Of all the games I have bought in the iTunes App Store for the iPhone, my absolute favourites are the semi-frustrating ones that really challenge you – the ones you can’t put down until you reach your best score or, in the case of platform games like Super Monkey Ball, get to the end of! I’ll write a seperate post on my favourite games another time, but one of them that will almost certainly be making the list is Frenzic.

I remember playing this on my Mac a couple of years ago, then learned recently that it’s now available on the iPhone. After re-downloading the Mac demo a couple of days ago I decided to buy the iPhone app [opens iTunes] for £2.99 following a couple of recommendations.

The idea of the game is to place the coloured pie pieces that appear in the centre circle into the outer circles to earn points. You can only place the pieces into a circle that has a corresponding open slot. When you have filled a circle the pie is cleared from the board, but if a piece isn’t placed before the timer ends a life is lost. To get maximum points, fill the circle with pieces of the same colour as this will also earn you an extra life. It’s not always as easy as it sounds, especially against a clock that increases in speed as the game progresses!

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One of the things I like about games such as Frenzic is the ability to upload and share your scores on Frenzic.com once you’ve registered on the site. You can then search for fellow-Frenzic-fanatical-friends and add them so that you can keep an eye on their scores. Interaction like this is a great incentive to keep playing a game so you can get closer to or beat your friends scores. You can even use Location Services to pit your scores against nearby players or those across the globe.

If you’re an iPhone Frenzic user then register or log-in at Frenzic.com and add me as a friend.