Finally, I can once again hear the satisfying crash of a yellow dragon's jaws closing futilely behind me as I race through a maze. CNET's Crave blog reports that the Atari's Greatest Hits app is bringing old-school arcade and 2600 games to the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. The app is free, and you load it up with games such as Missile Command, Adventure, Yar's Revenge, Warlords and Battlezone. Individual game packs are 99 cents, while the full 100-game bundle is $14.99.

Reviews are mixed: some seem over the moon about it, but I'm seeing a lot of complaints about the controls and display. I'm likely to give it a whirl, though -- who am I kidding, I pretty much HAVE to -- and will let you know what I think.

"This year, 64 million people will play mobile games at least monthly, a number that will rise to 94.9 million by 2014. eMarketer’s estimates exclude mobile users who play preinstalled games, which offer publishers decent brand exposure but little in the way of monetization opportunities. ...eMarketer expects revenues from mobile gaming to reach nearly $850 million this year, with the vast majority coming from paid downloads. By 2014, mobile gaming revenues will top $1.5 billion. "