Game iPad

, by splicing the conventions of the genre with elements from numerous other types of game. The result is something of a Frankenstein's monster, the well-chosen parts of which combine to fashion a handsome but not particularly graceful beast.

The idea is as follows. Mines can be placed with a jab of the stylus of the bottom screen. As the rhythm bar passes by, it detonates the explosives in their relative position on the upper playfield, exposing those hidden enemies that are caught in the blast radius. From then on, all the while keeping an eye on where to place the next mine, it is a matter of negotiating the fields of bullets on the top screen while shooting down exposed enemies for points.