‘Sparcade’: Top Tips You Need to Know (‘Two Dots,’ ‘Centipede’ and More)

Mobile gaming has taken off in recent years thanks to a flood of addictive titles that bring out our inner most competitor.

A good selection of those pint-sized experiences even offer up some form of simultaneous/asynchronous multiplayer. Sparcade, a brand new mobile app created by the creator of Xbox Live Arcade Greg Canessa, lets gamers compete against their rivals on the leaderboard for within real money tournaments. This mobile platform mixes together the best elements of skill games, eSports and mobile gaming in order to deliver an ever evolving experience. Now you can see if you truly are the best Pac-Man player out there and win a few bucks to boot.

If you’re looking to become victorious and nab as much real money as possible, check out these tips for the games featured through Sparcade (you can currently download it on iOS; Android coming soon).

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Centipede

• Mushrooms force the centipede in certain directions and can be destroyed if you shoot them four times. Destroying mushrooms strategically can force the centipede into your line of fire.

• Shooting a spider cocoon will destroy the spider, but award zero points.

• There’s a time bonus for completing all the stages, but it’s sometimes worth lingering on a stage to maximize points.

Get more Centipede Sparcade tips here.

Two Dots

• The most powerful strategy of Two Dots is to make squares. Connecting dots to form a square will remove all dots of that color from the board. With one color removed from the board, you’ll be set up to make even more squares! When in doubt, make squares.

• Connect a big square to make a bomb. Among other uses, bombs can destroy anchors.

• Be sure to use ALL your power-ups before the match is over. Power-ups are a great way to clear dots and obstacles from the board.

Get more Two Dots Sparcade tips here.

Solitaire TriPeaks

• Start a streak by removing multiple cards in a row without tapping the draw pile. Each consecutive card is worth more points during a streak, until you hit Max Streak by removing 5 cards. During Max Streak, each card you remove is worth 200 points!

• Using the Wild Card to link two streaks together is usually a good move.

• Defuse the Bomb before time runs out. If it explodes, your match is over.

Get more Solitaire TriPeaks Sparcade tips here.

Pac-Man

• Clear all the Mazes before time runs out to earn a time bonus. Don’t focus too much on the time bonus – there are a lot of points to be had within each Maze.

• The closer the Ghosts are when you eat a Power Pellet, the easier it is to eat them all.

• As Pac-Man eats more and more pellets he speeds up, but watch out because the Ghosts will also get faster. If a Ghost catches Pac-Man, you will slow down and lose 500 points.

Get more Pac-Man Sparcade tips here.