DynoGems 1.2.8 (iPhone OS 3.0 Test - iPhone - iPod Touch - 321572883 Category: Games Author: StormBASIC Games Vote(s): 23 Price: $0.99 Released: July 27, 2009 Version: 1.2.8 (iPhone OS 3.0 Test Download DynoGems Get DynoGems for $0.99
DynoGems - StormBASIC Games
Incredibly addictive and easy to play! Lots of fun for all ages. After you discover this application other games will seem boring. Kick back and get ready to experience this new jewel in the classic "Match Three" tradition. Make fantastic combinations organising and regrouping jewels of the same colour, setting off multiple explosions and chain reactions, and even clear the screen when you get the right jewel in the right place at the right time. You can also use magic items to get more powerful explosions.
Enjoy from the moment you start playing the three game modes, advancing through colourful scenes and solve the many puzzles and problems which get tougher as you rack up the points. Online scores mean you can fight your way to number one in your country or even in the world. Who will be your biggest rivals?
NEWS 1.2.8:
• Play with your friends! Now you can multiply your fun with the fantastic "Bluetooth Combat" mode.Make spectacular combinations and send your adversary jewels which will make it more difficult for them to win. The more combinations you make, the more jewels you send them.
• New “Touch & Swipe” control system lets you grab and position jewels faster and more intuitively.
FEATURES: • Various control modes, so you can choose the one that suits your playing style best. • Auto-recorded games. • Special magic items, special jewels and much more. • Various game modes: Classic, Survival and Combat. • Many, many hours of fun. • Play with your friends via Bluetooth(*) • Worldwide scoring.
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• Multiplayer Bluetooth available only with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 2G with Firmware 3.0 or higher.
• Keywords: DynoQuest
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DynoGems reviewed by Users
Addictive dyno-mite We’ve all played our share of matching games, and match-3 is probably one of the more popular for the iTunes platform. So when DynoQuest crossed my desk, a match 4 game similar to classic games such Magical Drops and AstroPop, I knew I had to try it. As addictive as those games are, DynoQuest is just as addictive and lighthearted with a few extra touches that make this a winner. The dev behind DynoQuest is StormBASIC who’s developed other high-quality games including shooter 7Days Apocalypse (ZombieHunter) and puzzler Ankagua3D XL. It’s no surprise that DynoQuest is visually polished and others smooth well thought out gameplay. The objective in DynoQuest is to collect and group 4 or more diamonds of the same color to eliminate them from the screen until you fill the level bar. The game uses a vertical playing field with gradually descending rows of colored diamonds. You control a little triceratops dinosaur at the bottom of the screen who can grab up to 3 diamonds at once and place them anywhere on the screen.The first you’ll notice when you first start up the game is the fun music similar to what you would hear in Japanese cartoons. It’s very lively and upbeat, and sets the tone for the game. The game offers vibrant colors and backgrounds which if anything will cheer you up especially after clearing a level and your triceratops buddy turns around to celebrate. In many ways, DynoQuest is an ideal game for the kids because it will keep them busy. DynoQuest offers two modes of play: Classic and Endless. Endless is the survival mode where the objective is to complete as many matches as possible before the descending rows fill the screen. Here the game gradually increases in difficulty, and for my purposes provides a solid quick play option. Classic, on the other hand, will take you through levels that begin rather easy, but ramp up in difficulty quickly. Classic also includes the Next Level bar which you must fill up before completing and moving to the next level. DynoQuest has two controls: screen pad and touch/swipe. On the right side are two buttons—one for collecting diamonds in the triceratops’ mouth and another for throwing them. In general, I found the touch/swipe to the easier of the two to use because it feels more natural and you can use the entire bottom part of the screen to move your little triceratops. With the screen pad, two little controller arrows appear in the lower left corner and I found my fingers would occasionally miss the buttons. Otherwise, the controls are all very responsive. Right above those buttons is the Next Level bar, which is only present in Classic mode and must filled to move to the next level. DynoQuest has its own variety of special bricks which can either help or hinder you. Mostly they help, but there is one that can be a problem especially is the screen is quickly filling up. The issue with the special bricks is that they are immovable and can only be broken and in some cases by creating a combo match near them. These include: Stone—a pain to eliminate Ray—a ray appears destroying an entire row Bomb—an explosive that blows up diamonds in its vicinity?—this drops a special power up that your triceratops must collectOnce collected, these power ups can be activated at any time by tapping the Magic Button located in the upper right corner. The power ups are:Time—Delays the spawn of new rows of bricks by 10 secondsRay—A vertical ray that destroys a column of bricksUp—An arrow that destroys the first 3 rowsStar—A bonus that adds points to your scoreThe gameplay is addictive and the online scoreboard is a good incentive for replayability. As you get deeper into DynoQuest, the levels become more difficult with more scrambled diamonds that require more rearranging before matches can be made to clear the rows. The game’s eye-catching colors and occasional cheering when rows are cleared make this a favorite. Unlike the backgrounds that change after every 2 levels, one thing that could use some variety is the soundtrack because it is the same throughout the game regardless of level. While kids may like it, some adults may get a little peeved.DynoQuest offers simple yet challenging gameplay that many will go back to time and again. It’s a polished, well designed and presented game, one that I’ve come to expect from StormBASIC and should appeal to those looking for a casual pick-up-and-play.
