TouchMaster

Article summary

TouchMaster is a video game created by Midway Games for the Nintendo DS. It supports Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection and was released on June 25, 2007, in North America. A sequel, Touchmaster 2 (More Touchmaster in Europe), was released on November 3, 2008. A second sequel, TouchMaster 3, was released on October 27, 2009. The fourth and final sequel, Touchmaster: Connect (Touchmaster 4: Connect in Europe), which used to allow players to post high scores to Facebook and Twitter, was released in 2010. Touchmaster tests the player's skills on the Nintendo DS with various games and challenges. The games share the TouchMaster name with Midway's previous series of coin-operated touchscreen games.

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1. release date: 2007-06-25 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. release date: 2008-11-03 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. release date: 2009-10-27 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2010 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355329515