Before there was the Nintendo Switch and mobile VR, rainy school lunch breaks were past with a bunch of friends crowded around small screens smuggled under their school’s radars.
When the first iPhones became readily available, the App store (or Play store, depending on your persuasion) was a minefield of €0.99 games that took up hours of attention
The crème de la crème of mobile games were easy to learn and endlessly addictive, giving players the much needed validation for neglecting everything else around you.
But which games grabbed out attention the most?
Angry birds
You know a game is successful when you have pop culture inspired sequels. Angry birds was perfected the balance of easy to learn gameplay and entertaining variety.
You pull back, the bird goes flying across the screen. Easy enough. The real challenge was the three stars on each level.
