Apple iPad iOS 4.2 - Manual (Page 121)

Games
Purchasing and Downloading Games
Games for the Game Center are available from the App Store. If you haven’t entered
credit card information for your Apple ID, you’ll be prompted to enter that information
before you can purchase and download games.
Purchase and download games: Tap Games, then tap Find Game Center Games.
The Game Center section of App Store displays games that work with Game Center.
You can browse this section, and purchase and download games from it. See
Chapter 15, “App Store,” on page 108.
If you want to purchase a game that a friend has, tap the game on your friend’s info
screen to go directly to that game in the App Store.
Playing Games
The Games screen displays the games you download from the App Store. For each
of the games, your number of achievements and your ranking among all the game’s
players are displayed.
Get information about a game: Tap Games, then tap a game. If available, you can
display the game’s leaderboards, see your achievements for the game, and find out
who’s recently played the game.
Play a game: Tap Games, choose a game, then tap Play.
Depending on the game, the home screen may provide instructions or other
information, and let you view leaderboards and achievements, set game options, and
start a single or multiplayer game. To play against others, you can either invite a friend
or use auto-match to have Game Center find other players for you. For information
about making friends in Game Center, see “Friends” on page 123.
For multiplayer games, you can also send a game invitation from the Friends screen.
Invite a friend to a multiplayer game from the Friends screen:
1 Tap Friends at the bottom of the screen.
2 Choose a friend.
3 Choose a game and tap Play.
If the game allows or requires additional players, you can choose players to invite, then
tap Next.
4 Enter and send your invitation, then wait for the others to accept.
5 Start the game.
If a friend isn’t available or doesn’t respond to your invitation, you can tap Auto-Match
to have Game Center find another player for you, or tap Invite Friend to try inviting
some other friend.
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