148Apps - iPhone and iPad app and game news and reviews http://www.148apps.com iPhone and iPod Touch Application Reviews and News Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:20:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 From Out of Nowhere Comes… Galcon Labs! http://www.148apps.com/news/galcon-labs/ http://www.148apps.com/news/galcon-labs/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:47:16 +0000 Will http://www.148apps.com/?p=17390 This afternoon, Phil Hassey released a surprise sequel to his acclaimed strategy game, Galcon. Galcon was recently given an aesthetic facelift, and Galcon Labs not only incorporates these aesthetic changes but also adds four new game modes. Oh, and in addition to many AI single player difficulties with random maps there’s still fully-featured online multiplayer!

Galcon was one of the earliest strategy games on the App Store and remains one of the best with simple and addictive gameplay. You and an opponent are placed on a battlefield of planets. You each start out with a home planet, and your goal is to eradicate your opponents fleet. To do this, you send out a certain percentage of your ships from one planet to another. Based on the size of a planet, ships will grow at a certain rate. This sounds simple, but the game quickly becomes frantic as players set up satellite planets, fight for key strategic outposts, and eventually wipe their opponent off the face of the galaxy.

In addition to this “classic” mode, Galcon Labs features four new game modes:

Billiards – play in a battlefield of constantly moving planets.
Stealth – enemy ships are invisible.
Crash – ships battle mid-space.
Assassin – each player is designated a target planet. The first player to conquer their target wins.


Currently at only $.99, Galcon Labs is by all accounts a bargain. Expect a full review soon!

Galcon Labs


iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $1.99
Our Rating: ★★★½☆ :: FAMILIAR GAMEPLAY WITH A TWIST
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2009-10-01 :: Category: Games



Galcon


iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $1.99
Our Rating: ★★★★☆ :: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Read Our Full Review >>
Released: 2008-07-18 :: Category: Games



Galcon Lite


iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2008-09-16 :: Category: Games

Apps mentioned in this post: Galcon, Galcon Labs, Galcon Lite


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