The best arcade apps for the iPad

This is an arcade game for iPad. Pool empire - 8 app for iPad is the Most Real 2D Pool Game, the game for those who prefer 2D. Letting players enjoy a real pool game was the game developer’s original intention, and this goal made them keep trying and persevering. After working together with other pool lover developers, Pool Empire came out! Fortunately, the game physics wins players' recognition, Pool Empire is tagged as ‘The Most Real 2D Pool Game’ 

• 1 vs 1 - Play with opponents from all over the world, and win awesome rewards.
• Story Mode - Challenge top billiards pro players and become the best
• 14-1 Mode - Refine your pool game skills, strengthen your scoring ability
• Tournament - Fight for the champion out of 8 players, and win trophies
• Friends - Challenge friends anytime, anywhere and show off your skills
• Snooker - Authentic snooker rules

Steer your Dodgecraft through a space gradient bliss! Orthors presents to you a mouth-watering, beautifully designed 2D vector-based arcade shooter. Super easy to learn! With only two buttons to master, turning your craft from left to right, you will be zipping around the arena in no time. Dodging will be essential!

• Unlock Crafts. There are 5 different crafts to choose from, each possessing different attributes to help better you experience. 
• Enemies waiting for every opportunity to end your chances at reaching your high score. Don’t let it be!  
• Master each craft. The different stats of each crafts will make each user’s experience different when playing. 
• Original music created specifically for a thrilling experience. Fast paced and fun.

Celebrate PAC-MAN's 40th Anniversary with a new UI highlighting the five bold colors of PAC-MAN and the Ghosts. Coming out of the video game world, they will paint your life with fun and excitement. Enjoy the world-famous arcade videogame, PAC-MAN, for FREE! Re-live those classic '80s gaming moments on your mobile phone!

• Pixel perfect - Looks, sounds, and feels just like you remember. 
• Unique challenges await with brand new mobile exclusive mazes. 
• Eat 20 ghosts, eat 4 fruits, get 1000 points, etc. the list goes on and on! 
• Take the weekly tournament maze challenge to earn tokens.

You have a brilliant chance to have real Basketball Arcade Machine in your device!!!

Super addictive, entertaining and killer game with Super Physics, Graphics and Sounds! It offers 4 levels with different modes and 30 seconds per each. Try to get as many points as you can, make accurate tosses in a row to get additional seconds and challenge your friends. Track your and others high scores by built in Game Center!

• Exiting Graphics and Music!
• Astonishing physics!
• Interesting and challenging Gameplay!
• Comfortable and easy exploring high score viewer by built in Game Center

Earth's last hope is in your hands, take control of the lone spaceship and protect Earth from alien swarms. Your goal will be quite challenging as you will have to save the Universe from its evil enemies. In this space   shooting game, you will be facing an increasingly large number of enemies in hazardous environments. As the game progresses, you will earn the right to upgrade your spacecraft to unleash its full lethal capacity. Just touch screen to move and kill all enemies and collect items to upgrade or change your weapons.

• Multiplayer mode
• High quality images optimized for tablets and large screens.
• Ability to use active skills during the space battles.
• The game is packed with 140 levels on various difficulties.
• Beautiful levels with immersive missions to complete.
• Multiple extreme boss battles.

Pocket-Run Pool combines 8-ball pool with the thrill of a chasing the perfect high score. In Pocket-Run, your goal is to sink all the balls, but where and when you sink them is what matters most! With each pocketed ball, you're awarded points based on the pocket you sunk. So sink carefully, but watch out, with each miss or scratch you lose a life — run out before you finish the table and it's game over. Compete against yourself, the world, or the bank in a variety of thrilling game modes!

• Play Pocket-Run Pool's Standard, High Stakes, and Insta-Tournament modes for free!
• Asynchronously Go for gold against players from around the world in Insta-Tournament mode
• Manage your risk against all manner of game conditions (like the devious Cuewall) in High Stakes mode
• Track stats for all four modes
• Win alternate pool cues and color schemes in High Stakes mode.

Tomb of the Mask is an arcade game, which takes place in an infinite procedurally generated vertical labyrinth. Seeking for adventure you get into a tomb, where you find a strange mask. You wear it and suddenly realize that you can now climb walls - easily and promptly. And that's when all the fun begins. You'll face a variety of traps, enemies, game mechanics and powerups. And as far as time doesn't wait, get a grip and up you go!

