Ultimate Apple

Part of me just wants to post this screenshot, link this app, and say “go get it,” but I have a feeling that my blogging overlords here would think I was just being lazy — they might not understand that this is a screenshot from Adventure, which is available for free on the iPhone. Anyone who ever played an Atari 2600 and owns an iPhone won’t need any more explanation than that to install this.

But I don’t want to be seen as lazy (any more than I already am), and so I’ll also say that Adventure basically pioneered the action-adventure genre of games, and that though its art is spare and its noises are little more than bleeps and bloops, both are classic and coated with pure nostalgia. While Adventure is currently controlled on the iPhone with tilt controls, its designer will add touch controls as well in the future.

Other than that: go get it. It’s free.