The game is tougher than Doodle Jump, demanding that you rapidly position your monster above the next coin, but it's rewarding when you manage to complete a level.

The five stages play with classic Namco arcade games in an amusing way, the graphics are rich and well-defined, and the controls are tight. This is just as well, given the relative toughness of the boost sections.

At its best, then, this is Spy Hunter and Burnout's highlights combined; at its worst, it's frustrating drudge-work. A pity.

You get plenty here for your cash, and a two-player option saves even the poorest events.

While only diverting for a limited time, this is a nice little nostalgia trip nonetheless.

It's almost great – it just needs an extra spit and polish before we can wholeheartedly recommend it.

Being able to spend credits to level up your weapons makes Siegecraft able to stand up to the Viking horde, but it's still far from the best catapult title around.

The problem is, this task is all there is, and while you can fine-tune tactics to better your score, it's frustrating to have to wait until powers are unlocked every game.

It looks lovely, and while you're on track it's all very – yes – nice, but it could have been something much more compelling.

Another slightly cynical but neatly executed take on the GTA format.

Come on Sesame Street, kids these days expect more – so where are your sharing options and monster games?

Movement is done through swiping in your intended direction – it's nicely simple, but imprecise. Sometimes there are small monster-like creatures, which come out to play at night.

Still, this is a solid title, with plenty of potential. In short bursts it's a lot of fun, and it can be genuinely tense when you're out of ammo and fleeing through a decaying prison while zombies go after your blood.

Charming, but beyond barebones.

As a rescue-'em-up, Saucelifter's under half the price, brighter and far more fun. Get that instead.

An emphasis on live action that too often happens under your prodding digit, making levels past the first couple of dozen hugely frustrating? Oh. And what a shame - we really wanted to like this one, and everything else about it is fab.

Super Bit Dash is quite close to greatness, but while it looks lovely, the controls aren't quite tight enough, and the finite number of rooms repeats quickly.

The game's not bad, just entirely forgettable.

Wonder why this germ of a good game has average execution and problematic controls (angled shots are tough when your thing's near a screen corner). Realise wading through lower levels every game is a chore. Quit.

What's less fine is the game's imprecision, forcing you to play levels over and over until you stumble on placing a bomb on a specific pixel. The annoyance is such we were soon fed up, unintentional sinister undercurrent aside.

It's the kind of thing you can lose hours to, but we never found ourselves excited or addicted.

At its best, the game resembles a side-on Zen Bound, but the gradual introduction of arcade elements ends up being a frustration, since your finger too often obscures the action.

It all feels like a beautiful graphical demo where someone forgot to put a game in.

Briefly diverting, but quickly becomes forgettable.

The bit when the blocks pulling happy faces when you win is the most exciting bit of an uninspiring game.

It's fun for a bit of casual play with chums and randoms, but nothing special, plus you'll tire of the single-player version (against THREE whole AI players!) in record time.

This iOS version, alas, is akin to the original's early iterations. You're only offered the sandbox creation mode, in which you potter about a vast landscape, placing blocks to build stuff. Recreate your own house; make a fairytale castle; spell out 'help, I'm bored' – the choice is yours. And that's basically it.

And while the game looks pretty, it lacks the challenge of the similar LostPixels and the character of eBoy FixPix.