Big Head Games (BHG) announced the release of Retro available in the Apple App Store. Retro combines retro gaming with great graphics and, according to BHG, makes the perfect game for the iPhone.

Retro contains 23 different levels that take place below the surface of the orbiting planets. The game takes place in the near future and the goal is to help save scientists from planets before the sun gets to a super nova state and kills everyone. The sun is unstable from all of the harvesting of the energy.

Retro sounds like an interesting game for the science fiction fans out there. The controls seem simple enough, players tilt the iPhone to turn the ships and tap the screen to use your thrust. If you are science fiction fan, you should head over to the Apple App store and check out Retro.

Press Release Follows:

BHG are today pleased to announce the submission of iPhone game Retro to the Apple store.

Grabbing the best bits of retro gaming and wrapping them in glorious visuals BHG have produced the perfect game for the iPhone platform.

True to the traditions of classic Sci-fi, Retro is set in the near future, our experiments to harvest the Sun´s energy is about to send it super nova, your mission is to rescue scientists stranded on orbiting planets.

Retro takes you on 23 missions deep below the surface of orbiting planets, the super smooth control system allows you to tilt the iPhone to turn the craft, tapping the screen to apply thrust, gliding through the tightest caves to find stranded scientists, keeping one eye on the fuel and shield and the other on the rocky outcrops.

23 missions with gameplay that includes laser gates and teleporters.

Retro will be in the store during the Christmas holidays.

Coming in January to the iPhone store from BHG, Pure Pool and ISC Snooker, February sees the release of 1944 D-Day.