Byte The App: Must See Apps Of The Week 2/9

The app stores are teeming with new releases, but who has time to go through them all? We do. Bringing you a selection of the most interesting, creative, and innovative apps each week. Submit your suggestions for next week in the comments below.

DONKEY.BAS [iPhone and iPad]
Jump on the good ship retro and set sail for this racing game, which was originally written by Bill Gates and Neil Konzen in 1981. Keeping the 8-bit look of the original with the same low-key colors, the idea is to race along while avoiding the donkey in the middle of the road. If 1981 is a distant memory to you (or way before your time), then why not relive the simple gameplay of what used to pass as cutting-edge gaming.

Games For Cats [ iPad] Cat Fishing Tasty Treasure Hunt Party Mix-up Flight of the Fireflies [iPad]

Metwit – Social Weather hyperlocal App [iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad]
lf you never trust the weatherman to know which way the wind blows, then how about trusting your fellow app users instead? Metwit allows for real-time weather updates from people on the ground who tag the weather wherever they are using a number of icons—sunny, rainy, cloudy, etc—which is then uploaded to a map, and thus they’re turned into amateur weather reporters. Let’s just hope no one’s lying.

GLSL Studio [iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad] GLSL