For lovers of retro games, we see here the best of the past, the funniest ones, possibly free, that can still be played on modern Android smartphones and iPhones. For the most part these are original games redone for today's operating systems, with few changes compared to the past, if not adaptation to touchscreen controls. The best 10 old games for Android and iPhone are:
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1) Snake 97, free for Android and iPhone, the original game of Nokia mobile phones, that of the snake that gets longer and longer and does not have to hit the edges of the screen. The game is the original one which shows the keyboard of the old Nokia 3310 on the screen.
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2) Radiant for Android and Alien Sworm on Android and iPhone are a remake of the spaceship game from the 80s, with aliens descending from above and our spaceship moving left and right down.
3) Pacman in the original version is free for Android and for iPhone.
The game is much more advanced than before, with tournaments, rankings between players and many different mazes in which to turn and run away eating marbles.
4) R-Type was a famous and popular spaceship game for Amiga and SNES, a shooter with continuous horizontal scrolling, really challenging and addicting. Now R-Type can be played for free on Android smartphones, while on iPhone and iPad it costs 2 Euros.
5) Meganoid, free for Android and 3 Euros for iPhone, was one of the most famous 8-bit games of the 80s and 90s, of the platformer genre with horizontal scrolling, where to shoot and hide from enemies.
6) Sonic is free for Android and iPhone, ideal for the nostalgic of the Sega Mega Drive, with the same speed and playability of the original.
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7) Street Fighter 2, the most famous fighting game of the 90s, has been redone in the original version for iPhone and iPad and for Android.
The game is the same as the game room, the same graphics and the same controls thanks to the virtual push-button panel that appears on the sides of the screen.
8) Original Tetris is re-proposed for free and in a social version for Android and for iPhone
9) Stardash is a Super Mario Bros clone at 1.50 Euros for iPhone and free for Android, with retro two-color Gameboy-style graphics. Even if you don't like the graphic style, it is a nice fast and varied game, fun and addicting for everyone.
9 BIS) Super Mario Run is the official Nintendo game for Android and iPhone, described in another article.
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10) FC Circus Charlie can be played on Android in a special version of the same game, the one where you guide a clown in various circus skill challenges. This was a popular game in the arcades of the 80s, difficult and fun.
11) Battle City for Android is the tank warfare game, with retro graphics from the 80s.
12) Atari games such as Pong, Missile command, Asteroids, Breakout and others are included in the Atari collection for Android (has been withdrawn). Unfortunately, even if the app is free, there is only one game inside, while for the others you have to pay about 1 Euro.
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