Why should you put a dent in your wallet when there are so many great free applications out there for the iPhone and iPod Touch? There are tons of games for the devices, but the vast majority of them cost money, so we’ve sorted through and located 12 totally free ones for you to throw on your gadgets and entertain yourself throughout the day.
Unlike with Firefox or WordPress addons, where we always tell you not to load everything we list, there doesn’t seem to be any problem with loading lots of iPhone or iPod Touch apps. Just make sure you have enough memory for the programs and you can easily load all 12 of these on your device.
Originally this list included Tris, but with yesterday’s news that it would be removed we took it off the list. It’s really too bad as it was a great port of the game.
Blanks - A simple word game that gives you a definition and four choices as to what the word may be. Fun and educational all at once.
Cannon Challenge - Made by the Discovery Channel, Cannon Challenge is based on their show Future Weapons, and firing a Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) cannon at targets of varying distance. Equal parts addicting and challenging. As you can tell from the screenshot, the game is played entirely in the horizontal position.
Crash Landing - This game uses the iPhone and iPod Touch accelerometer to control the descent of a starship, aiming to land on the platform on the moon. If you have as much luck as I did, you’ll see the message in the above screenshot a lot.
Cube Runner - You use the accelerometer to pilot a ship through a landscape littered with mysterious polygonal cubes that have appeared. Though the ship lacks any sort of gun, it feels a bit like the classic Starfox game from the Super Nintendo system. New maps can be designed and shared with friends.
Dactyl - A fast-paced game of bomb diffusing that helps you practice your dexterity and frazzles your nerves as bombs explode.
Fire Drop - A puzzle game that tries to test your speed and your willingness to see how far you can push your luck. The more cauldrons you burn at once, the higher the score, but make sure you don’t fill the entire screen!
Fit2Vote - Politics come to iPhone gaming with Fit2Vote. You will be asked to name who said the quote, Obama or McCain, and tilt your phone to the left for the Democrat and to the right for the Republican. Once you have gotten 50 correct, you are deemed “Fit2Vote.”
Frotz - An interface for playing text-based adventure games that harken back to games like Zork, Bard’s Tale and Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy from the 1980’s.
Othello - Also known by the name “Reversi” on just about every Windows computer sold for years, it is the familiar game played on an 8 X 8 grid with the object of controlling the majority of the board at the end of the game.
SimStapler - Why risk dangerous stapler injuries by using a real stapler? SimStapler provides you with all the fun and excitement of real stapling in a fun, safe, manner. App has an old school Mac look, and with it being a red Swingline stapler, you can feel free to make Office Space jokes.
Tap Tap Revenge - The perfect free game for all of the Guitar Hero and Dance Dance Revolution fans who need a fix whenever they are away from home. A bit difficult to play on the iPod Touch as it lacks an external speaker, but works fine with headphones.
Warcraft Characters - Not so much a game in and of itself, but a way for you to look up World of Warcraft characters on the go and see their stats, skills and equipment no matter where you are.
Courtsey: Mashable