• "Tomb of the Mask instantly got me hooked with its appealing combination of retro-style graphics, fast-paced gameplay, and dead-simple controls.Asynchronously Go for gold against players from around the world in Insta-Tournament mode" – AppAdvice
• "I'm very impressed with how much I'm enjoying Tomb of the Mask" – TouchArcade
• "This modern arcade title charms with retro FX and visual sensibilities that communicate personality more than merely nostalgia" - Kill Screen
• "A challenging endless arcade game through trap-filled tombs" - Pocket Gamer.

If you're familiar with the classic arcade game from Don Bluth called Dragon's Lair now is your chance to enjoy in a mobile sense with the Dragon's Lair HD app. The app is available for your iPad and provides players with all the excitement and fun that the original did. This one features hand-drawn animation that has been taken from the original game, enhanced, and put into HD. The idea is the game feels authentic yet new and challenging. The game controls are smooth and fluid so that players have the best and most immersive experience possible.

Dragon's Lair HD app review

• The app provides players with the ability to play the classic arcade game of Dragon’s Lair on their iPad
• This one features beautiful and engaging hand-drawn animations
• The game is meant to feel authentic and like the original with new features and unexpected elements added to it
• The game controls are easy to pick up 

For those familiar with the classic 1987 arcade game Double Dragon here's a chance to rediscover the game in a whole new mobile way. The Double Dragon Trilogy app gives players a chance to dominate all over again in the game that garnered all kinds of attention in the '80s. What's really cool is that the app delivers all three of the Double Dragon installments so you've got plenty of gameplay ahead of you. Some of the stand-out features here include the ability to play in co-op mode, the controls are completely customizable, there is story and arcade mode, you can unlock achievements and climb the leaderboard, there are a variety of difficulty levels, and you can enjoy the original soundtrack or the all-new one.

Double Dragon Trilogy app review

• The app delivers all three installments of the popular arcade game
• The controls are customizable
• There is a co-op mode
• There is story or arcade mode
• Choose your difficulty level
• The app supports the Leaderboard

While some games are all about the high-tech graphics, crazy gaming features, and options that seem never-ending there are other games that keep things simple and fun such as the Crossy Road app. This game takes a look at that classic question of "why did the chicken cross the road," well you're about to find out. The Crossy Road app has actually become a massive hit with players loving its simplicity, its retro arcade graphics, how addictive it is, and at the same time the challenge it offers. It’s even got 17 new fun characters to check out just to keep things fresh.

Crossy Road - Endless Arcade Hopper app review

• The Crossy Road app is wildly popular thanks to its retro graphics, addictive gameplay, and the challenge it offers
• This one is easy to understand and features simple game controls
• There are now 17 new characters
• This one can be played by adults and kids

If you're looking for high-energy, immersive, and engaging multiplayer action then look no further than the Doodle Army 2 app. This one allows up to six players online or if you'd rather you can play in multiplayer game mode locally. Players will be working their way through the various maps as they take on some serious combat battles. There are team battles, melee attacks, a variety of weapons, and you can play in survival or training mode while offline. Expect smooth and fun graphics, power-ups that will transform your gameplay, and sound effects that will enhance the game in a big way.

Doodle Army 2 app review

• The game offers multiplayer action
• You can play with up to six players online
• The combat is immersive, high-energy, and fun
• There are power-ups that can help you in battle
• Work your way through the various maps
• The game controls are simple and responsive
• The graphics are retro and fun

It's time for a joyride like no other, relax you won't need to steal your parents car for this one! The Jetpack Joyride app is a fast-paced offering from the creators of the popular Fruit Ninja! game. In this game you'll be playing as Barry and you'll be taking part on a rather fun adventure as you make use of the experimental jetpacks that he has stolen from the evil scientist. The problem is you're going to need to manoeuver this one past all the obstacles, which gets rather tricky rather fast.

• The game is fast-paced with smooth and responsive controls
• This is from the creators of the popular Fruit Ninja! game
• You’ll be flying around with the help of a jetpack as you do your best to avoid all the obstacles
• The game features great graphics, fun sounds, and plenty of cool elements
• There is an online Leaderboard and you can unlock Achievements

This app takes things back to a real retro and classic arcade invader shooter style of game. The Space Inversion 2 FREE app is all about fun and high-octane action. This one features both HD and SD graphics, there are a couple of modes of play, you can choose between six different types of control, there are expansion packs, the app supports the Game Center, and there are plenty of power-ups to help you score big. This game is especially fast paced so it’s not the type you’re going to want to put down once you get started.

Space Inversion 2 Free app review

• The app uses classic arcade invader shooter style of game play
• The app supports Game Center
• There are power-ups that can help with your gameplay
• There are expansion packs available
• There are a variety of game controls
• The game is fast-paced and highly addictive
• The rules of the game are simple and easy to follow