Top User-Rated European Minis—June 2012
It’s still June in the Azores, so I’m not late, really! But who wouldn’t be distracted by the news of the Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes breakup?
Wackylands Boss – 4.72
Who’s That Flying?! – 4.64
Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain – 4.64
Prehistoric Isle – 4.62
Tetris – 4.59
Denki Blocks – 4.58
Doodle Fit – 4.58
The Treasures of Montezuma – 4.54
Idiot Squad – 4.51
Fighting Fantasy: Talisman of Death – 4.50
Karoshi – 4.51
Mahjongg Artifacts – 4.46
Edge – 4.45
Archibald’s Adventures – 4.42
The Impossible Game – 4.42
Sudoku – 4.40
Pinball Fantasies – 4.39
Jewel Keepers: Easter Island – 4.38
MiniSquadron – 4.38
Coconut Dodge – 4.37
Hello Flowerz – 4.35
Nom Nation – 4.35
Velocity – 4.34
Pinball Dreams – 4.33
Epyx’s Impossible Mission – 4.32
Pac-Man Championship Edition – 4.32
Where is my Heart? – 4.32
Run Ghost Run – 4.29
Arctic Adventures: Polar’s Puzzles – 4.28
Flying Hamster – 4.28
Bloons TD – 4.27
Panda Craze – 4.26
Carnivores: Ice Age – 4.24
Stand O’ Food – 4.24
The Mystery of the Crystal Portal – 4.22
Supermarket Mania – 4.20
3,2,1…SuperCrash! – 4.20
Canabalt – 4.20
Gamocracy One: Legend of Robot – 4.19
Ikari Warriors – 4.17
Farm Frenzy – 4.16
4×4 Jam – 4.15
Zenonia – 4.13
Blimp: The Flying Adventures – 4.12
Speedball 2 Evolution – 4.11
Freekscape: Escape from Hell – 4.11
Ozma Wars – 4.10
P.O.W. – Prisoners of War – 4.10
Fieldrunners – 4.10
Sky Force – 4.08
Twin Blades – 4.07
Family Games – 4.07
Mad Blocker Alpha: ROTF – 4.07
Orbit – 4.07
Jane’s Hotel – 4.06
Mahjongg Artifacts: Chapter 2 – 4.06
Young Thor – 4.04
Let’s Golf – 4.03
VT Tennis – 4.04
Mecho Wars – 4.03
Drums Challenge – 4.02
N.O.V.A. – 4.03
Spot the Differences – 4.02
Numba – 4.01
Doodle Pool – 4.01
Snake Warriors: Training – 4.00
Vanguard – 4.00
Idiot Squad crashes its way onto the chart, deservedly so. Vanguard fell off the chart last month, but Europe came to its senses and it’s now back on, though certainly at the wrong end of the chart. Nom Nation also has a solid showing.
FuturLab’s Velocity debuted rather low but has improved this month, closing in on their previous title, Coconut Dodge.
Card Shark, from Laughing Jackal’s sister company, falls off the chart. It also seems that some Minis have been removed from the Store, like Angry Birds and, more lamentably, SHIFT extended.
Wait a minute. SHIFT extended really still is in the EU PS Store?
Hmmm, maybe it’s not.
Usually I just look at the store, then change the values on the chart, not the other way around (since it’s not alphabetical, it’s tricky to do it that way)
Yup, it’s gone. Thanks for catching that.
Wait a minute. TomKat spit!? How… Expected.
SHIFT extended has most likely been gone from the EU PS Store a long time. It was no longer in the NA PS Store when it was supposed to be on sale right after the revival of PSN (June 2011). And while it was in the very first of our monthly looks at EU PSN user ratings in September 2011, it couldn’t have been too long after that when it got removed (the publisher’s comments about their bankruptcy happened in May 2011).
If it gets removed from the store and we own it, can we still download it from our list, or does it dissapear?
If you own it, you should still be able to download it. At least that has been the case with a couple of PSP games that I own that were removed – Brave Story and PS:P2