Top 10 games for your smartphone

From casual games to console classics, every smartphone has a great selection of games to play. Here’s our pick of the best.

Flight Control
iPhone, Android
Flight Control is the ultimate in mobile gaming – instantly accessible, short enough for quick bursts of action, but addictive enough to last forever. The game pitches you as an air traffic controller, organising the landing of several different types of aircraft all traveling at different speeds. Like the best games it eases you in gently, before ramping up the pace as you begin to challenge your best scores. Flight Control already sold in the millions on the iPhone, and is making its way to Windows Mobile and Android soon as well.

FIFA 10
Most platforms
Football games are as popular as ever and it is the FIFA series that is top of the league on mobile platforms. Although there is a noticeable difference between the iPhone version and the rest – especially in the graphical presentation and controls – there are still pretty equal in being able to deliver an immersive footballing experience, with the full gamut of licensed team and player names, and plenty of opportunity to show off your silky skills.

Bejeweled 2
iPhone, Windows Mobile
This legendary puzzler is casual gaming at its best. It couldn’t be simpler – just match three jewels of the same colour together to clear them from the board and earn points. Yet it’s incredibly challenging and hugely addictive – the kind of game you will keep coming back to to try and best your top score.

Guitar Hero
Most platforms
One of the few titles that makes near perfect transition from console to mobile. Okay, so you won’t be throwing shapes in the living room, but the controls are as simple as they always were and the gameplay as accessible as ever. There’s a variant of the game for every platform, including the BlackBerry.

Peggle
iPhone, Windows Mobile, Symbian
Like a next generation Bejeweled Peggle takes the idea of clearing a grid of brightly coloured blocks and takes it to a whole new level. This time you get ten chances to clear all the orange blocks – simple, but with countless obstacles and flourishes in the gameplay, this is one app that you really will improve at with practice.

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