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Ramp Champ brings a boardwalk classic to your iPhone
If you're travelling this Labour Day weekend, you'll no doubt have your iPhone in tow - charged and ready to use at the earliest opportunity. If you're looking for a stylish new addition to your iDevice's homescreen, then you'll probably want to check out Ramp Champ.Brought to you by the folks at DS Media Labs and The Iconfactory (whose apps we love here at Download Squad), Ramp Champ is a slick and stylish version of the skee-ball boardwalk game.
As you play the four (frankly rather stunning) ramps - or the two further double packs of ramps available via in-app purchase - Ramp Champ awards you redeemable points that you can trade for virtual swag in the app to fill out a trophy cabinet that houses trophies for unlocked goals on each level (my particular swag favourites are the Ollie 'Twitterrific' Plushie - and the Ninja Plushie available in the add-on pack).
Ramp Champ isn't without its niggles (such as sound effects not being silenced when using headphones with the iPhone's silent mode engaged, and occasional physic slips when flicking the balls down the ramp) however I played Ramp Champ for a fair amount of time on a recent transatlantic flight back to the UK, and thoroughly enjoyed the gameplay and its slick, slick experience.
Ramp Champ, which comes with 4 different ramps, costs just $1.99 in the App Store - the two additional Ramp Packs are sold for $0.99 each inside the application.
Update: Ramp Champ 1.0.1 arrived on the App Store shortly after this post was published.
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