The genius part is that you dont directly control the rodents direction.

Yet despite all the great new iOS games, sometimes you just want to relive your misspent youth.

To mark the occasion, we dug up some of the best classic games that graced vintage Macs but now can be played on your iOS device.

Others are sequels or homages that serve up the tasty flavor of the originals.

Myst Emulator Series Of Non

The sci-fi adventure takes place across a series of non-scrolling screens, in which your character must leap, fight villains and solve puzzles.

And the version that launched this week features some nifty updates.

These include remastered sound and music, new graphic effects, a rewind function and a control system designed with touchscreens in mind.

Similar to Flashback in style, Price rewinds the clock to an Arabian Nights-style world instead of a futuristic sci-fi one.

Along the way, you must negotiate various deathtraps and engage in plenty of sword-based action.

The iOS port of Prince of Persia leaped into the App Store in 2010.

Unfortunately, that version, titled Prince of Persia Retro, seems to no longer be available.

Instead, you can grab an HD remake that offers the same classic game with updated graphics.

However, the underlying game remains so good that youll quickly forget.

No, not in a Leisure Suit Larry kind of way, but rather thinking that this must be what grown-up computer games were about.

A sprawling, point-and-click puzzleadventure game that came on CD-ROM, Myst became a staple of early 1990s Mac and PC gaming.

A surprise hit, it held the spot of best-selling PC game until The Sims eventually snatched the top spot.

Its a solid port of the original, only with taps and swipes instead of mouse clicks.

By that time, my impression was that the glory days of Apple being the home computer platform for gaming had passed.

While Macs got a lot of the big games, they were no longer the first port of call like they had been in the 80s.

Created by Bungie, the team that would later make the Halo games, Marathon was a sci-fi first-person shooter with a cerebral edge.

Instead of balls-to-the-wall action, you got an engaging sc-fi storyline and lots of puzzles to complete.

It was also one of the first FPS game in which finishing levels meant completing objectives rather than getting to a set exit point.

Sadly, the original currently isnt available in the App Store, but its two sequels appear to be.

Its your job to guide an army of lemmings through the level, avoiding obstacles as the critters move.

Myst Emulator Mac