you buy it."
Feautures:
- Real underwater feel
- Tilt sensitive physics
- Simulated air bubbles
- 7 tiny little plastic* basketballs
- 3 plastic* hoops
- Multiple gameplay modes: Free play, One minute drill, Three minute drill
- Keeps track of your best score for each mode
- Customizable colors
* Not real plastic
Recommended for fans of iShoot, Paper Football, Rolando, and Dizzy Bee.
Aqua Hoops Review
App keeps it simple by recreating water-filled handheld game
Often times with iPhone games, the simpler the better. Sometimes I just want a fun game that I can play for two minutes while waiting for a cup of coffee or standing in line. Aqua Hoops fits that need perfectly.
Have A Dunk: Tap on the buttons in the corners, and you can launch the basketballs through the virtual liquid and toward the hoops to rack up points in Aqua Hoops.
Developed by Playtoniq, Aqua Hoops is a modern version of the water-filled basketball games you used to play as a kid. The harder you push the virtual plunger, the faster and higher the basketballs shoot up toward the baskets.
The concept of the game is simple—launch as many basketballs as you can through the various hoops in a set amount of time—but Playtoniq nails some little details. Aqua Hoops includes the sound of sloshing water when you hit the plunger, and the water at the top of the screen sloshes when you tilt the device. The game also does a great job of using the built-in accelerometer, so you can twist and move the iPhone to reverse direction on a stray basketball that may be hanging on the rim.
Playtoniq also offers a free version that’s supported by ads. With the $1 version, you get extra balls, customizable colors, and the ability to submit scores online. Either version will have you feeling like a kid again in no time.
Aqua Hoops is compatible with any iPhone or iPod touch running the iPhone 2.x software update.
[Beau Colburn grew up in Connecticut where he remembers playing the old-school version of these games on the beach.]
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