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TouchMaster (Nintendo DS) - Midway Official Website Midway Website   Description The wide variety of highly interactive mini-games that made Midway's Touchmaster a favorite in bars and arcades across the country are now available whenever, wherever with Touchmaster for Nintendo DS, exclusively for Nintendo DS. Touchmaster is a natural fit for the touchscreen and stylus of Nintendo DS, and is perfect for a quick gameplay session. There's something for everyone to choose from, with a wide variety of 23 of Midway's classic Touchmaster games, including Trivia, Solitaire, Gem Slide and Mah Jongg. With the Nintendo DS Wi-Fi connection, players can connect to the Midway Tournament Network for high score rankings, tournaments and daily rankings. Features MIDWAY TOURNAMENT NETWORK - Use the Nintendo DS WiFi connection to connect to the Midway Tournament Server for daily rankings, high scores, tournaments and more. MULTIPLAYER - Play with friends over Nintendo DS WiFi, an ad-hoc connection, or by passing the Nintendo DS around GAMES - Gem Slide, Crystal Balls, Hot Hoops, MahKi, Mah Jonng Pairs, Pond Kings, Pairs, Target 21, 3 Peak Deluxe, Pyramid 13, Power Cell, Solitaire, Artifact, 5 Star General, Double Take, Go Wild, Up Lift, Times, Square, Word Search, Triple Elevens, Trivia, Pick Up Six, Wordz   Previews TouchMaster Preview on GamesRadar GamesRadar posted a preview of TouchMaster DS. “Touchmaster isn't reinventing the wheel, but it does offer is plethora of simplistic, yet surprisingly deep, pick-up-and-play experiences. It's just as hard to put down as those the casual games cell phone users are downloading in droves, and with the sheer variety of things to play here, it's a mere fraction of the price.”  Check out the full article here. TouchMaster Preview on GamesRadar TouchMaster Preview on IGN IGN posted their hands-on impressions, and detailed the game’s roots as bartop diversions to explain the game mechanic that involves mostly tapping instead of sliding the sylus. “Touchmaster is not made for the hard-core gamer -- it's for the casual crowd. The games aren't deep by any stretch of the imagination, but they're very easy to pick up and play and many of them are engaging.”  Craig Harris also points out that the June ship date is “just in time for Fathers Day...and from what we've played, this one might be right up Dad's alley.” Check out the full article here. http://ds.ign.com/articles/783/783404p1.html TouchMaster Preview on Gamespot GameSpot also posted their hands-on preview of TouchMaster. The preview explains many of the games, calling Target 21 a “challenging yet addictive cross between blackjack and solitaire” and describing Artifact as “kind of like Othello, but slightly more complex and with an alien theme.” "There's no doubt that many of Touchmaster's games aren't particularly deep, but even the simplest games are made addicting by the game's scorekeeping methods." Check out the full article and other related links here. Touchmaster Preview on Gamespot Touchmaster Screenshots on Gamespot Touchmaster Preview on MTV.com TouchMaster Preview on 1up 1up.com has a preview of TouchMaster for the Nintendo DS. "Sometimes, all it takes for a compelling handheld experience is a few simple games to beat again and again. TouchMaster takes this minigame approach on Nintendo DS with 23 different puzzle and board games, each lasting five minutes or less." Check out the full article here. http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3158776  TouchMaster Preview on Gamespot Gamespot has a preview of TouchMaster for the Nintendo DS. "Each game is very simple and uses only the touch screen for play. Like its bar-based brother, Touchmaster DS seems like it could be fairly addictive." Check out the full article here. TouchMaster Preview on Gamespot   Press Midway Invites Handheld Gamers to Touch the Classics with Touchmaster and Hot Brain Official Press Release - January 30, 2007