Super Monkey Ball tops iPhone download chart

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Stuart O'Brien Jul 14 2008, 3:34pm

Sega's arcade classic is the best-selling paid download on Apple's UK App Store.

Games have dominated opening weekend sales on Apple's iPhone/iPod Touch App Store, accounting for 15 of the top 25 'paid for' apps downloaded from the UK version of the service (as shown on its homepage).

Sega's Super Monkey Ball tops the chart, followed in second place by Vivendi Games Mobile's Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D.

Apple's own Texas Hold 'Em and Pangea titles Cro-Mag Rally and Enigmo also feature in the top 10.

Other publishers to make the opening weekend top 25 include Gameloft, PopCap, Hudson and Freeverse.

The Top 25 is as follows:

1. Super Monkey Ball, SEGA, £5.99
2. Crash Bandicoot, VG Mobile, £5.99
3. Band, MooCow Music, £5.99
4. Enigmo, Pangea Software, £5.99
5. Texas Hold 'Em, Apple, £2.99
6. Tuner, Nullriver, £2.99
7. Cro-Mag Rally, Pangea Software, £5.99
8. iGotchi, SmackFu Productions, £1.19
9. Vicinity, ActiveGuru, £1.79

10. Sketches, LateNiteSoft, £3.49
11. Bejeweled, PopCap, £5.99
12. iBeer, Hottrix, £1.79
13. Moto Racer, Freeverse, £5.99
14. Zen Pinball: Rollercoaster, £2.99
15. FileMagnet, Magnetism Studios, £2.99
16. Brain Challenge, Gameloft, £5.99
17. Air Hockey, Personae Studios, £0.59
18. Bomberman Touch, Hudson, £4.99 12
19. Aqua Forest, Hudson, £4.99
20. Pianist, MooCowMusic, £3.49
21. OmniFocus, The Omni Group, £11.99
22. BubbleRap, Surf Shack Software, £0.59
23. Flashlight, ExactMagic, £0.59
24. iMahjong, Jirbo, £0.59
25. Voice Record, Patrick O'Keefe, £0.59

Earlier today Apple confirmed that 10 million apps have been downloaded since its App Store opened for business at 5pm GMT last Thursday (July 10th).