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Version 1.1.1
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Jul 28, 2009
- DynoGems review by
AlbieOne
Dyno Questing Fun! Almost, but not quite, entirely like Magical Drop! (Sorry for the comparison, I've got a Neo Geo MVS in the garage with Magical Drop 3 :rolleyes:)Dino Quest is a really fun game. The graphics are bright, cheery and well defined. The music is catchy (does anybody else get Van Halen's Jump popping into their head at the beginning of this game's music?) and it controls great.I really like that there's a targeting line that appears from your dyno, so there's no obstruction problems, and it even changes color when you are holding blocks so that's no problem as well. There is an option to change the controls, but I found the default control scheme was great.On top of the solid gameplay there are magic tiles that I haven't quite figured out yet. It would have been nice to have some sort of reference (or note beforehand) on what does what. (Could be I missed it.) The information I did see was presented in a nice, friendly manner at the beginning of my first game.About the only thing that could be improved with this game would be a few additions to add depth to the title: online leaderboards, or maybe even a puzzle mode. (See The Magic Blackboard for an excellent example of something that could be mimicked with this game engine.)As I've not seen anything like this game on the iPhone / iPod Touch yet, I'd highly recommend this game to fans of the genre, or of arcade/puzzlers.
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Version 1.1.1
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Jul 29, 2009
- DynoGems review by
Drelbs23
Awesome game Up front, I must say that I'm a huge fan of the "match-3" style games. However, even as a huge fan of such games, even I will admit that whenever I see a new "match-3" style game released on the App Store, my first thought is "another one?!?" I've purchased and played so many "match-3" style games that in order to pique my interest, the games at this point need to be something special. And, DynoQuest delivers! First, the graphics are smooth and nicely done. You can tell that a lot of time and effort went into the design of this game. Second, the gameplay is *not* the typical "match-3" style where you drag objects around the screen to match 3 or more objects. Instead, the objects move toward you in sheets of multi-colored blocks, and you have to "grab" the blocks from the screen, and "shoot" them back to relocate them, forming groups of like-colored blocks that will then explode from the screen. The goal is to keep the sheets of blocks from reaching all the way to the bottom of the screen. This is a definite "must buy" for fans of this genre.
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Version 1.1.1
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Jul 29, 2009
- DynoGems review by
GadgetGuru72
Nice Magic Drop style game. You got the engine down pat, now add:
-ONLINE VS.
-Accumulate points like cash for extra dinos, accessories that add effects, gameplay modes, etc...
-Challenge mode
-Puzzle mode w/ level editor
And anything else anyone csn think of :)
Come on STORMbasic, you add stuff to your other great games, now make this one shine brighter than the rest!
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Version 1.1.1
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Jul 27, 2009
- DynoGems review by
Zztfox
Something different Great new take on the match 4 type games, great graphics, very fun!
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Version 1.1.1
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Jul 28, 2009
- DynoGems review by
Lacedolphin
dyno-mite! dont care thats its been said already My first immpression was that this was a simple mathing puzzle game. Well it basically is as it is a 4 matching puzzle with a twist. This game has the usual classic and endless mode and i prefer the endless as classic seems pointless(until maybe they change it up a bit). Controls are great and music is somewhat enjoyable. Overall a great take on a genre thats already loaded and if you needed something that keep you busy for minutes or hours, this is a good game to start. My only gripe is they need to have maybe achievements or add extras on classical to keep us coming back. I'd say a 4/5-Skyye06
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Version 1.1.1
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Jul 29, 2009
- DynoGems review by
skyye06
Why is a hornless triceratops throwing bricks down a hallway? So he won't get crushed. Duh! StormBASIC has taken the classic Magic Drop mechanics with some of their own twists to make a uniquely fun game. Grab up to three like colored bricks and then throw them back down the hallway to clear out similiar color groupings of four or more. To aid you in this quest a several different powerups that either instantly take effect or drop down something for you to catch and use at your leisure (although you can only store one such powerup at a time). While I love the gameplay, graphics, sounds, and general style I have two basic issues with the game (why I couldn't give it the 5 it almost desrves). Classic and Endless should store separate high scores and the controls need some improvement (it is currently too easy to accidentally zip to the far right when trying to hit the push/pull controls).
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Version 1.1.1
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Jul 29, 2009
- DynoGems review by
Lord Gek
really nice stuff here very funny puzzle thingie. I really like ability to pickup up to 3 boxes (same color) at one time, that adds some new strategic elements to the game. bonuses aka magic are useful, however I wasnt possible to be "abusing" them. In some games you can use current boost and immediately pick new one. I think there is somekind of timer in DynoQuest because when I did this the other bonus was used - i guess it is supposed to be this way as it makes (in some way) game harder. Difficulty itself seems to be nice, classic mode is little bit slow from the begining and fun begins around level 10+ (at least for me). Endless mode on the other hand is much more dynamic and I really like it. Btw. is there actually any kind of tier/end line in classic mode? I also like graphics and sounds, however music may be annoying after some time. As for controls, swipe options works for me, I couldnt get use to pad option, maybe with some sensitivity tweaks it would be better for me, but I have no objections against swiping, it works flawlessly. Online scoreboards are obviously the only way today, and this game got em, so very nice it seems that they are mutual for both modes (so both modes = same scoreboard) but as for me, I got nearly same score during my first play in both modes (atm 7,7k in classic, 8,3k in endless, atm rank 5, yupi ) possible improvements: nothing on my mind atmrating: 4,5/5
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Version 1.1.1
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Jul 30, 2009
- DynoGems review by
levelzoo
Very Addicting Dyno Quest is great pick up and play game or a game you can play for hours. It has great graphics with sounds and music that compliment the game perfectly. It has two types to type of controls (I use touch & swipe) and both are responsive. And the additon of the powerups and the special bricks add a bit of a twist. Overall this game is really fun and should be bought by any fans of the match 3/4 genre.
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Version 1.1.1
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Jul 31, 2009
- DynoGems review by
Ktcf11
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