When it comes to games that are never leaving my device, the Mos Speedrun games are most definitely on that list, and today I'm very pleased to see that both games are now updated for the iPhone X screen. The original Mos Speedrun [$0.99] launched in early 2011 and as its name implied it was a platformer centered around completing levels as quickly as possible. It was one of the earlier games to totally nail virtual controls in a highly-demanding precision platformer like this, and I have fond memories of battling for first place on the levels that featured online leaderboard support. Yes, Mos Speedrun is a true classic and one that I often revisit just for fun. Being an iPhone X owner, I naturally prefer that games take advantage of that whole gorgeous screen, and Mos Speedrun looks quite beautiful running on it now.
Fast forward a few years to the fall of 2015 and developer Physmo released the long-awaited sequel Mos Speedrun 2 [$1.99]. Like most sequels, the essence of the game was true to the original in that it was a speedrun-focused platformer with tight controls and level designs. Just about everything else though was amped up to 11. Levels were now much larger and elaborate, secret areas and items were now much more complex and challenging, and the graphics were improved a bunch. If Mos Speedrun was an NES game, Mos Speedrun 2 was its sweet SNES sequel. Whereas the original Mos Speedrun was updated a few times with new levels to flesh out the experience, Mos Speedr...