Remember the last time the Zune HD got apps? Me neither, but that seems to be over. As of today, the Zune HD welcomes a few more apps into its family.
Notes
Finally, right? We can take proper notes on our Zune HD. The Notes app provides the interface we all know and love, along with useful features. In the notes app you can, take notes(obviously), create a list of notes, and that is about it. That may be all, but it gets the job done, and it actually has helped me quite a few times. You change the text size, sort your notes, and search your notes. Since the app is now released, I can come out and say I have tested this app for Microsoft along with a few others released, giving the fact that some of these are not just first impressions.
Level
Level, another app I tested inside the program does exactlywhat you expect it to do. Level stuff. Don’t worry though, it also has some other features that just leveling, it also gives you specific degrees, and you can save a set and compare two sets, side by side.
Fan Prediction
What is Fan Prediction? Well it is essentially the app to predict the outcome of your favorite sports teams. You find your team, and predict the outcome of the games. From what it looks like, the app also averages the predicted score of all the others using the app, along with a leaderboards of who had the best predictions. So far the only sports available for the app, is Pro football, which has yet to begin, leaving the app at a sort of useless state until the season begins. Will it be useful? Yes it will, and I am sure many will use it when the Zune Nation Fantasy Football begins again.
Echoes
To some, this game may seem familiar. Why? Because this is not the games first debut into the world. Echoes developed by Halfbrick, the creators behind Fruit Ninja has found its way on the ZuneHD. The game has also been seen on the Xbox Live Indie games marketplace, and as a PSP Mini. Echoes is a top-down style game where you play as a women who is collecting crystals, every time you collect one, an echo appears. An echo is essentially your past self that follows your steps before the crystal you just collected. This is the first Zune app to use an on-screen analog stick, which works out well, sometimes. There are multiple levels, varying in various planets, finish all the levels in the planet to unlock the next. This game is a great way to past time, and very addicting.
3D Picture Puzzle
Like puzzle games? Like a twist with your puzzle game? Well, this games has your problems solved. In 3D Picture Puzzle you try and finish the picture while trying to keep the other side in order as well. 3D Picture Puzzle offers a nice twist to picture-puzzle games, and is a nice addition to the ZuneHD app collection.
Bees
Developed by Babaroga the minds behind games such as Space Battle, Bees is a strategy game where you control a bee, trying to collect pollen and make honey. Tell your bee where to go, collect pollen, and go back to the base. Once you have enough pollen, you can convert it into a jar of honey, giving you more points.
Reversi
The classic game of Reversi has made its way to the ZuneHD, and it was developed by 2Playmobile, who previously brought us Penalty Soccer. This adaptation of the classic game is more than just a simple port, but it brings along the standard of AI difficulty, available moves, and different skins.
Run And Jump
Run and Jump is a classic platformer game. You play as a dude with glasses who is trying to collect coins and avoid obstacles. Actually it is an old school, fast-paced platformer. The objective is to collect coins and finish the level. In my opinion this is one of the, if not best games available on the ZuneHD. In my time of playing it is highly addicting and the sounds are pretty cool too. In run and jump you are going by at a paced speed, you have to tap the screen in order to accomplish objectives such as hit a boost, crouch, or slow down. Coins do matter. The more coins you collect, the more levels are unlocked. There are over a hundred levels to keep you playing, and the puzzles are also well done.
Supernova
Supernova is a chain-reaction game where with the tap of a finger, you create a chain reaction of explosions. The objective is to to meet the goal provided of the number of reactions created. Each level you get one tap, and the requirements and stars lower. For example, one level you have to blow up 55, with only 60 available, as in another, you have to blow up 25 with 35 available. There are different difficulties to keep you playing until you finish all.
App Updates
Some other ZuneHD apps got updates as well, Windows Live Messenger, Twitter, and Solitaire. The update to Twitter is supposed to fix many errors people have encountered such as not being able to tweet. The solitaire update is unknown, but hopefully it made decks you can finish more common. The WLM update is also probably there to fix some issues with the app.
