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Since my first experience with a shoot-em-up (“shmup”) game by the developer Cave, I’ve been quite eager to play more from their catalog. I was very surprised and excited to learn that Cave has two of their games up for download from Apple’s App Store. Those games are Espgaluda II and Do-Don-Pachi Resurrection. At first, I was a bit skeptical, and I thought to myself “How does one control a shmup game without a D-pad?” but then quickly realized that the powerful touch screen on Apple’s devices solves this problem easily. Blending together some impressive controls and graphics unlike those ever seen before on an Apple handheld, these games make for some very pleasant and affordable entertainment you can take with you when you’re on the go.

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