Gobliiins Puzzler Landing on iPhone

BulkyPix and DotEmu have just announced the availability of the acclaimed title Gobliiins for iPhone. Initially launched for the Amiga / Atari platforms in the early 1990s, the Gobliiins series is now making its debut on the iOS platform.

Gobliiins for iPhone follows the same gameplay mechanics as the original game and hopes to score the same positive reviews as its predecessors.

The story of the game presents King Angoulafre, ruler of the goblins, who cheerfully dines with his court when he is suddenly overwrought by a terrible ailment.

Players are to take control of a team of three goblins, each with unique skills, and find out who is behind the king's suffering, as well as discover a possible cure.

The 3-goblins team includes a warrior goblin (BoBo), a magician goblin (Hooter) and a technician goblin (Dwayne). Each of the three has completely different abilities and can take advantage of different items.

Gamers must touch the goblin and lead him through the task they desire him to complete. All levels take up only a single screen but are filled with all sorts of challenging puzzles and traps, all of which must be completed using the goblins’ special skills.

Some of the game's highlights include:

- Original gameplay: 22 levels to carry gamers through the game's impressive kingdom. Original soundtrack : take pleasure in listening to the mystical musics of these lands.

- Gameplay : the game is developed as a Point & Click adventure, though two control modes will be available throughout the game, Touch mode and Standard control.

- Hints : can be used by players as a guide to find out more about their missions.

- Hotspots : players can search the screen with their finger to discover objects they can interact with.

Gobliiins for iPhone is compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices running iOS 3.0 or later and requires 16.9 MB space storage. The game can be downloaded from the App Store for $0.99.