iPod Rhythm Games

Guitar Rock Tour

This is actually more challenging than it looks. The four buttons
at the bottom of the screen is really small, so fat-fingers people will
have a hard time with this game… but for most people, playing this on
medium will unlock all the songs for you.

There are two play mode: guitar (4 buttons) and drums (bass, drum, and
symba). Although only three buttons, the drum play is actually really
hard.

PRICE: $4.99 (Currently)

PROS: The storyboard and 3D animations are really fun and
professional. The music are well-known, popular songs like “Beat It”
and “What’s My Age Again”.

CONS: All of the songs are covers (the cover artists aren’t even
listed in their credits!) It’s also really quick, with touring a few
cities and countries before the game ends.

I wish they had a landscape mode :/

Tap Tap Revenge

Obviously stolen the idea and game play from Guitar Hero. There are only
three buttons and it’s really easy. There are two spin-off games: Tap
Tap Revenge: Nine Inch Nails Edition and Tap Tap Dance. The spin-off
games costs $5 each, but I haven’t felt compel to actually pay money
to play 10 or so songs. Perhaps if it was a band I was really into,
nothing against Trent Reznor, but perhaps if I could upload my own
songs – I would be willing to pay $5 for the game.

Back to the original version, this is actually a really great deal. No iPhone should be without it.

PRICE: Free

PROS: Unlike their paid version, you can download additional new
songs, which Tapulous have released per week. The latest few releases
includes Daft Punk’s “Technologic” and Kaiser Chief’s “Good Days Bad
Days”.

CONS: There are a lot of awful/unknown songs on their playlist.
The best song to play to is Katy Perry’s “Hot N Cold”, which is saying
a lot for the buxom beauty.

Dance Dance Revolution

DDR have been a ‘revolution’ since its days from Japan ala 1998. The demo version of their game (the full version is still not available), shows that it hasn’t changed much in its four directional tap on the iPod.

The demo only has one song and it’s really hard.

PRICE: Free

PROS: Graphics are cute, song is catchy – although in Japanese.

CONS: One song, and it’s way too hard. You can cheat by tapping all four direction and it will get you a passing grade.

Aero Guitar Free

There is a paid version, but after playing the demo, there wasn’t
any compelling reason for me to pay for the actual product. The game is
played by tapping, flipping, and shaking, and generally really easy to
pick up and learn.

PRICE: Free

PROS: By adding the shaking and flipping, it adds new elements in the game.

CONS: Graphics are very amateurish. It’s not cute… it just
looks crowded and messy, like it was designed by some kid in high
school (which it probably is).