Games of the Good Old Days

Traditional Emirati games

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Before screens, children in the Emirates played on the sand. They drew a court with a stick, found a flat stone, and hopped. They played until the call to prayer, or until someone's mother called them in. Games of the Good Old Days keeps those games so they can be played again. AL JAHEEF (القحيف) Also called Al Hajla. Toss your stone into the numbered square, then hop the court on one foot — both feet only in the paired rows — turn at the stone, and carry it home without touching a single line. • Twenty courts, each harder than the last • Eight rounds to clear a court • One player, or two sharing a phone • A breeze that pushes your stone, and gets stronger as you go • Dress your character from eighteen traditional garments AL-TAILA (التيلة) A marbles duel on the sand, one on one. Pull back to aim — the longer the pull, the harder the flick — and knock your opponent's tila to win it for yourself. • Twenty places to play across, against a computer opponent that gets sharper as you go • One player against Barhoom, or two players sharing a phone • Real obstacles on the sand to hide your tila behind FULLY BILINGUAL Every word in Arabic and English, right-to-left and left-to-right, switchable at any time. SAFE FOR EVERYONE No adverts. No tracking. No analytics. You can play every court and earn every badge without signing in or giving us anything at all — everything is saved on your own device. Sign in only if you want your progress to survive a lost phone, or your name to appear in the champions table. Your player picture is a drawn character, not a photograph, unless you choose otherwise. You can delete your account from inside the app at any time. MORE TO COME Al Saqla, Al-Ghummaidah, the old foot race, Al Mangala and others are on the shelf and on their way.

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• New game: Al-Taila (التيلة) — a marbles duel on the sand. Pull back to aim; the longer the pull, the harder the flick. • Play solo against Barhoom across twenty places, or head-to-head with a friend on one phone. • Fixed a few cases where a real hit wasn't being counted.

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Seller
  • KDK420 General Trading LLC
Size
  • 107.9 MB
Category
  • Family
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.
  • iPod touch
    Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
  • English
Age Rating
4+
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