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Top 15 Classic Games on Mobile

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Some of the best games of all time, and we do mean the greatest ever made, are available for your smart phone or tablet.

Some of the best games of all time, and we do mean the greatest ever made, are available for your smart phone or tablet. Check out these must-have veteran experiences that still feel fresh to play.

In the time before Call of Duty in a land without FIFA and long before Candy Crush was a glint in somebody’s eye, video games were already being forged. Nobody quite knew what a video game should or even could be but, against all odds with the rawest of materials, masterpieces were born.

They’re available for, like, a few quid on your phone…

MEGA MAN X £3.99 iTunes (iPhone and iPad)
This was the pinnacle of run, jump and shoot action games from the early 1990s: an anime-inspired superhero with an ever-expanding arsenal of strategic weaponry stolen from his defeated enemies. Rock-paper-scissors strategy combines with area navigation within a meticulously paced challenge.

Chrono Trigger £6.99 Google Play; £7.99 iTunes (iPhone only)
The wonderful era-hopping narrative with its adorable human, animal and robot heroes makes this action-packed role playing game such a joy. It’s a collaborative effort from two of the greatest story-tellers in videogames, visualised by the artist behind Dragon Ball. Really, this is a timeless treasure.

Final Fantasy VI £11.99 Google Play; £11.99 iTunes (iPhone and iPad)
Despite its cute presentation, there’s a serious undertone to the most celebrated RPG of the 16-bit era. Events are staged with uncommon grandeur and there’s a tremendous female lead. With FFVI, the series began to look deeply into human emotions to the point of being genuinely heartbreaking.

Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions £7.30 Google Play; iTunes £10.49 iPhone, £11.99 iPad
This Final Fantasy title plays very differently to the rest and is ideally suited to mobile gaming. As with all the early FF games, the story is captivating but the strategies that emerge from the various cool character types is what makes it awesome. They just don’t make ’em like this anymore.

Crazy Taxi £3.82 Google Play; iTunes £3.99 (iPhone and iPad)
When arcade games ruled the earth SEGA coin-ops were king and Crazy Taxi was a god among them. You’re a thrill-seeking skate punk behind the wheel of a yellow cab, careering around a pseudo San Francisco transformed into a hair-raising rollercoaster ride for your ashen-faced fares. Phenomenal!

Sonic the Hedgehog 1 and 2 £2.11 Google Play; iTunes £2.29 (iPhone and iPad)
You simply must sample two of the finest ‘mascot’ adventures ever made. SEGA’s Sonic was once offered as an attitude rival to Nintendo’s Super Mario. He traded in speed, vivid colour and hyper sound tracks, bouncing off gigantic pinball bumpers else tunnelling through walls. It’s so-o-o fun.

Another World 20th Anniversary £1.49 Google Play; iTunes £2.99 (iPhone and iPad)
One of the first computer games to demonstrate how cinematic pacing could really boost dramatic appeal, contrasting greatly with the instant-hit nature of its contemporaries. You play the role of a scientist, zapped to an alien planet from which he must escape. The 1970s sci-fi motifs are delicious.

R-Type and R-Type II £1.49 Google Play; iTunes £1.49 (iPhone and iPad)
After Space Invaders and Galaxian, it took a long while for anyone to break the shoot-’em-up mould. R-Type took a chunk of inspiration from the Alien universe, adapting it into a perilous creepy-crawly world for an ingenious space fighter to fare. The first game is legendary. The sequel is also very cool.

Metal Slug £2.29 Google Play; iTunes £2.29 (iPhone and iPad)
Once upon a time, somebody said: “Hey, what would happen if we had a shoot-’em-up but instead of space ships we have a couple of guys, and they shoot bazookas and turn camels into laser tanks?” Thus, Metal Slug was born; reason to throw £400 at a Neo-Geo AES console, or £2.29 on a phone.

PAC-MAN Championship Edition £3.07 Google Play; iTunes £3.99 (iPhone and iPad)
Like your favourite tunes, there’s something timeless about the appeal of PAC-MAN. Its basic gobble mechanics are unchanged since the 1980s but this 21st century reboot increased the challenge with abstract bonus opportunities that include creating a glorious rainbow trail for the little snapper.

Speedball 2 iTunes £3.99 (iPhone and iPad)
The future of football meets hockey meets Robocop. The stainless steel aesthetic might be a little too much for your taste, but the gameplay has remained rock solid for more than 20 years. For such a simple premise, the additional score multipliers and team management aspect makes it so sticky.

Grim Fandango Remastered £7.87 Google Play; iTunes £7.99 (iPhone and iPad)
Like its skeletal lead protagonist, this mystery adventure hasn’t aged one bit since its 1990s debut. It’s as tough as fossilised bones too, as you undertake an escort mission through the wonderfully depicted Mexican inspired Land of the Dead. The Film Noir presentation style is sublime.

Q*Bert £1.31 Google Play, iTunes £1.31 (iPhone and iPad)
Bear in mind that when Q*Bert first emerged from the mind of a madman that videogames had no established genres. It’s still hard to pigeonhole Q*Bert, which is part of the charm in many ways. You’re just a hopping-about colouring-in-shapes little guy avoiding snakes and who knows what.

Worms 2: Armageddon £2.99 Google Play; iTunes £1.49 (iPhone and iPad)
This is another genre-confusing example, but success is based more or less on knowing ballistics. You’re basically shooting and bombing a rival team of earthworms from one side of the map, a skilled task made more enjoyable owing to the comedy characters and their goofy sound effects.

The Bard’s Tale £1.20 Google Play; iTunes £2.29 (iPhone and iPad)
It’s one of the original computer role-playing-games, and it is still a gem, especially so when you’ve time to kill on a commute. There’s a gentle humour to the storytelling, an uncommon intelligence behind the journey laid out for you. The old-school combat is a grind, but the rest makes up for it.

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