And finally, we present the final 10 in our list of the top 50 iPhone games available on the App Store today.
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10. Peggle



Publisher: PopCap
Developer: In-house
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Peggle arrives on iPhone proving that onscreen buttons don’t have to be a disaster, just so long as they’re bright, shiny, orange buttons that call out to be pressed. The controls are typically elegant, the zoom function is smartly integrated, and the full game has made it across with all original features intact. Peggle was already a world-beater; this is simply another version of it, then. And a good one, at that.

9. Trism



Publisher: Demiforce
Developer: In-house
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IPhone gaming’s first genuine blockbuster, Trism remains one of the sharpest puzzlers on the platform. A tile-matching game in which the angle of the hardware controls the direction the next play-pieces fall from, this manages to be both smart and simple, while the brilliantly juicy, chewy visuals make it the most edible time-waster since the sugary pleasures of Puyo Pop.

8. Flight Control



Publisher: Firemint
Developer: In-house
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A stylised air traffic control simulator you manipulate with sinuous arcs of your finger, Flight Control strikes the perfect balance between pleasure and panic. Matching the right plane to the right runway without sending anyone to a flaming death, Firemint’s game quickly becomes a torturous, but strangely enjoyable, tangle of frenzied multitasking. Strategies abound as the airspace clogs up with helpless machinery and, true to life, it’s all over after just one tiny miscalculation.

7. Spider: The Secret Of Bryce Manor



Publisher: Tiger Style
Developer: In-house
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Elegant art and the eternal pleasures of delayed-decoding might initially seem to characterise this imaginative spin on the platformer, but it’s the perfectly-judged arrangement of taps and flicks making up the control scheme that really ensures Tiger Style’s game stands out. Not that the rest of the game is a disappointment, however, as you fling your acrobatic arachnid through the aging timbers of a forgotten mansion, eating flies, laying webs, and piecing together a strange narrative. Spider takes the iPhone to places few games on any platform have been willing to go, and makes you wish more design teams would look for inspiration amidst the rafters as well as amongst the stars.

6. TaxiBall



Publisher: Self Aware Games
Developer: In-house
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With the agenda of Crazy Taxi, the controls of Marble Madness and the isometric pixel art made famous by collectives such as eBoy, TaxiBall should struggle to emerge from under its own influences. In fact, Self Aware’s light-hearted charmer is bursting with character. Playing as a spherical Hackney carriage, you transport passengers around labyrinthine cities, dropping them off to earn time extends. A game to be enjoyed rather than rigorously deconstructed, TaxiBall is tight, devious and lovable, while the mouth-funk soundtrack only doubles the strange pleasures available.