Amazon App of the Day: 180 Ultra

Written by Craig Will Monday, 11 July 2011 09:15

Today's free Amazon App is 180 Ultra and it plays like a mix of Bust-a-Move and Bejeweled.

The premise of the game is simple to pick up but has the potential to really make players work for combos and matches thanks to the "flip" mechanic. Discs are moving down the screen in clumps of multiple colors and your job is to shoot your colored disc at them like colored clumps (a la Bust-a-Move). When three of a color are lined up vertically or horizontally they, and all adjoining same-colored chips, are removed. On top of that, each chip has an alternate color that it can be switched to by tapping on it.

There are 4 different modes: endless, score attack, time attack, and drop attack, as well as four different characters: Star (redheaded female), Rex (beefed up guitar playing dude), Ozzie (alien), and Kane (tiki mask wearing guy). Each character has a different background and character animation. If you are connected to Feint then there are 27 achievements to unlock in 180 for various things like recovering from near death or performing full clears.

While it plays fairly simple and doesn't push the boundaries in gameplay, graphics, or storytelling this could easily become a game for killing time or alleviating boredom, so download it while it's free.