I like my iPhone, it's very handy, and I like playing games on my iPhone. But I don't really use my iPhone for gaming; at the very most, games on the iPhone are a fun diversion and have never really been anything but glorified cell phone games.
Enter Need for Speed Underground, the latest app in development for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Up until now I really didn't realize thel processing power of the iPhone. I new it was capable of a lot of things, but I never imagined games could look and play this good on a device this small. There is a demo on youtube showing an early build of the game that you can view here...
Need for Speed Undercover for the iPhone/iPod Touch
As much as I am interested in how far the iPhone can be pushed in terms of performance, personally I am still waiting for an RPG to utilize the touchscreen interface, or maybe a Warioware like game. Either way, it's exciting to see such awesome things being done with the iPhone, it's being used in ways I never would have imagined!
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I read somewhere online that it apparently has the power of a Dreamcast, and from the preview/screens I am willing to believe that.
And we all know how fun racing games (other than cheap-as-hell Mario Kart) are the the DS.
I'm impressed, but that type of game isn't what the iPhone should be running.
Also yeah it was a little glitchy, but the video is old and was of an early build at the time; I'm sure it will perform a lot better on release.
@Alex: Totally agree. I don't mind racing games, but the iPhone is capable of so much more. I wouldn't mind a platforming game that required you to tap to jump and rotate the screen to rotate the level around to solve puzzles or something.