V1 Rolando, Zen Bound, Eliss are updated by The iPhone
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Published on: 18th May, 2009
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Zen Bound, v1.2.1
Joining Zen Bound's Tree of Reflection and Tree of Challenge is the new Tree of Nostalgia, which includes a whopping 25 extra new levels. Among the various added shapes for you to wrap your brain around, are a Pocket Gamer logo (coincidence?) a retro robot and an old fashioned alarm clock.
It's still the ingenious rope wrapping spatial puzzling we know and love, though, and other minor changes, such as the option to hide the in-game user interface, only sweeten the deal even further.
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Rolando, v1.4
Another favourite here at Pocket Gamer, Rolando has been updated this week with two new secret levels. The secret levels are accessible from the main menu so you don't have to play through the whole game to get at them.
You will, however, have to play through the existing secret levels, many of which have been added via previous updates. There are 20 of them now, which is a serious jolt of extra content for anyone yet to update from version 1.0.
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Eliss, v1.1
This is the iPhone game that really separates the nimble-fingered multi-touch magicians from the ham-fisted and hopeless. Eliss is hard - very hard.
Or rather, it was before this update came along and adjusted the difficulty so that you no longer need a cranium the size of Jupiter to play.
Most importantly, the pacing has been tweaked, too. Suns entering the game are now made visible sooner, so it's easier to move contrasting coloured circles out of the way.
There are also some interface improvements and a new How-To page, which should see off any final quibbles about the game's difficulty.
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Vans Sk8: Pool Service, v1.1
The iPhone's premier skating game must be feeling the pressure of the possible arrival of a certain Mr Hawk.
To that end, the already very robust Vans Sk8: Pool Service has added some key updates to sharpen up the gameplay.
There's a calibration tweak to make the game less prone to behaving oddly when you tilt the iPhone at a jaunty angle. There has also been a turn sensitivity option added to the options menu and a restart option added to the pause menu.
Topping that lot off are some extra sound effects and a minor adjustment to the mid-air camera angle.
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Pocket God, v1.15
Pocket God's episodic charms have earned it plenty of thumb time in the Pocket Gamer offices and this week's update is well worth checking out. The biggest addition is a backstory, which is apparently set to be expanded upon further in future updates.
There's also a new gameplay tweak where dropping the T-Rex egg three times calls the momma Tyrannosaurus. Not only that, but there's a new Octopus God statue to replace the original statue on the first island.
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