Coin Planets

Flashy explosions and special effects get most of the game world's attention, but casual, arcade-style games still draw millions of users. Coin Planets is a cheerful platform-style game featuring hero Colin the Coin, who must bounce around the solar system retrieving priceless coins stolen by his nemesis Flash the Cash. This involves jumping between platforms and killing or avoiding monsters on their patrol routes, much like an old-fashioned Nintendo game. The game is written in a 3D graphics engine, and does include some special effects, but on the whole we saw little that would set this apart from other cute platform games. For game fans who love Super Mario Bros.-style gameplay, this might well be attractive, but we think the fairly steep price tag will remain a hurdle.