Rolando: Royal Edition
Price: £2.99 from fave.co/2Taptu1Nostalgia isn’t often justified, as old games and movies
often aren’t as good as we remember them. But Rolando:
Royal Edition is an exception. This 2008 game vanished
from the App Store in the wake of iOS architecture
changes, but it’s still wonderful enough to justify the
near-perfect score we gave it in our original review. It’s
all about using the iPhone’s tilt controls to roll ball-like
characters through puzzles with springboards, passages,
and other elements before you can advance to the next
level. It’s a nice callback to the days when tilt controls
were all the range, and Rolando is a reminder that few
games since have used them so effectively.Rolando:RoyalEdition
Price:£2.99fromfave.co/2Taptu1
Nostalgiaisn’toftenjustified,asoldgamesandmovies
oftenaren’tasgoodaswerememberthem.ButRolando:
RoyalEditionisanexception.This 2008 gamevanished
fromtheAppStoreinthewakeofiOSarchitecture
changes,butit’sstillwonderfulenoughtojustifythe
near-perfectscorewegaveitinouroriginalreview.It’s
allaboutusingtheiPhone’stiltcontrolstorollball-like
charactersthroughpuzzleswithspringboards,passages,
andotherelementsbeforeyoucanadvancetothenext
level.It’sanicecallbacktothedayswhentiltcontrols
werealltherange,andRolandoisareminderthatfew
gamessincehaveusedthemsoeffectively.