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Bucking my recent trend towards covering the bigger iPhone and iPod Touch releases and more expensive titles available in the iTunes App Store, over the next three weeks I'll be having a close look at three popular games priced at just 59p. First up, the incorrigible bounce-fest that is Doodle Jump: a simple, cutesy, hand-drawn style jumping game that is far more satisfying and addictive than the sum of its parts might suggest.

There are a few games kicking around the App Store at the moment that employ a sort of faux naïve, hand-drawn graphical style - you know, graph paper backdrops and sketchy artwork or stick characters or what have you. I must admit that when I first installed Doodle Jump, one of the most popular of this ilk, I was inclined to be pretty cynical about the visuals and, seeing that this was central to the whole concept, the game in general. However, much like the way in which its almost ridiculous simplicity manages to transcend itself, I was almost instantly won round by the charm of this little, jumpy doodle guy.
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The best games for iPhone are easy to learn but hard to master. Doodle Jump, a quick mini-game where your only goal is to make an alien jump up a continuing series of platforms, is the iPhone equivalent of potato chips you can't play it just once.

Mini games come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The common element is the ease with which players can pick up the games and the relatively short time needed to play a level.
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